Associations of very high energy gamma-ray sources discovered by H.E.S.S. with pulsar wind nebulae

Astrophysics and Space Science

Volumn 309, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 197-202

  Gallant, Yves A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER II   (France)

Author keywords

Gamma rays: observations; Nebulae; Pulsars

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547251003     PISSN: 0004640X     EISSN: 1572946X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10509-007-9430-y     Document Type: Article

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