Detection of 16 gamma-ray pulsars through blind frequency searches using the Fermi LAT

Science

Volumn 325, Issue 5942, 2009, Pages 840-844

  Abdo, A A ^a   Ackermann, M ^b   Ajello, M ^b   Anderson, B ^c   Atwood, W B ^c   Axelsson, M ^d,e   Baldini, L ^f   Ballet, J ^g   Barbiellini, G ^h,i   Baring, M G ^j   Bastieri, D ^k,l   Baughman, B M ^m   Bechtol, K ^b   Bellazzini, R ^f   Berenji, B ^b   Bignami, G F ⁿ   Blandford, R D ^b   Bloom, E D ^b   Bonamente, E ^o,p   Borgland, A W ^b   Bregeon, J ^f   Brez, A ^f   Brigida, M ^q,r   Bruel, P ^s   Burnett, T H ^t   Caliandro, G A ^q,r   Cameron, R A ^b   Caraveo, P A ^u   Casandjian, J M ^g   Cecchi, C ^o,p   Celik O ^v   Chekhtman, A ^a,w   Cheung, C C ^v   Chiang, J ^b   Ciprini, S ^o,p   Claus, R ^b   Cohen Tanugi, J ^x   Conrad, J ^d,e,y   Cutini, S ^z   Dermer, C D ^a   De Angelis, A ^aa   De Luca, A ⁿ   De Palma, F ^q,r   Digel, S W ^b   Dormody, M ^c   Do Couto E Silva, E ^b   Drell, P S ^b   Dubois, R ^b   Dumora, D ^ab,ac   Farnier, C ^x   Favuzzi, C ^q,r   Fegan, S J ^s   Fukazawa, Y ^ad   Funk, S ^b   Fusco, P ^q,r   Gargano, F ^r   Gasparrini, D ^z   Gehrels, N ^v,ae   Germani, S ^o,p   Giebels, B ^s   Giglietto, N ^q,r   Giommi, P ^z   Giordano, F ^q,r   Glanzman, T ^b   Godfrey, G ^b   Grenier, I A ^g   Grondin, M H ^ab,ac   Grove, J E ^a   Guillemot, L ^ab,ac   Guiriec, S ^af   Gwon, C ^a   Hanabata, Y ^ad   Harding, A K ^v   Hayashida, M ^b   Hays, E ^v   Hughes, R E ^m   Johannesson G ^b   Johnson, R P ^c   Johnson, T J ^v,ae   Johnson, W N ^a   Kamae, T ^b   Katagiri, H ^ad   Kataoka, J ^ag   Kawai, N ^ah,ai   Kerr, M ^t   Knodlseder J ^aj   Kocian, M L ^b   Kuss, M ^f   Lande, J ^b   Latronico, L ^f   Lemoine Goumard, M ^ab,ac   Longo, F ^h,i   Loparco, F ^q,r   Lott, B ^ab,ac   Lovellette, M N ^a   Lubrano, P ^o,p   Madejski, G M ^b   Makeev, A ^a,w   Marelli, M ^u   Mazziotta, M N ^r   McConville, W ^v,ae   McEnery, J E ^v   Meurer, C ^d,e   Michelson, P F ^b   Mitthumsiri, W ^b   Mizuno, T ^ad   Monte, C ^q,r   Monzani, M E ^b   Morselli, A ^ak   Moskalenko, I V ^b   Murgia, S ^b   Nolan, P L ^b   Norris, J P ^al   Nuss, E ^x   Ohsugi, T ^ad   Omodei, N ^f   Orlando, E ^am   Ormes, J F ^al   Paneque, D ^b   Parent, D ^ab,ac   Pelassa, V ^x   Pepe, M ^o,p   Pesce Rollins, M ^f   Pierbattista, M ^g   Piron, F ^x   Porter, T A ^c   Primack, J R ^c   Raino S ^q,r   Rando, R ^k,l   Ray, P S ^a   Razzano, M ^f   Rea, N ^an,ao   Reimer, A ^b   Reimer, O ^b   Reposeur, T ^ab,ac   Ritz, S ^v   Rochester, L S ^b   Rodriguez, A Y ^ao   Romani, R W ^b   Ryde, F ^d,y   Sadrozinski, H F W ^c   Sanchez, D ^s   Sander, A ^m   Saz Parkinson, P M ^c   Scargle, J D ^ap   Sgro C ^f   Siskind, E J ^aq   Smith, D A ^ab,ac   Smith, P D ^m   Spandre, G ^f   Spinelli, P ^q,r   Starck, J L ^g   Strickman, M S ^a   Suson, D J ^ar   Tajima, H ^b   Takahashi, H ^ad   Takahashi, T ^as   Tanaka, T ^b   Thayer, J G ^b   Thompson, D J ^v   Tibaldo, L ^k,l   Tibolla, O ^at   Torres, D F ^ao,au   Tosti, G ^o,p   Tramacere, A ^b,av   Uchiyama, Y ^b   Usher, T L ^b   Van Etten, A ^b   Vasileiou, V ^v,aw   Vilchez, N ^aj   Vitale, V ^ak,ax   Waite, A P ^b   Wang, P ^b   Watters, K ^b   Winer, B L ^m   Wolff, M T ^a   Wood, K S ^a   Ylinen, T ^d,y,ay   Ziegler, M ^c   more..

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ   (United States)

^d OSKAR KLEIN CENTRE   (Sweden)

^e STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f INFN SEZIONE DI PISA   (Italy)

^g CEA SACLAY   (France)

^h SEZIONE DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^j RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k SEZIONE DI PADOVA   (Italy)

^l UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^m OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁿ SCUOLA UNIVERSITARIA SUPERIORE IUSS PAVIA   (Italy)

^o INFN SEZIONE DI PERUGIA   (Italy)

^p UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^q POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

^r INFN SEZIONE DI BARI   (Italy)

^s LABORATOIRE LEPRINCE RINGUET   (France)

^t UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^u INAF IASF MILANO   (Italy)

^v NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^w GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^x UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER II   (France)

^y ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^z ITALIAN SPACE AGENCY   (Italy)

^aa UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^ab CENTRE D ETUDES NUCLÉAIRES DE BORDEAUX GRADIGNAN   (France)

^ac UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^ad HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^ae UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^af UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^ag WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^ah INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^ai TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^aj CNRS   (France)

^ak INFN SEZIONE DI ROMA   (Italy)

^al UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^am MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^an UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^ao UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^ap NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^aq NYCB REAL TIME COMPUTING INC   (United States)

^ar PURDUE UNIVERSITY CALUMET   (United States)

^as JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^at MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

^au INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^av Università di Roma Tor Vergata ^*  (Italy)

^aw UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^ax UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^ay LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETECTION METHOD; ENERGETICS; GAMMA RAY RADIATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER;

ARTICLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENERGY TRANSFER; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GAMMA RADIATION; MAGNETISM; NEUTRON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY;

EID: 68949203700     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1175558     Document Type: Article

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