High-energy particle acceleration in the shell of a supernova remnant

Nature

Volumn 432, Issue 7013, 2004, Pages 75-77

  Aharonian, F A ^a   Akhperjanian, A G ^b   Aye, K M ^c   Bazer Bachi, A R ^d   Beilicke, M ^e   Benbow, W ^a   Berge, D ^a   Berghaus, P ^f,t   Bernlohr K ^a,g   Bolz, O ^a   Boisson, C ^h   Borgmeier, C ^g   Breitling, F ^g   Brown, A M ^c   Gordo, J B ⁱ   Chadwick, P M ^c   Chitnis, V R ^j,s,u   Chounet, L M ^k   Cornils, R ^e   Costamante, L ^a,s   Degrange, B ^k   Djannati Atai A ^f   Drury, L O'C ^l   Ergin, T ^g   Espigat, P ^f   Feinstein, F ⁱ   Fleury, P ^k   Fontaine, G ^k   Funk, S ^a   Gallant, Y A ⁱ   Giebels, B ^k   Gillessen, S ^a   Goret, P ^m   Guy, J ^j   Hadjichristidis, C ^c   Hauser, M ⁿ   Heinzelmann, G ^e   Henri, G ^d   Hermann, G ^a   Hinton, J A ^a   Hofmann, W ^a   Holleran, M ^o   Horns, D ^a   de Jager, O C ^o   Jung, I ^a,n,v   Khelifi B ^a   Komin, N ^g   Konopelko, A ^a,g   Latham, I J ^c   Le Gallou, R ^c   Lemoine, M ^k   Lemiere A ^f   Leroy, N ^k   Lohse, T ^g   Marcowith, A ^d   Masterson, C ^a,s   McComb, T J L ^c   de Naurois, M ^j   Nolan, S J ^c   Noutsos, A ^c   Orford, K J ^c   Osborne, J L ^c   Ouchrif, M ^j,s   Panter, M ^a   Pelletier, G ^d   Pita, S ^f   Pohl, M ^p,w   Puhlhofer G ^a,n   Punch, M ^f   Raubenheimer, B C ^o   Raue, M ^e   Raux, J ^j   Rayner, S M ^c   Redondo, I ^k,s,x   Reimer, A ^p   Reimer, O ^p   Ripken, J ^e   Rivoal, M ^j   Rob, L ^q   Rolland, L ^j   Rowell, G ^a   Sahakian, V ^b   Sauge L ^d   Schlenker, S ^g   Schlickeiser, R ^p   Schuster, C ^p   Schwanke, U ^g   Siewert, M ^p   Sol, H ^h   Steenkamp, R ^r   Stegmann, C ^g   Tavernet, J P ^j   Theoret C G ^f   Tluczykont, M ^k,s   van der Walt, D J ^o   Vasileiadis, G ⁱ   Vincent, P ^j   Visser, B ^o   Volk H J ^a   Wagner, S J ⁿ   more..

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

^b YEREVAN PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Armenia)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^f l'alimentation et l'Environnement   (France)

^g HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^h OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

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

^j UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^k ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^l DUBLIN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Ireland)

^m UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

ⁿ UNIVERSITÄT HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^o NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^p RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^q CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^r UNIVERSITY OF NAMIBIA   (Namibia)

^s European Associated Laboratory for Gamma Ray Astronomy   (France)

^t UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^u TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

^v WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^w IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^x UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY DENSITY; INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM; SHELL MORPHOLOGY; SUPERNOVA REMNANT (SNR);

COSMIC RAYS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; GAMMA RAYS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

PARTICLE ACCELERATORS;

ASTROPHYSICS;

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; COSMIC RADIATION; ENERGY; EXPLOSION; GAMMA RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTRUM; SURFACE CHARGE; X RAY;

EID: 8544276570     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02960     Document Type: Article

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