Gamma-Ray Flares from the Crab Nebula
Gamma-Ray Flares from the Crab Nebula
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Abdo, A.A , Ajello, M , Baldini, L , Ballet, J , Bastieri, D , Bellazzini, R , Bloom, E.D , Bouvier, A , Bregeon, J , Brez, A , Brigida, M , Buehler, R , Buson, S , Cameron, R.A , Cannon, A , Casandjian, J.M , Çelik, Ö , Charles, E , Cheung, C.C , Ciprini, S , Claus, R , Costamante, L , Cutini, S , Dermer, C.D , de Angelis, A , de Luca, A , Digel, S.W , Drell, P.S , Fegan, S.J , Focke, W.B , Fortin, P , Fukazawa, Y , Funk, S , Fusco, P , Gehrels, N , Germani, S , Giglietto, N , Giroletti, M , Grondin, M.-H , Grove, J.E , Guiriec, S , Hanabata, Y , Harding, A.K , Hayashida, M , Hays, E , Itoh, R , Jóhannesson, G , Khangulyan, D , Kamae, T , Katagiri, H , Kerr, M , Knödlseder, J , Kuss, M , Lande, J , Latronico, L , Lee, S.-H , Lemoine-Goumard, M , Madejski, G.M , Makeev, A , Marelli, M , Michelson, P.F , Mitthumsiri, W , Mizuno, T , Monte, C , Moskalenko, I.V , Murgia, S , Naumann-Godo, M , Nuss, E , Omodei, N , Paneque, D , Pelassa, V , Pepe, M , Piron, F , Porter, T.A , Rainò, S , Rando, R , Ray, P.S , Razzano, M , Reimer, A , Reimer, O , Ritz, S , Romani, R.W , Sadrozinski, H.F.-W , Parkinson, P.M. Saz , Scargle, J.D , Sgrò, C , Siskind, E.J , Smith, P.D , Spandre, G , Spinelli, P , Strickman, M.S , Thayer, J.B , Troja, E , Uchiyama, Y , Vandenbroucke, J , Vasileiou, V , Vianello, G , Vitale, V , Yang, Z and Ziegler, M
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Washington, DC: American Association for the Advancement of Science
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A young and energetic pulsar powers the well-known Crab Nebula. Here, we describe two separate gamma-ray (photon energy greater than 100 mega-electron volts) flares from this source detected by the Large Area Telescope on board the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. The first flare occurred in February 2009 and lasted approximately 16 days. The secon...
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Gamma-Ray Flares from the Crab Nebula
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Ajello, M
Baldini, L
Ballet, J
Bastieri, D
Bellazzini, R
Bloom, E.D
Bouvier, A
Bregeon, J
Brez, A
Brigida, M
Buehler, R
Buson, S
Cameron, R.A
Cannon, A
Casandjian, J.M
Çelik, Ö
Charles, E
Cheung, C.C
Ciprini, S
Claus, R
Costamante, L
Cutini, S
Dermer, C.D
de Angelis, A
de Luca, A
Digel, S.W
Drell, P.S
Fegan, S.J
Focke, W.B
Fortin, P
Fukazawa, Y
Funk, S
Fusco, P
Gehrels, N
Germani, S
Giglietto, N
Giroletti, M
Grondin, M.-H
Grove, J.E
Guiriec, S
Hanabata, Y
Harding, A.K
Hayashida, M
Hays, E
Itoh, R
Jóhannesson, G
Khangulyan, D
Kamae, T
Katagiri, H
Kerr, M
Knödlseder, J
Kuss, M
Lande, J
Latronico, L
Lee, S.-H
Lemoine-Goumard, M
Madejski, G.M
Makeev, A
Marelli, M
Michelson, P.F
Mitthumsiri, W
Mizuno, T
Monte, C
Moskalenko, I.V
Murgia, S
Naumann-Godo, M
Nuss, E
Omodei, N
Paneque, D
Pelassa, V
Pepe, M
Piron, F
Porter, T.A
Rainò, S
Rando, R
Ray, P.S
Razzano, M
Reimer, A
Reimer, O
Ritz, S
Romani, R.W
Sadrozinski, H.F.-W
Parkinson, P.M. Saz
Scargle, J.D
Sgrò, C
Siskind, E.J
Smith, P.D
Spandre, G
Spinelli, P
Strickman, M.S
Thayer, J.B
Troja, E
Uchiyama, Y
Vandenbroucke, J
Vasileiou, V
Vianello, G
Vitale, V
Yang, Z
Ziegler, M
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TN_cdi_swepub_primary_oai_DiVA_org_su_67516
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_swepub_primary_oai_DiVA_org_su_67516
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0036-8075,1095-9203
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1095-9203
DOI
10.1126/science.1199705
