Extreme particle acceleration in the microquasar Cygnus X-3

Nature

Volumn 462, Issue 7273, 2009, Pages 620-623

  Tavani, M ^a,b,c,d   Bulgarelli, A ^e   Piano, G ^a,d   Sabatini, S ^b,d   Striani, E ^b,d   Evangelista, Y ^a   Trois, A ^a   Pooley, G ^f   Trushkin, S ^g   Nizhelskij, N A ^g   McCollough, M ^h   Koljonen, K I I ⁱ   Pucella, G ^j   Giuliani, A ^k   Chen, A W ^c,k   Costa, E ^a   Vittorini, V ^a,c   Trifoglio, M ^e   Gianotti, F ^e   Argan, A ^a   Barbiellini, G ^c,l,m   Caraveo, P ^k   Cattaneo, P W ⁿ   Cocco, V ^b   Contessi, T ^k   Dgammando F ^a,b   Monte, E Del ^a   De Paris, G ^a   Di Cocco, G ^e   Di Persio, G ^a   Donnarumma, I ^a   Feroci, M ^a   Ferrari, A ^c,o   Fuschino, F ^e   Galli, M ^p   Labanti, C ^e   Lapshov, I ^q   Lazzarotto, F ^a   Lipari, P ^r,s   Longo, F ^l,m   Mattaini, E ^k   Marisaldi, M ^e   Mastropietro, M ^t   Mauri, A ^e   Mereghetti, S ^k   Morelli, E ^e   Morselli, A ^d   Pacciani, L ^a   Pellizzoni, A ^u   Perotti, F ^k   Picozza, P ^b,d   Pilia, M ^u,v   Prest, M ^v   Rapisarda, M ^j   Rappoldi, A ⁿ   Rossi, E ^e   Rubini, A ^a   Scalise, E ^a   Soffitta, P ^a   Vallazza, E ^m   Vercellone, S ^w   Zambra, A ^c,k   Zanello, D ^r,s   Pittori, C ^x   Verrecchia, F ^x   Giommi, P ^x   Colafrancesco, S ^x   Santolamazza, P ^x   Antonelli, A ^y   Salotti, L ^z   more..

^a INAF IASF ROMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c Consorzio Interuniversitario Fisica Spaziale ^*  (Italy)

^d INFN SEZIONE DI ROMA TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^e OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^g RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^h HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

ⁱ TKK Metsähovi Radio Observatory   (Finland)

^j ENEA   (Italy)

^k INAF IASF MILANO   (Italy)

^l UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^m SEZIONE DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

ⁿ INFN SEZIONE DI PAVIA   (Italy)

^o UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^p ENEA   (Italy)

^q IKI ^*  (Russian Federation)

^r INFN SEZIONE DI ROMA   (Italy)

^s SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^t CNR   (Italy)

^u INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^v UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^w INAF IASF PALERMO   (Italy)

^x ESA ESRIN   (Italy)

^y INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI ROMA   (Italy)

^z ITALIAN SPACE AGENCY   (Italy)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; CORRELATION; GAMMA RAY RADIATION; JET; PARTICULATE MATTER; RADIO WAVE; X-RAY;

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; ENERGY; GAMMA RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; SPECTRUM; X RAY;

CYGNUS;

EID: 71449113863     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature08578     Document Type: Article

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