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Centaurus A at Ultra-High Energies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2013

Roger W. Clay ,
Benjamin J. Whelan  and
Philip G. Edwards
Roger W. Clay*
Affiliation:
School of Chemistry and Physics, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
Benjamin J. Whelan
Affiliation:
School of Chemistry and Physics, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
Philip G. Edwards
Affiliation:
CSIRO ATNF, Narrabri Observatory, Locked Bag 194, Narrabri, NSW 2390, Australia
*
CCorresponding author. Email: [email protected]
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Abstract

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We review the importance of Centaurus A in high-energy astrophysics as a nearby object with many of the properties expected of a major source of very high-energy cosmic rays and gamma rays. We examine observational techniques and the results so far obtained in the energy range from 200 GeV to above 100 EeV and attempt to fit those data to expectations of Centaurus Aas an astrophysical source from very high to ultra-high energies.

Keywords

acceleration of particlesgalaxies: activegamma rays: observationscosmic rays
Type
Research Article
Information
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 27 , Special Issue 4: The Many Faces of Centaurus A , 2010 , pp. 439 - 448
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 2010

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