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New high energy γ-ray sources observed by COS B
B. N. SwanenburgR. BuccheriG. BoellaG. G. LichtiJ. C. HigdonR. D. WillsJacques PaulG. F. BignamiB. G. TaylorL. ScarsiGottfried KanbachK. BennettW. HermsenJ. L. MasnouH. A. Mayer-hasselwandersubject
PhysicsHigh energySupernovaMultidisciplinaryPulsarGamma ray spectrometerGamma rayAstronomySatelliteCosmic rayGamma-ray astronomydescription
LOCALISED γ-ray sources contribute to the overall galactic emission; some of these sources have been identified with known astronomical objects1,2, while several unidentified γ-ray sources have also been reported3,4. We describe here a search for γ-ray sources using data from the ESA γ-ray satellite COS B which revealed 10 new unidentified sources. These sources seem to be galactic with typical γ-ray luminosities above 100 MeV in excess of 1035 erg s−1.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977-10-01 | Nature |