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The Nature of Unidentified Galactic High-Energy Gamma-Ray Sources

Proceedings of the Workshop held at Tonantzintla, Puebla, Mexico, 9-11 October 2000

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  • © 2001

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Editors:
  1. Alberto Carramiñana

    1. Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica, Tonantzintla, México

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  2. Olaf Reimer

    1. Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica, Tonantzintla, México

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  3. David J. Thompson

    1. NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, USA

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Part of the book series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library (ASSL, volume 267)

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Table of contents (26 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages N1-xii
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  2. Unidentified Celestial Sources at Gamma-Ray Energies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Unidentified Gamma-Ray Sources: An Introduction

      • David J. Thompson
      Pages 3-16

    3. The Gamma-Ray Properties of Unidentified Egret Sources

      • Olaf Reimer
      Pages 17-34

    4. Multiwavelength Searches and Spectral Aspects of Unidentified High Energy Gamma-Ray Sources

      • Reshmi Mukherjee, Jules Halpern
      Pages 35-48

  3. Correlations Studies of Unidentified Gamma-Ray Sources

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 49-49
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    2. γ-Ray Sources Off the Galactic Plane: How Old and Far Away?

      • Isabelle A. Grenier
      Pages 51-63

    3. Low-Latitude Gamma-Ray Sources: Correlations and Variability

      • Gustavo E. Romero
      Pages 65-80

    4. Population Studies of Unidentified High-Energy Gamma-Ray Sources

      • Neil Gehrels, Daryl J. Macomb, David L. Bertsch, David J. Thompson, Robert C. Hartman, Barbara J. Mattson
      Pages 81-88

    5. Population Studies of the Egret Sources

      • Sandro Mereghetti, Andrew Chen, Alberto Pellizzoni, Marco Tavani, Stefano Vercellone
      Pages 89-96

    6. Positional Correlation between Low-Latitude γ-Ray Sources and Supernova Remnants

      • Diego F. Torres, Jorge A. Combi, Gustavo E. Romero, P. Benaglia
      Pages 97-104

  4. High-Energy Pulsars

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 105-105
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    2. Geminga Pulsars

      • Alberto Carramiñana
      Pages 107-134

    3. X-Ray and Radio Observations of Bright GEV Sources

      • Mallory S. E. Roberts, Roger W. Romani, Nobuyuki Kawai, Bryan M. Gaensler, Simon Johnston
      Pages 135-152

    4. Gamma-Ray Pulsars in the Unidentified Population: The ‘Outer Gap’ Perspective

      • Roger W. Romani
      Pages 153-166

    5. Identifying the Mysterious Egret Sources: Signatures of Polar Cap Pulsar Models

      • Matthew G. Baring
      Pages 167-188

  5. Supernova Remnants and Massive Stars

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 189-189
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    2. Massive Stars and Gamma-Ray Sources

      • Philip Kaaret
      Pages 191-196

    3. Diffuse Sources of High-Energy Gamma Rays in The Milky Way

      • Seth W. Digel
      Pages 197-211

    4. Nonlinear Shock Acceleration and Photon Production in Young Supernova Remnants

      • Donald C. Ellison
      Pages 213-226
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About this book

The Energetic Gamma-Ray Experiment Telescope (EGRET) instru­ ment on the Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory left as a legacy its Third Catalog of High Energy Gamma-Ray Sources, whose detections include a large number of blazars, some pulsars, the Large Magellanic Cloud and a solar flare. Most of the newly discovered objects - a majority of the catalog -are unidentified sources, with a clearly predominant Galactic population. Are all these radio-quiet pulsars, like Geminga, or is there a novel type of celestial object, awaiting identification? In spite of the limited angular resolution provided by EGRET and COMPTEL, there is still much to learn about unidentified ,-ray sources: correlation studies, multiwavelength observations and theoretical work can provide valuable clues, specially if these efforts are carried out in a coordinated manner. The aim of this workshop, held from October 9 to 11, 2000, at the Instituto N acional de Astrofisica, Optica y Electronica, at Tonantzintla, Mexico, was to gather experts on the subject, including observational as­ tronomers specialized in other regions of the electromagnetic spectrum, in an effort to address the question of the Nature of Galactic high-energy gamma-ray sources, both from the theoretical and observational perspec­ tive, and elaborate schemes for future identification studies which can make use of existing and forthcoming facilities.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica, Tonantzintla, México

    Alberto Carramiñana, Olaf Reimer

  • NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, USA

    David J. Thompson

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Nature of Unidentified Galactic High-Energy Gamma-Ray Sources

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the Workshop held at Tonantzintla, Puebla, Mexico, 9-11 October 2000

  • Editors: Alberto Carramiñana, Olaf Reimer, David J. Thompson

  • Series Title: Astrophysics and Space Science Library

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-1007-8

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Kluwer Academic Publishers 2001

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-0010-2Published: 31 October 2001

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-3875-1Published: 25 September 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-010-1007-8Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0067-0057

  • Series E-ISSN: 2214-7985

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 355

  • Topics: Astronomy, Observations and Techniques, Astrophysics and Astroparticles

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