A new population of very high energy gamma-ray sources in the Milky Way.

Ya, Gallant; Aharonian, F. A.; Akhperjanian, Ag G.; Aye, Km-M.; G. Akhperjanian, A.; Bazer-Bachi, Ar R.; Beilicke, M.; Benbow, W.; R. Bazer-Bachi, A.; Berge, D.; Berghaus, P.; Bernlöhr, K.; Boisson, C.; Bolz, O.; Borgmeier, C.; Braun, I.; Breitling, F.; Brown, Am M.; Gordo, Jb Bussons; M. Brown, A.; Bussons Gordo, J.; Chadwick, Pm M.; Chounet, Lm-M.; Cornils, R.; M. Chadwick, P.; Costamante, L.; Degrange, B.; Djannati-Ataï, A.; Drury, Lo O.-'.-C; Dubus, G.; Ergin, T.; Espigat, P.; Feinstein, F.; Fleury, P.; O'C Drury, L.; Fontaine, G.; Funk, S.; Gallant, Ya A.; Giebels, B.; Gillessen, S.; Goret, P.; Hadjichristidis, C.; Hauser, M.; Heinzelmann, G.; Ja, Hinton; Henri, G.; Hermann, G.; Hinton, Ja A.; Hofmann, W.; Holleran, M.; C. De Jager, O.; Horns, D.; de Jager, O. C.; Jung, I.; Oc, de Jager; Khélifi, B.; Komin, Nu-U.; Konopelko, A.; J. Latham, I.; Latham, Ij J.; Le Gallou, R.; Lemière, A.; Lemoine, M.; Leroy, N.; Lohse, T.; Lemoind, M.; Marcowith, A.; Masterson, C.; McComb, Tj J. L.; de Naurois, M.; J. L. Mccomb, T.; J. Nolan, S.; Nolan, Sj J.; Noutsos, A.; Orford, Kj J.; J. Orford, K.; L. Osborne, J.; Osborne, Jl L.; Ouchrif, M.; Panter, M.; Pelletier, G.; Pita, S.; Pühlhofer, G.; Punch, M.; Raubenheimer, Bc C.; Raue, M.; C. Raubenheimer, B.; Raux, J.; Rayner, Sm M.; Redondo, I.; M. Rayner, S.; Reimer, A.; Reimer, O.; Ripken, J.; Rob, L.; Rolland, L.; Rowell, G.; Sahakian, V.; Saugé, L.; Schlenker, S.; Schlickeiser, R.; Schuster, C.; Schwanke, U.; Siewert, M.; Sol, H.; Steenkamp, R.; J. Van Der Walt, D.; Stegmann, C.; Tavernet, Jp-P.; Dj, van der Walt; Terrier, R.; Théoret, Cg G.; Tluczykont, M.; van der Walt, D. J.; J. Völk, H.; Vasileiadis, G.; Venter, C.; Vincent, P.; Visser, B.; J. Wagner, S.; Völk, Hj J.; A. Hinton, J.; Wagner, Sj J.; Ag, Akhperjanian

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American Association for the Advancement of Science, Science, 5717(307), p. 1938-1942, 2005

DOI: 10.1126/science.1108643

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A new population of very high energy gamma-ray sources in the Milky Way.

Journal article published in 2005 by Gallant Ya, F. A. Aharonian, Ag G. Akhperjanian, Km-M. Aye, A. G. Akhperjanian, Ar R. Bazer-Bachi, M. Beilicke, W. Benbow, A. R. Bazer-Bachi, D. Berge, P. Berghaus, K. Bernlöhr, C. Boisson, O. Bolz, C. Borgmeier and other authors.

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Very high energy {gamma}-rays probe the long-standing mystery of the origin of cosmic rays. Produced in the interactions of accelerated particles in astrophysical objects, they can be used to image cosmic particle accelerators. A first sensitive survey of the inner part of the Milky Way with the High Energy Stereoscopic System (HESS) reveals a population of eight previously unknown firmly detected sources of very high energy {gamma}-rays. At least two have no known radio or x-ray counterpart and may be representative of a new class of "dark" nucleonic cosmic ray sources.

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A new population of very high energy gamma-ray sources in the Milky Way.

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