Gamma-rays from pulsar wind nebulae in starburst galaxies

Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 797-800

  Mannheim, Karl ^a   Elsässer, Dominik ^a   Tibolla, Omar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gamma rays; Pulsar wind nebulae; Starburst galaxies

Indexed keywords

GAMMA-RAY EMISSION; INTERSTELLAR GAS; PION PRODUCTION; PULSAR WIND NEBULA; PULSAR WIND NEBULAE; STARBURST GALAXIES; SUPERNOVA REMNANTS;

GALAXIES; LUMINANCE; STARS; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS;

GAMMA RAYS;

EID: 84860651125     PISSN: 09276505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2012.02.009     Document Type: Article

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