H.E.S.S. observations of the globular clusters NGC 6388 and M15 and search for a dark matter signal

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 735, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Abramowski, A ^a   Acero, F ^b   Aharonian, F ^c,d,e   Akhperjanian, A G ^e,f   Anton, G ^g   Balzer, A ^g   Barnacka, A ^h,i   Barres De Almeida, U ^j,ag   Bazer Bachi, A R ^k   Becherini, Y ^l,m   Becker, J ⁿ   Behera, B ^o   Bernlohr K ^c,p   Bochow, A ^c   Boisson, C ^q   Bolmont, J ^r   Bordas, P ^s   Borrel, V ^k   Brucker, J ^g   Brun, F ^m   Brun, P ⁱ   Bulik, T ^t   Busching I ^u   Carrigan, S ^c   Casanova, S ^c,n   Cerruti, M ^q   Chadwick, P M ^j   Charbonnier, A ^r   Chaves, R C G ^c   Cheesebrough, A ^j   Chounet, L M ^m   Clapson, A C ^c   Coignet, G ^v   Conrad, J ^w   Dalton, M ^p   Daniel, M K ^j   Davids, I D ^x   Degrange, B ^m   Deil, C ^c   Dickinson, H J ^w   Djannati Ata, A ^l   Domainko, W ^c   Drury, L O ^d   Dubois, F ^v   Dubus, G ^k   Dyks, J ^h   Dyrda, M ^y   Egberts, K ^z   Eger, P ^g   Espigat, P ^l   Fallon, L ^d   Farnier, C ^b   Fegan, S ^m   Feinstein, F ^b   Fernandes, M V ^a   Fiasson, A ^v   Fontaine, G ^m   Forster A ^c   Fuling M ^p   Gallant, Y A ^b   Gast, H ^c   Gerard L ^l   Gerbig, D ⁿ   Giebels, B ^m   Glicenstein, J F ⁱ   Gluck B ^g   Goret, P ⁱ   Goring D ^g   Haffner S ^g   Hague, J D ^c   Hampf, D ^a   Hauser, M ^o   Heinz, S ^g   Heinzelmann, G ^a   Henri, G ^k   Hermann, G ^c   Hinton, J A ^aa   Hoffmann, A ^s   Hofmann, W ^c   Hofverberg, P ^c   Holler, M ^g   Horns, D ^a   Jacholkowska, A ^r   De Jager, O C ^u   Jahn, C ^g   Jamrozy, M ^ab   Jung, I ^g   Kastendieck, M A ^a   Katarzynski K ^ac   Katz, U ^g   Kaufmann, S ^o   Keogh, D ^j   Khangulyan, D ^c   Khelifi B ^m   Klochkov, D ^s   Kluzniak W ^h   Kneiske, T ^a   Komin, Nu ^v   Kosack, K ⁱ   Kossakowski, R ^v   Laffon, H ^m   Lamanna, G ^v   Lennarz, D ^c   Lohse, T ^p   Lopatin, A ^g   Lu, C C ^c   Marandon, V ^l   Marcowith, A ^b   Masbou, J ^v   Maurin, D ^r   Maxted, N ^ad   McComb, T J L ^j   Medina, M C ⁱ   Mehault J ^b   Moderski, R ^h   Moulin, E ⁱ   Naumann, C L ^r   Naumann Godo, M ⁱ   De Naurois, M ^m   Nedbal, D ^ae   Nekrassov, D ^c   Nguyen, N ^a   Nicholas, B ^ad   Niemiec, J ^y   Nolan, S J ^j   Ohm, S ^c   Olive, J P ^k   De Ona Wilhelmi E ^c   Opitz, B ^a   Ostrowski, M ^ab   Panter, M ^c   Paz Arribas, M ^p   Pedaletti, G ^o   Pelletier, G ^k   Petrucci, P O ^k   Pita, S ^l   Puhlhofer G ^s   Punch, M ^l   Quirrenbach, A ^o   Raue, M ^a   Rayner, S M ^j   Reimer, A ^z   Reimer, O ^z   Renaud, M ^b   De Los Reyes, R ^c   Rieger, F ^c,ah   Ripken, J ^w   Rob, L ^ae   Rosier Lees, S ^v   Rowell, G ^ad   Rudak, B ^h   Rulten, C B ^j   Ruppel, J ⁿ   Ryde, F ^w   Sahakian, V ^e,f   Santangelo, A ^s   Schlickeiser, R ⁿ   Schock F M ^g   Schulz, A ^g   Schwanke, U ^p   Schwarzburg, S ^s   Schwemmer, S ^o   Sikora, M ^h   Skilton, J L ^af   Sol, H ^q   Spengler, G ^p   Stawarz, Ł ^ab   Steenkamp, R ^x   Stegmann, C ^g   Stinzing, F ^g   Stycz, K ^g   Sushch, I ^p   Szostek, A ^k,ab   Tavernet, J P ^r   Terrier, R ^l   Tibolla, O ^c   Tluczykont, M ^a   Valerius, K ^g   Van Eldik, C ^c   Vasileiadis, G ^b   Venter, C ^u   Vialle, J P ^v   Viana, A ⁱ   Vincent, P ^r   Vivier, M ⁱ   Volk H J ^c   Volpe, F ^c   Vorobiov, S ^b   Vorster, M ^u   Wagner, S J ^o   Ward, M ^j   Wierzcholska, A ^ab   Zacharias, M ⁿ   Zajczyk, A ^h   Zdziarski, A A ^h   Zech, A ^q   Zechlin, H S ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER II   (France)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

^d DUBLIN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Ireland)

^e INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Armenia)

^f YEREVAN PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Armenia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^h NICOLAUS COPERNICUS ASTRONOMICAL CENTER   (Poland)

ⁱ CEA SACLAY   (France)

^j DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^k CNRS   (France)

^l UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^m ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

ⁿ RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^o UNIVERSITÄT HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^p HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^q UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^r UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^s UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^t UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^u NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

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

^w ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^x UNIVERSITY OF NAMIBIA   (Namibia)

^y INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (Poland)

^z INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^aa UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^ab JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^ac NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^ad UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^ae CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^af UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^ag MINISTRY OF EDUCATION OF BRAZIL   (Brazil)

^ah European Associated Laboratory for Gamma Ray Astronomy

more..

Author keywords

black hole physics; dark matter; gamma rays: general; globular clusters: individual (NGC 6388, M15)

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959968534     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/735/1/12     Document Type: Article

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