Establishing a connection between high-power pulsars and very-high-energy gamma-ray sources

Proceedings of the 30th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2007

Volumn 2, Issue OG PART 1, 2007, Pages 659-662

  Carrigan, S ^a   Hinton, J A ^a,b   Hofmann, W ^a   Kosack, K ^a   Lohse, T ^c   Reimer, O ^d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÄT HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSMIC RAYS; ENERGY CONVERSION; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS;

CONVERSION MECHANISM; ENERGY FLUXES; GALACTIC PLANE; GAMMA RAY SOURCES; HIGH ENERGY STEREOSCOPIC SYSTEMS; HIGH-ENERGY RADIATIONS; PULSAR WIND NEBULAE; SYSTEMATIC STUDY;

GAMMA RAYS;

EID: 70350246892     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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