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On the identification of celestial γ-ray sources

L. ScarsiE. Massaro

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PhysicsIdentification (information)High energySatellite observationMultidisciplinaryGamma ray spectrometerAstronomyQuasarAstrophysicsGamma-ray astronomyAstronomical spectroscopyGalaxy

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THE observations from COS B have provided a new and more detailed picture of the high energy γ-ray emission from the Galaxy. We discuss here the first catalogue with 13 localised sources which has been compiled1,2 and how the list should lengthen in the near future, as the data analysis progresses.

https://doi.org/10.1038/274346a0