The AGILE monitoring of Cygnus X-3: Transient gamma-ray emission and spectral constraints

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 545, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Piano, G ^a,b   Tavani, M ^a,b,c,h   Vittorini, V ^a   Trois, A ⁱ   Giuliani, A ^d   Bulgarelli, A ^e   Evangelista, Y ^a   Coppi, P ⁿ   Del Monte, E ^a   Sabatini, S ^a,b,h   Striani, E ^c,h   Donnarumma, I ^a   Hannikainen, D ^o,p   Koljonen, K I I ^o   McCollough, M ^q   Pooley, G ^r   Trushkin, S ^s   Zanin, R ^t   Barbiellini, G ^f   Cardillo, M ^a,c   Cattaneo, P W ^g   Chen, A W ^d   Colafrancesco, S ^a,l   Feroci, M ^a   Fuschino, F ^e   Giusti, M ^a,b   Longo, F ^f   Morselli, A ^h   Pellizzoni, A ⁱ   Pittori, C ^a,k   Pucella, G ^j   Rapisarda, M ^j   Rappoldi, A ^g   Soffitta, P ^a   Trifoglio, M ^e   Vercellone, S ^m   Verrecchia, F ^a,k   more..

^a INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b CIFS Torino   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^d INAF IASF MILANO   (Italy)

^e OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^f SEZIONE DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

^g INFN SEZIONE DI PAVIA   (Italy)

^h INFN SEZIONE DI ROMA TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

ⁱ INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^j ENEA   (Italy)

^k ASI Science Data Center (ASDC)   (Italy)

^l UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^m INAF IASF PALERMO   (Italy)

ⁿ YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^o AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^p Aalto University Metsähovi Radio Observatory ^*  (United States)

^q SMITHSONIAN ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^r UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^s RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^t UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

more..

Author keywords

Gamma rays: general; Radiation mechanisms: non thermal; Radio continuum: general; Stars: individual: Cygnus X 3; Stars: winds outflows; X rays: binaries

Indexed keywords

RADIATION MECHANISMS: NONTHERMAL; RADIO CONTINUUM: GENERAL; STARS: INDIVIDUAL: CYGNUS X-3; STARS: WINDS; X-RAYS: BINARIES;

GAMMA RAYS; PHOTONS; STARS;

X RAYS;

EID: 84866339222     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201219145     Document Type: Article

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