Spectral evolution of the 2010 September gamma-ray flare from the Crab Nebula

Astrophysical Journal Letters

Volumn 732, Issue 2 PART II, 2011, Pages

  Vittorini, V ^a   Tavani, M ^a,b   Pucella, G ^c   Striani, E ^b   Donnarumma, I ^a   Caraveo, P ^d   Giuliani, A ^d   Mereghetti, S ^d   Pellizzoni, A ^e   Trois, A ^a,e   Ferrari, A ^f,g   Barbiellini, G ^h   Bulgarelli, A ⁱ   Cattaneo, P W ^j   Colafrancesco, S ^k   Del Monte, E ^a   Evangelista, Y ^a   Lazzarotto, F ^a   Pacciani, L ^a   Pilia, M ^l   Pittori, C ^k   more..

^a INAF IASF ROMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c ENEA   (Italy)

^d INAF IASF MILANO   (Italy)

^e INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^g Consorzio Interuniversitario Fisica Spaziale ^*  (Italy)

^h SEZIONE DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

ⁱ OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^j INFN SEZIONE DI PAVIA   (Italy)

^k ASI SCIENCE DATA CENTER   (Italy)

^l UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

more..

Author keywords

acceleration of particles; gamma rays: stars; pulsars: individual (CRAB Nebula)

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955584272     PISSN: 20418205     EISSN: 20418213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/2041-8205/732/2/L22     Document Type: Article

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