1. Gamma-ray astronomy at high energies
- Author
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P. Fleury, M. Punch, C.M. Hoffman, C. Sinnis, Lantz, Simone, Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet (LLR), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-École polytechnique (X)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Physique Corpusculaire et Cosmologie - Collège de France (PCC), and Collège de France (CdF (institution))-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
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Physics ,Field (physics) ,Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena ,media_common.quotation_subject ,General Physics and Astronomy ,Astronomy ,Astrophysics ,Gamma-ray astronomy ,01 natural sciences ,7. Clean energy ,[PHYS.ASTR.CO]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO] ,Black hole ,Pulsar ,Sky ,[PHYS.ASTR.CO] Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO] ,0103 physical sciences ,Bibliography ,010306 general physics ,Blazar ,Gamma-ray burst ,010303 astronomy & astrophysics ,media_common - Abstract
Progress in high-energy gamma-ray astronomy has depended upon the development of sophisticated detectors and analysis techniques. Observations in this decade using space-based and ground-based detectors have observed gamma-ray emission from a variety of sources. For the first time a consistent picture of the {gamma}-ray sky has emerged. This article describes the detection techniques in {gamma}-ray astronomy, the nature of the astrophysical objects studied, and the present state of the observations. Several possible new directions in the field are also described. {copyright} {ital 1999} {ital The American Physical Society}
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- 1999