3.9 day orbital modulation in the TeV γ-ray flux and spectrum from the X-ray binary LS 5039

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 460, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 743-749

  Aharonian, F ^a   Akhperjanian, A G ^b   Bazer Bachi, A R ^c   Beilicke, M ^d   Benbow, W ^a   Berge, D ^a   Bernlohr K ^a,e   Boisson, C ^f   Bolz, O ^a   Borrel, V ^c   Braun, I ^a   Brown, A M ^g   Buhler R ^a   Busching I ^h   Carrigan, S ^a   Chadwick, P M ^g   Chounet, L M ⁱ   Cornils, R ^d   Costamante, L ^a,u   Degrange, B ⁱ   Dickinson, H J ^g   Djannati Atai A ^j   Drury, L O'C ^k   Dubus, G ⁱ   Egberts, K ^a   Emmanoulopoulos, D ^l   Espigat, P ^j   Feinstein, F ^m   Ferrero, E ^l   Fiasson, A ^m   Fontaine, G ⁱ   Funk, S ^a,e   Fussling M ^e   Gallant, Y A ^m   Giebels, B ⁱ   Glicenstein, J F ⁿ   Goret, P ⁿ   Hadjichristidis, C ^g   Hauser, D ^a   Hauser, M ^l   Heinzelmann, G ^d   Henri, G ^c   Hermann, G ^a   Hinton, J A ^a,l   Hoffmann, A ^o   Hofmann, W ^a   Holleran, M ^h   Horns, D ^o   Jacholkowska, A ^m   de Jager, O C ^h   Kendziorra, E ^o   Komin, N ^m   Konopelko, A ^e   Kosack, K ^a   Latham, I J ^g   le Gallou, R ^g   Lemiere A ^j   Lemoine Goumard, M ⁱ   Lohse, T ^e   Martin, J M ^f   Martineau Huynh, O ^p   Marcowith, A ^c   Masterson, C ^a,u   Maurin, G ^j   McComb, T J L ^g   Moulin, E ^m   de Naurois, M ^p   Nedbal, D ^q   Nolan, S J ^g   Noutsos, A ^g   Orford, K J ^g   Osborne, J L ^g   Ouchrif, M ^p,u   Panter, M ^a   Pelletier, G ^c   Pita, S ^j   Puhlhofer G ^l   Punch, M ^j   Raubenheimer, B C ^h   Raue, M ^d   Rayner, S M ^g   Reimer, A ^r   Reimer, O ^r   Ripken, J ^d   Rob, L ^q   Rolland, L ⁿ   Rowell, G ^a,v   Sahakian, V ^b   Santangelo, A ^o   Sauge L ^c   Schlenker, S ^e   Schlickeiser, R ^r   Schroder, R ^r   Schwanke, U ^e   Schwarzburg, S ^o   Shalchi, A ^r   Sol, H ^f   Spangler, D ^g   Spanier, F ^r   Steenkamp, R ^s   Stegmann, C ^t   Superina, G ⁱ   Tavernet, J P ^p   Terrier, R ^j   Tluczykont, M ^i,u   van Eldik, C ^a   Vasileiadis, G ^m   Venter, C ^h   Vincent, P ^p   Volk H J ^a   Wagner, S J ^l   Ward, M ^g   more..

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

^b YEREVAN PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Armenia)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^e HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^g DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^h NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

ⁱ LABORATOIRE LEPRINCE RINGUET   (France)

^j UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^k DUBLIN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Ireland)

^l UNIVERSITÄT HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^m UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER II   (France)

ⁿ CEA SACLAY   (France)

^o UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^p UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^q CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^r RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^s UNIVERSITY OF NAMIBIA   (Namibia)

^t UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^u European Associated Laboratory for Gamma Ray Astronomy   (France)

^v UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

more..

Author keywords

Acceleration of particles; Block hole physics; Gamma rays: observations; Stars: binaries: close

Indexed keywords

BLOCK HOLE PHYSICS; ENERGY SPECTRUM; HIGH ENERGY STEREOSCOPIC SYSTEM (HESS); INVERSE COMPTON SCATTERING; ORBITAL MODULATION; STARS;

GALAXIES; GAMMA RAY PRODUCTION; GAMMA RAYS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; ORBITS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; X RAYS;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 33845537220     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20065940     Document Type: Article

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