Introduction to high-energy gamma-ray astronomy
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
2016-04-20 v1 Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Abstract
The present issue is the first of of a two-volume review devoted to gamma-ray astronomy above 100 MeV which has witnessed considerable progress over the last 20 years. The motivations for research in this area are explained, the follow-on articles of these two thematic issues are introduced and a brief history of the field is given.
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@article{arxiv.1604.05488,
title = {Introduction to high-energy gamma-ray astronomy},
author = {Bernard Degrange and Gérard Fontaine},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1604.05488},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
15 pages, 6 figures. Introduction to a two-volume topical issue on Gamma-ray Astronomy above 100 MeV coordinated by the authors