Polarized gamma-ray emission from the crab

Science

Volumn 321, Issue 5893, 2008, Pages 1183-1185

  Dean, A J ^a   Clark, D J ^a   Stephen, J B ^b   McBride, V A ^a   Bassani, L ^b   Bazzano, A ^c   Bird, A J ^a   Hill, A B ^a   Shaw, S E ^a   Ubertini, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c INAF IASF ROMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; ELECTRON; GAMMA RAY RADIATION; LABORATORY METHOD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; POLARIZATION; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

ARTICLE; CRAB; GAMMA RADIATION; PHOTON; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; SIMULATION;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 50649115070     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1149056     Document Type: Article

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