Modulated high-energy gamma-ray emission from the microquasar Cygnus X-3

Science

Volumn 326, Issue 5959, 2009, Pages 1512-1516

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^f INFN SEZIONE DI PISA   (Italy)

^g CEA SACLAY   (France)

^h SEZIONE DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^j SEZIONE DI PADOVA   (Italy)

^k UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^l OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^o POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

^p INFN SEZIONE DI BARI   (Italy)

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^r UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^s UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^t INAF IASF MILANO   (Italy)

^u NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^v University of Maryland Baltimore County   (United States)

^w UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER II   (France)

^x SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^y INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

^z UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^aa UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

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

^ac UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

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^ag UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^ah HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^ai ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^aj TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^ak INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

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^am GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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^ao CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^ap EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Spain)

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^bc UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMISSION; GAMMA RAY RADIATION; JET; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; COSMIC RADIATION; COSMOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; COSMOS; GAMMA RADIATION; MICROQUASAR CYGNUS X 3; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPACE AND SPACE RELATED PHENOMENA;

CYGNUS;

EID: 72149106222     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1182174     Document Type: Article

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