Discovery of very high energy γ-ray emission from centaurus a with H.E.S.S.

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 695, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Aharonian, F ^a,b   Akhperjanian, A G ^c   Anton, G ^d   De Almeida, U Barres ^e,ae   Bazer Bachi, A R ^f   Becherini, Y ^g   Behera, B ^h   Benbow, W ⁱ   Bernlohr K ^a,j   Boisson, C ^k   Bochow, A ^a   Borrel, V ^f   Brion, E ^l   Brucker, J ^d   Brun, P ^l   Buhler R ^a   Bulik, T ^m   Busching I ⁿ   Boutelier, T ^f   Chadwick, P M ^e   Charbonnier, A ^o   Chaves, R C G ^a   Cheesebrough, A ^e   Chounet, L M ^p   Clapson, A C ^a   Coignet, G ^q   Dalton, M ^j   Daniel, M K ^e   Davids, I D ^n,r   Degrange, B ^p   Deil, C ^a   Dickinson, H J ^e   Djannati Ata, A ^g   Domainko, W ^a   Drury, L O ^b   Dubois, F ^q   Dubus, G ^f   Dyks, J ^m   Dyrda, M ^s   Egberts, K ^a   Emmanoulopoulos, D ^h   Espigat, P ^g   Farnier, C ^t   Feinstein, F ^t   Fiasson, A ^t   Forster A ^a   Fontaine, G ^p   Fuling M ^j   Gabici, S ^b   Gallant, Y A ^t   Gerard L ^g   Giebels, B ^p   Glicenstein, J F ^l   Gluck B ^d   Goret, P ^l   Gohring D ^d   Hauser, D ^h   Hauser, M ^h   Heinz, S ^d   Heinzelmann, G ^u   Henri, G ^f   Hermann, G ^a   Hinton, J A ^v   Hoffmann, A ^w   Hofmann, W ^a   Holleran, M ⁿ   Hoppe, S ^a   Horns, D ^u   Jacholkowska, A ^o   De Jager, O C ⁿ   Jahn, C ^d   Jung, I ^d   Katarzynski K ^x   Katz, U ^d   Kaufmann, S ^h   Kendziorra, E ^w   Kerschhaggl, M ^j   Khangulyan, D ^a   Khelifi B ^p   Keogh, D ^e   Kluzniak W ^m   Kneiske, T ^u   Komin, Nu ^l   Kosack, K ^a   Lamanna, G ^q   Latham, I J ^e   Lenain, J P ^k   Lohse, T ^j   Marandon, V ^g   Martin, J M ^k   Martineau Huynh, O ^o   Marcowith, A ^t   Maurin, D ^o   McComb, T J L ^e   Medina, M C ^k   Moderski, R ^m   Moulin, E ^l   Naumann Godo, M ^p   De Naurois, M ^o   Nedbal, D ^y   Nekrassov, D ^a   Niemiec, J ^s   Nolan, S J ^e   Ohm, S ^a   Olive, J F ^f   De Oa Wilhelmi E ^g,z   Orford, K J ^e   Ostrowski, M ^aa   Panter, M ^a   Arribas, M Paz ^j   Pedaletti, G ^h   Pelletier, G ^f   Petrucci, P O ^f   Pita, S ^g   Puhlhofer G ^h   Punch, M ^g   Quirrenbach, A ^h   Raubenheimer, B C ⁿ   Raue, M ^a,z   Rayner, S M ^e   Renaud, M ^a,g   Rieger, F ^a,z   Ripken, J ^u   Rob, L ^y   Rosier Lees, S ^q   Rowell, G ^ab   Rudak, B ^m   Rulten, C B ^e   Ruppel, J ^ac   Sahakian, V ^c   Santangelo, A ^w   Schlickeiser, R ^ac   Schock F M ^d   Schroder R ^ac   Schwanke, U ^j   Schwarzburg, S ^w   Schwemmer, S ^h   Shalchi, A ^ac   Sikora, M ^m   Skilton, J L ^v   Sol, H ^k   Spangler, D ^e   Stawarz, Ł ^aa   Steenkamp, R ^r   Stegmann, C ^d   Superina, G ^p   Szostek, A ^f,aa   Tam, P H ^h   Tavernet, J P ^o   Terrier, R ^g   Tibolla, O ^a,h   Tluczykont, M ^u   Van Eldik, C ^a   Vasileiadis, G ^t   Venter, C ⁿ   Venter, L ^k   Vialle, J P ^q   Vincent, P ^o   Vink, J ^ad   Vivier, M ^l   Volk H J ^a   Volpe, F ^a,p,z   Wagner, S J ^h   Ward, M ^e   Zdziarski, A A ^m   Zech, A ^k   more..

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

^b DUBLIN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Ireland)

^c YEREVAN PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Armenia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^e DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f CNRS   (France)

^g UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^h UNIVERSITÄT HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

ⁱ HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^j HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^k UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^l CEA SACLAY   (France)

^m NICOLAUS COPERNICUS ASTRONOMICAL CENTER   (Poland)

ⁿ NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^o UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^p LABORATOIRE LEPRINCE RINGUET   (France)

^q CENTRE DE CALCUL DE L INSTITUT NATIONAL DE PHYSIQUE NUCLEAIRE ET DE PHYSIQUE DES PARTICULES   (France)

^r UNIVERSITY OF NAMIBIA   (Namibia)

^s INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (Poland)

^t UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER II   (France)

^u UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^v UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^w UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^x NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^y CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^z European Associated Laboratory for Gamma Ray Astronomy (Jointly Supported by CNRS and MPG)

^aa JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^ab UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^ac RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^ad UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^ae Ministry of Education Brazil   (Brazil)

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Author keywords

Galaxies: active; Galaxies: individual (Cen A); Gamma rays: observations

Indexed keywords

EID: 64849095444     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/695/1/L40     Document Type: Article

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