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Cygnus X-3 and Other Ultra-High-Energy γ-Ray Sources

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

John J. Barnard
John J. Barnard*
Affiliation:
Code 665 NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771

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Recently, several binary X-ray sources have been found to be sources of ultra high energy γ-ray emission. Air shower observations indicate photon energies >∼ 1015 eV. We review the current status of observations from the source Cygnus X-3, and compare this data with that from the sources Hercules X-1, Vela X-1, and LMC X-4. Current theoretical models for the production of γ-rays and the acceleration of high energy particles are discussed and the consequences for the evolution of such systems are examined.

Type
VI. Other Manifestations of Neutron Stars and Their Place in Neutron Star Evolution
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 125: The Origin and Evolution of Neutron Stars , 1987 , pp. 521 - 533
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1987 

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