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The Nature of Unidentified Galactic High-Energy Gamma-Ray Sources. Proceedings of the Workshop Held at Tonantzintla, Puebla, Mexico, 9-11 October 2000.
. Ed(S): Carraminana, Alberto; Reimer, Olaf; Thompson, David J.
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Paperback. Proceedings of the Workshop held at Tonantzintla, Puebla, Mexico, 9-11 October 2000 Editor(s): Carraminana, Alberto; Reimer, Olaf; Thompson, David J. Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library. Num Pages: 367 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PG; PHVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 599.
The Energetic Gamma-Ray Experiment Telescope (EGRET) instru ment on the Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory left as a legacy its Third Catalog of High Energy Gamma-Ray Sources, whose detections include a large number of blazars, some pulsars, the Large Magellanic Cloud and a solar flare. Most of the newly discovered objects - a majority of the catalog -are unidentified sources, with a clearly predominant Galactic population. Are all these radio-quiet pulsars, like Geminga, or is there a novel type of celestial object, awaiting identification? In spite of the limited angular resolution provided by EGRET and COMPTEL, there is still much to learn ... Read more
The Energetic Gamma-Ray Experiment Telescope (EGRET) instru ment on the Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory left as a legacy its Third Catalog of High Energy Gamma-Ray Sources, whose detections include a large number of blazars, some pulsars, the Large Magellanic Cloud and a solar flare. Most of the newly discovered objects - a majority of the catalog -are unidentified sources, with a clearly predominant Galactic population. Are all these radio-quiet pulsars, like Geminga, or is there a novel type of celestial object, awaiting identification? In spite of the limited angular resolution provided by EGRET and COMPTEL, there is still much to learn ... Read more
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Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
367
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Astrophysics and Space Science Library
Number of Pages
355
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Dordrecht, Netherlands
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9789401038751
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