Gamma-ray flares from the Crab Nebula

Science

Volumn 331, Issue 6018, 2011, Pages 739-742

  Abdo, A A ^a,b   Ackermann, M ^c   Ajello, M ^c   Allafort, A ^c   Baldini, L ^d   Ballet, J ^e   Barbiellini, G ^f,g   Bastieri, D ^h,i   Bechtol, K ^c   Bellazzini, R ^d   Berenji, B ^c   Blandford, R D ^c   Bloom, E D ^c   Bonamente, E ^j,k   Borgland, A W ^c   Bouvier, A ^c   Brandt, T J ^l,m   Bregeon, J ^d   Brez, A ^d   Brigida, M ^n,o   Bruel, P ^p   Buehler, R ^c   Buson, S ^h,i   Caliandro, G A ^q   Cameron, R A ^c   Cannon, A ^r,s   Caraveo, P A ^t   Casandjian, J M ^e   Celik O ^r,u   Charles, E ^c   Chekhtman, A ^b,v   Cheung, C C ^a,b   Chiang, J ^c   Ciprini, S ^k   Claus, R ^c   Cohen Tanugi, J ^w   Costamante, L ^c   Cutini, S ^x   D'Ammando, F ^y,z   Dermer, C D ^b   De Angelis, A ^aa   De Luca, A ^ab   De Palma, F ^n,o   Digel, S W ^c   Do Couto E Silva, E ^c   Drell, P S ^c   Drlica Wagner, A ^c   Dubois, R ^c   Dumora, D ^ac   Favuzzi, C ^n,o   Fegan, S J ^p   Ferrara, E C ^r   Focke, W B ^c   Fortin, P ^p   Frailis, M ^aa,ad   Fukazawa, Y ^ae   Funk, S ^c   Fusco, P ^n,o   Gargano, F ^o   Gasparrini, D ^x   Gehrels, N ^r   Germani, S ^j,k   Giglietto, N ^n,o   Giordano, F ^n,o   Giroletti, M ^af   Glanzman, T ^c   Godfrey, G ^c   Grenier, I A ^e   Grondin, M H ^ac   Grove, J E ^b   Guiriec, S ^ag   Hadasch, D ^q   Hanabata, Y ^ae   Harding, A K ^r   Hayashi, K ^ae   Hayashida, M ^c   Hays, E ^r   Horan, D ^p   Itoh, R ^ae   Johannesson G ^ah   Johnson, A S ^c   Johnson, T J ^r,ai   Khangulyan, D ^an   Kamae, T ^c   Katagiri, H ^ae   Kataoka, J ^aj   Kerr, M ^ak   Knodlseder J ^l   Kuss, M ^d   Lande, J ^c   Latronico, L ^d   Lee, S H ^c   Lemoine Goumard, M ^ac   Longo, F ^f,g   Loparco, F ^n,o   Lubrano, P ^j,k   Madejski, G M ^c   Makeev, A ^b,v   Marelli, M ^t   Mazziotta, M N ^o   McEnery, J E ^r,ai   Michelson, P F ^c   Mitthumsiri, W ^c   Mizuno, T ^ae   Moiseev, A A ^r,ai   Monte, C ^n,o   Monzani, M E ^c   Morselli, A ^al   Moskalenko, I V ^c   Murgia, S ^c   Nakamori, T ^aj   Naumann Godo, M ^e   Nolan, P L ^c   Norris, J P ^am   Nuss, E ^w   Ohsugi, T ^ae   Okumura, A ^an   Omodei, N ^c   Ormes, J F ^am   Ozaki, M ^an   Paneque, D ^c   Parent, D ^b,v   Pelassa, V ^w   Pepe, M ^j,k   Pesce Rollins, M ^d   Pierbattista, M ^e   Piron, F ^w   Porter, T A ^c   Raino S ^n,o   Rando, R ^h,i   Ray, P S ^b   Razzano, M ^d   Reimer, A ^c,ao   Reimer, O ^c,ao   Reposeur, T ^ac   Ritz, S ^ap   Romani, R W ^c   Sadrozinski, H F W ^ap   Sanchez, D ^p   Saz Parkinson, P M ^ap   Scargle, J D ^aq   Schalk, T L ^ap   Sgro C ^d   Siskind, E J ^ar   Smith, P D ^m   Spandre, G ^d   Spinelli, P ^n,o   Strickman, M S ^b   Suson, D J ^as   Takahashi, H ^ae   Takahashi, T ^an   Tanaka, T ^c   Thayer, J B ^c   Thompson, D J ^r   Tibaldo, L ^e,h,i   Torres, D F ^q,at   Tosti, G ^j,k   Tramacere, A ^c,au,av   Troja, E ^r   Uchiyama, Y ^c   Vandenbroucke, J ^c   Vasileiou, V ^r,u   Vianello, G ^c,au   Vitale, V ^al,aw   Wang, P ^c   Wood, K S ^b   Yang, Z ^ax,ay   Ziegler, M ^ap   more..

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INFN SEZIONE DI PISA   (Italy)

^e CEA SACLAY   (France)

^f SEZIONE DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^h SEZIONE DI PADOVA   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^j INFN SEZIONE DI PERUGIA   (Italy)

^k UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^l CNRS   (France)

^m OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁿ POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

^o INFN SEZIONE DI BARI   (Italy)

^p LABORATOIRE LEPRINCE RINGUET   (France)

^q INSTITUT D ESTUDIS ESPACIALS DE CATALUNYA IEEC   (Spain)

^r NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^s UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^t INAF IASF MILANO   (Italy)

^u University of Marylandw Baltimore County   (United States)

^v GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^w UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER II   (France)

^x ITALIAN SPACE AGENCY   (Italy)

^y INAF IASF PALERMO   (Italy)

^z INAF IASF ROMA   (Italy)

^aa UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^ab SCUOLA UNIVERSITARIA SUPERIORE IUSS PAVIA   (Italy)

^ac UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^ad INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

^ae HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^af INAF ISTITUTO DI RADIOASTRONOMIA   (Italy)

^ag UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^ah UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^ai Bldg 142   (United States)

^aj WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^ak UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^al INFN SEZIONE DI ROMA   (Italy)

^am UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^an JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^ao INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^ap UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ   (United States)

^aq NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^ar Real Time Computing Inc   (United States)

^as PURDUE UNIVERSITY CALUMET   (United States)

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

^au Institució Catalana de Recerca I Estudis Avançats ^*  (Italy)

^av UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^aw UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^ax STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^ay OSKAR KLEIN CENTRE   (Sweden)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; GAMMA RAY RADIATION; INNOVATION; IRRADIANCE; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; CLOUD; CRAB NEBULA; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTRON; ENERGY; GAMMA RADIATION; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 79951556096     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1199705     Document Type: Article

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