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Searches for γ-Rays from the Crab Nebula and its Pulsar

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

J. V. Jelley
J. V. Jelley*
Affiliation:
Nuclear Physics Division, Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Harwell, Berkshire, U.K.

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The Crab Nebula has been regarded as the most promising celestial object to investigate for the detection of γ-rays. γ-ray emission might be expected from either the synchrotron or the inverse Compton mechanism. Periodic γ-ray emission could come from the pulsar, but no theory has yet been developed for such objects. Searches for γ-rays from both the Crab Nebula and the Crab pulsar made by a number of groups are described. Limits have been set to the γ-ray emission from both objects which are only a little above the extrapolated optical and X-ray fluxes.

Type
Session 1
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 46: The Crab Nebula , 1971 , pp. 32 - 41
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1971 

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