Discovery of Powerful Gamma-Ray Flares from the Crab Nebula

M. Tavani; A. Morselli; C. O. Heinke; M. Trifoglio; Y. Evangelista; R. Campana; S. Mereghetti; P. Lipari; M. Giusti; M. Pilia; Allyn F. Tennant; G. Pucella; P. W. Cattaneo; M. Feroci; D. Horns; E. Costa; A. Giuliani; Martin C. Weisskopf; E. Del Monte; V. Vittorini; M. Marisaldi; A. Trois; F. Lazzarotto; F. Fuschino; S. Vercellone; C. Ferrigno; A. De Luca; F. D’Ammando; T. Contessi; A. Argan; M. Galli; I. Lapshov; A. Pellizzoni; E. Moretti; G. DeParis; C. Labanti; P. A. Caraveo; F. Verrecchia; I. Donnarumma; A. Bulgarelli; F. Longo; A. Chen; G. Di Cocco; E. Striani; E. Morelli; G. Di Persio; A. Ferrari; C. Pittori; G. Barbiellini; F. Gianotti

doi:10.1126/science.1200083

Discovery of Powerful Gamma-Ray Flares from the Crab Nebula

M. Tavani(National Institute for Astrophysics), A. Morselli(Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare), C. O. Heinke(Northwestern University), M. Trifoglio(National Institute for Astrophysics), Y. Evangelista(National Institute for Astrophysics), R. Campana(National Institute for Astrophysics), S. Mereghetti(National Institute for Astrophysics), P. Lipari(Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Roma I), M. Giusti(National Institute for Astrophysics), M. Pilia(Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Cagliari), Allyn F. Tennant, G. Pucella(National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development), P. W. Cattaneo(Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pavia), M. Feroci(University of Ferrara), D. Horns(Universität Hamburg), E. Costa(Institute for Space Astrophysics and Planetology), A. Giuliani(National Institute for Astrophysics), Martin C. Weisskopf(Marshall Space Flight Center), E. Del Monte(Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica di Bologna), V. Vittorini(National Institute for Astrophysics), M. Marisaldi(University of Bergen), A. Trois(Osservatorio Astronomico di Cagliari), F. Lazzarotto, F. Fuschino(National Institute for Astrophysics), S. Vercellone(Institute for Space Astrophysics and Planetology), C. Ferrigno(University of Geneva), A. De Luca(National Institute for Astrophysics), F. D’Ammando(Istituto di Radioastronomia di Bologna), T. Contessi(National Institute for Astrophysics), A. Argan(National Institute for Astrophysics), M. Galli, I. Lapshov, A. Pellizzoni, E. Moretti(Max Planck Institute for Physics), G. DeParis(Institute for Space Astrophysics and Planetology), C. Labanti(National Institute for Astrophysics), P. A. Caraveo(Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica di Milano), F. Verrecchia, I. Donnarumma(Agenzia Spaziale Italiana), A. Bulgarelli(National Institute for Astrophysics), F. Longo(University of Trieste), A. Chen(University of the Witwatersrand), G. Di Cocco, E. Striani(University of Rome Tor Vergata), E. Morelli(National Institute for Astrophysics), G. Di Persio(National Institute for Astrophysics), A. Ferrari(University of Turin), C. Pittori, G. Barbiellini(University of Trieste), F. Gianotti(National Institute for Astrophysics)

Science

January 7, 2011

10.1126/science.1200083

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