The Crab Nebula as a standard candle in very high-energy astrophysics

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 523, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Meyer, M ^a   Horns, D ^a   Zechlin, H S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

acceleration of particles; gamma rays: diffuse background; individual objects: Crab Nebula; magnetohydrodynamics (MHD); radiation mechanisms: non thermal

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION OF PARTICLES; BROAD BANDS; CALIBRATION FACTORS; CHERENKOV TELESCOPE; COMPONENT MATCH; CRAB NEBULA; CROSS CALIBRATION; ELECTRON SPECTRUM; ENERGY BAND; ENERGY SCALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA-RAY EMISSION; GROUND BASED; HIGH ENERGY; IMAGING AIR CHERENKOV TELESCOPES; INDIVIDUAL OBJECTS; INVERSE COMPTON; LOW ENERGIES; MAGNETO-HYDRODYNAMIC FLOW; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS (MHD); PHENOMENOLOGICAL APPROACH; PHOTON FIELDS; RADIATION MECHANISMS: NON-THERMAL; SPATIAL MEASUREMENTS; SPECIFIC ENERGY; SYSTEMATIC UNCERTAINTIES; UPPER LIMITS;

ASTROPHYSICS; CALIBRATION; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; STARS; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS;

GAMMA RAYS;

EID: 78149459180     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201014108     Document Type: Article

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