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The Crab Nebula as a standard candle in very high-energy astrophysics

The continuum high-energy gamma-ray emission between 1 GeV and 100 TeV from the Crab Nebula has been measured for the first time in overlapping energy bands by the Fermi large-area telescope (Fermi/LAT) below ~ 100 GeV and by ground-based…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-10-08 M. Meyer , D. Horns , H. -S. Zechlin

Gamma-ray flare and absorption in Crab Nebula: Lovely TeV-PeV astrophysics

We spectrally fit the GeV gamma-ray flares recently-observed in the Crab Nebula by considering a small blob Lorentz-boosted towards us. We point out that the corresponding inverse-Compton flare at TeV--PeV region is more enhanced than…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-04 Kazunori Kohri , Yutaka Ohira , Kunihito Ioka

Development of an advanced Compton telescope for MeV-range gamma-ray astronomy

An advanced Compton telescope appears to be the best instrument concept for the next generation gamma-ray space observatory in the MeV range. A first prototype of advanced Compton telescope is being developed to match the constraints of a…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-02-27 Adrien Laviron , Valentin Gourlaouen , Clarisse Hamadache , Corentin Hiver , Jürgen Kiener , Jean Peyré , Vincent Tatischeff

Spectrum and extension of the inverse-Compton emission of the Crab Nebula from a combined Fermi-LAT and H.E.S.S. analysis

The Crab Nebula is a unique laboratory for studying the acceleration of electrons and positrons through their non-thermal radiation. Observations of very-high-energy $\gamma$ rays from the Crab Nebula have provided important constraints for…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-06-26 F. Aharonian , F. Ait Benkhali , J. Aschersleben , H. Ashkar , M. Backes , A. Baktash , V. Barbosa Martins , R. Batzofin , Y. Becherini , D. Berge , K. Bernlöhr , B. Bi , M. Böttcher , C. Boisson , J. Bolmont , M. de Bony de Lavergne , J. Borowska , F. Bradascio , M. Breuhaus , R. Brose , A. Brown , F. Brun , B. Bruno , T. Bulik , C. Burger-Scheidlin , T. Bylund , S. Caroff , S. Casanova , R. Cecil , J. Celic , M. Cerruti , P. Chambery , T. Chand , S. Chandra , A. Chen , J. Chibueze , O. Chibueze , G. Cotter , P. Cristofari , J. Devin , A. Djannati-Ataï , J. Djuvsland , A. Dmytriiev , S. Einecke , J. -P. Ernenwein , S. Fegan , K. Feijen , M. Filipović , G. Fontaine , M. Füßling , S. Funk , S. Gabici , Y. A. Gallant , G. Giavitto , D. Glawion , J. F. Glicenstein , J. Glombitza , P. Goswami , G. Grolleron , M. -H. Grondin , L. Haerer , J. A. Hinton , W. Hofmann , T. L. Holch , M. Holler , D. Horns , M. Jamrozy , F. Jankowsky , V. Joshi , E. Kasai , K. Katarzyński , R. Khatoon , B. Khélifi , W. Kluźniak , Nu. Komin , K. Kosack , D. Kostunin , A. Kundu , R. G. Lang , S. Le Stum , F. Leitl , A. Lemière , M. Lemoine-Goumard , J. -P. Lenain , F. Leuschner , A. Luashvili , J. Mackey , D. Malyshev , D. Malyshev , V. Marandon , P. Marinos , G. Martí-Devesa , R. Marx , A. Mehta , M. Meyer , A. Mitchell , R. Moderski , L. Mohrmann , A. Montanari , E. Moulin , T. Murach , M. de Naurois , J. Niemiec , P. O'Brien , S. Ohm , L. Olivera-Nieto , E. de Ona Wilhelmi , M. Ostrowski , S. Panny , M. Panter , R. D. Parsons , G. Peron , D. A. Prokhorov , G. Pühlhofer , M. Punch , A. Quirrenbach , M. Regeard , P. Reichherzer , A. Reimer , O. Reimer , H. Ren , M. Renaud , B. Reville , F. Rieger , G. Roellinghoff , B. Rudak , V. Sahakian , H. Salzmann , M. Sasaki , F. Schüssler , H. M. Schutte , J. N. S. Shapopi , A. Specovius , S. Spencer , Ł. Stawarz , R. Steenkamp , S. Steinmassl , C. Steppa , K. Streil , I. Sushch , H. Suzuki , T. Takahashi , T. Tanaka , R. Terrier , M. Tluczykont , N. Tsuji , T. Unbehaun , C. van Eldik , M. Vecchi , J. Veh , C. Venter , J. Vink , T. Wach , S. J. Wagner , A. Wierzcholska , M. Zacharias , D. Zargaryan , A. A. Zdziarski , A. Zech , S. Zouari , N. Żywucka , A. Harding

Compton Telescopes for Gamma-ray Astrophysics

Compton telescopes rely on the dominant interaction mechanism in the MeV gamma-ray energy range: Compton scattering. By precisely recording the position and energy of multiple Compton scatter interactions in a detector volume, a photon's…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-04-05 Carolyn Kierans , Tadayuki Takahashi , Gottfried Kanbach

Observation and Spectral Measurements of the Crab Nebula with Milagro

The Crab Nebula was detected with the Milagro experiment at a statistical significance of 17 standard deviations over the lifetime of the experiment. The experiment was sensitive to approximately 100 GeV - 100 TeV gamma ray air showers by…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-30 A. A. Abdo , B. T. Allen , T. Aune , W. Benbow , D. Berley , C. Chen , G. E. Christopher , T. DeYoung , B. L. Dingus , R. W. Ellsworth , A. Falcone , L. Fleysher , R. Fleysher , M. M. Gonzalez , J. A. Goodman , J. B. Gordo , E. Hays , C. M. Hoffman , P. H. Huentemeyer , B. E. Kolterman , J. T. Linnemann , J. E. McEnery , T. Morgan , A. I. Mincer , P. Nemethy , J. Pretz , J. M. Ryan , P. M. Saz Parkinson , A. Shoup , G. Sinnis , A. J. Smith , V. Vasileiou , G. P. Walker , D. A. Williams , and G. B. Yodh

Compton Imaging of MeV Gamma-Rays with the Liquid Xenon Gamma-Ray Imaging Telescope (LXeGRIT)

The Liquid Xenon Gamma-Ray Imaging Telescope (LXeGRIT) is the first realization of a liquid xenon time projection chamber for Compton imaging of MeV gamma-ray sources in astrophysics. By measuring the energy deposit and the three spatial…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2008-11-26 E. Aprile , A. Curioni , K. L. Giboni , M. Kobayashi , U. G. Oberlack , S. Zhang

The observation of the Crab Nebula with LHAASO-KM2A for the performance study

As a sub-array of the Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO), KM2A is mainly designed to cover a large fraction of the northern sky to hunt for gamma-ray sources at energies above 10 TeV. Even though the detector construction…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-02-09 F. Aharonian , Q. An , Axikegu , L. X. Bai , Y. X. Bai , Y. W. Bao , D. Bastieri , X. J. Bi , Y. J. Bi , H. Cai , J. T. Cai , Z. Cao , Z. Cao , J. Chang , J. F. Chang , X. C. Chang , B. M. Chen , J. Chen , L. Chen , L. Chen , L. Chen , M. J. Chen , M. L. Chen , Q. H. Chen , S. H. Chen , S. Z. Chen , T. L. Chen , X. L. Chen , Y. Chen , N. Cheng , Y. D. Cheng , S. W. Cui , X. H. Cui , Y. D. Cui , B. Z. Dai , H. L. Dai , Z. G. Dai , Danzengluobu , D. della Volpe , B. D'Ettorre Piazzoli , X. J. Dong , J. H. Fan , Y. Z. Fan , Z. X. Fan , J. Fang , K. Fang , C. F. Feng , L. Feng , S. H. Feng , Y. L. Feng , B. Gao , C. D. Gao , Q. Gao , W. Gao , M. M. Ge , L. S. Geng , G. H. Gong , Q. B. Gou , M. H. Gu , J. G. Guo , X. L. Guo , Y. Q. Guo , Y. Y. Guo , Y. A. Han , H. H. He , H. N. He , J. C. He , S. L. He , X. B. He , Y. He , M. Heller , Y. K. Hor , C. Hou , X. Hou , H. B. Hu , S. Hu , S. C. Hu , X. J. Hu , D. H. Huang , Q. L. Huang , W. H. Huang , X. T. Huang , Z. C. Huang , F. Ji , X. L. Ji , H. Y. Jia , K. Jiang , Z. J. Jiang , C. Jin , D. Kuleshov , K. Levochkin , B. B. Li , C. Li , C. Li , F. Li , H. B. Li , H. C. Li , H. Y. Li , J. Li , K. Li , W. L. Li , X. Li , X. Li , X. R. Li , Y. Li , Y. Z. Li , Z. Li , Z. Li , E. W. Liang , Y. F. Liang , S. J. Lin , B. Liu , C. Liu , D. Liu , H. Liu , H. D. Liu , J. Liu , J. L. Liu , J. S. Liu , J. Y. Liu , M. Y. Liu , R. Y. Liu , S. M. Liu , W. Liu , Y. N. Liu , Z. X. Liu , W. J. Long , R. Lu , H. K. Lv , B. Q. Ma , L. L. Ma , X. H. Ma , J. R. Mao , A. Masood , W. Mitthumsiri , T. Montaruli , Y. C. Nan , B. Y. Pang , P. Pattarakijwanich , Z. Y. Pei , M. Y. Qi , D. Ruffolo , V. Rulev , A. Sáiz , L. Shao , O. Shchegolev , X. D. Sheng , J. R. Shi , H. C. Song , Yu. V. Stenkin , V. Stepanov , Q. N. Sun , X. N. Sun , Z. B. Sun , P. H. T. Tam , Z. B. Tang , W. W. Tian , B. D. Wang , C. Wang , H. Wang , H. G. Wang , J. C. Wang , J. S. Wang , L. P. Wang , L. Y. Wang , R. N. Wang , W. Wang , W. Wang , X. G. Wang , X. J. Wang , X. Y. Wang , Y. D. Wang , Y. J. Wang , Y. P. Wang , Z. Wang , Z. Wang , Z. H. Wang , Z. X. Wang , D. M. Wei , J. J. Wei , Y. J. Wei , T. Wen , C. Y. Wu , H. R. Wu , S. Wu , W. X. Wu , X. F. Wu , S. Q. Xi , J. Xia , J. J. Xia , G. M. Xiang , G. Xiao , H. B. Xiao , G. G. Xin , Y. L. Xin , Y. Xing , D. L. Xu , R. X. Xu , L. Xue , D. H. Yan , C. W. Yang , F. F. Yang , J. Y. Yang , L. L. Yang , M. J. Yang , R. Z. Yang , S. B. Yang , Y. H. Yao , Z. G. Yao , Y. M. Ye , L. Q. Yin , N. Yin , X. H. You , Z. Y. You , Y. H. Yu , Q. Yuan , H. D. Zeng , T. X. Zeng , W. Zeng , Z. K. Zeng , M. Zha , X. X. Zhai , B. B. Zhang , H. M. Zhang , H. Y. Zhang , J. L. Zhang , J. W. Zhang , L. Zhang , L. Zhang , L. X. Zhang , P. F. Zhang , P. P. Zhang , R. Zhang , S. R. Zhang , S. S. Zhang , X. Zhang , X. P. Zhang , Y. Zhang , Y. Zhang , Y. F. Zhang , Y. L. Zhang , B. Zhao , J. Zhao , L. Zhao , L. Z. Zhao , S. P. Zhao , F. Zheng , Y. Zheng , B. Zhou , H. Zhou , J. N. Zhou , P. Zhou , R. Zhou , X. X. Zhou , C. G. Zhu , F. R. Zhu , H. Zhu , K. J. Zhu , X. Zuo

The Energy-dependent $\gamma$-ray Morphology of the Crab Nebula Observed with the Fermi Large Area Telescope

The Crab Nebula is a bright emitter of non-thermal radiation across the entire accessible range of wavelengths. The spatial and spectral structures of the synchrotron nebula are well-resolved from radio to hard X-ray emission. The un-pulsed…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-02-03 Paul K. H. Yeung , Dieter Horns

Prospect for Future MeV Gamma-ray Active Galactic Nuclei Population Studies

While the X-ray, GeV gamma-ray, and TeV gamma-ray skies have been extensively studied, the MeV gamma-ray sky is not well investigated after the Imaging Compton Telescope (COMPTEL) scanned the sky about two decades ago. In this paper, we…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-04-23 Yoshiyuki Inoue , Yasuyuki T. Tanaka , Hirokazu Odaka , Atsushi Takada , Yuto Ichinohe , Shinya Saito , Shin'ichiro Takeda , Tadayuki Takahashi

Observation of the Crab Nebula with the HAWC Gamma-Ray Observatory

The Crab Nebula is the brightest TeV gamma-ray source in the sky and has been used for the past 25 years as a reference source in TeV astronomy, for calibration and verification of new TeV instruments. The High Altitude Water Cherenkov…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-07-05 A. U. Abeysekara , A. Albert , R. Alfaro , C. Alvarez , J. D. Álvarez , R. Arceo , J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez , H. A. Ayala Solares , A. S. Barber , N. Bautista-Elivar , A. Becerril , E. Belmont-Moreno , S. Y. BenZvi , D. Berley , J. Braun , C. Brisbois , K. S. Caballero-Mora , T. Capistrán , A. Carramiñana , S. Casanova , M. Castillo , U. Cotti , J. Cotzomi , S. Coutiño de León , E. de la Fuente , C. De León , T. DeYoung , B. L. Dingus , M. A. DuVernois , J. C. Díaz-Vélez , R. W. Ellsworth , D. W. Fiorino , N. Fraija , J. A. García-González , M. Gerhardt , A. González Munoz , M. M. González , J. A. Goodman , Z. Hampel-Arias , J. P. Harding , S. Hernandez , A. Hernandez-Almada , J. Hinton , C. M. Hui , P. Hüntemeyer , A. Iriarte , A. Jardin-Blicq , V. Joshi , S. Kaufmann , D. Kieda , A. Lara , R. J. Lauer , W. H. Lee , D. Lennarz , H. León Vargas , J. T. Linnemann , A. L. Longinotti , G. Luis Raya , R. Luna-García , R. López-Coto , K. Malone , S. S. Marinelli , O. Martinez , I. Martinez-Castellanos , J. Martínez-Castro , H. Martínez-Huerta , J. A. Matthews , P. Miranda-Romagnoli , E. Moreno , M. Mostafá , L. Nellen , M. Newbold , M. U. Nisa , R. Noriega-Papaqui , R. Pelayo , J. Pretz , E. G. Pérez-Pérez , Z. Ren , C. D. Rho , C. Rivière , D. Rosa-González , M. Rosenberg , E. Ruiz-Velasco , H. Salazar , F. Salesa Greus , A. Sandoval , M. Schneider , H. Schoorlemmer , G. Sinnis , A. J. Smith , R. W. Springer , P. Surajbali , I. Taboada , O. Tibolla , K. Tollefson , I. Torres , T. N. Ukwatta , L. Villaseñor , T. Weisgarber , S. Westerhoff , I. G. Wisher , J. Wood , T. Yapici , G. B. Yodh , P. W. Younk , A. Zepeda , H. Zhou

Gamma-Ray and AntiMatter Survey(GRAMS) experiment

The Gamma-Ray and AntiMatter Survey (GRAMS) is a next-generation experiment using a Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber (LArTPC) detector to measure MeV gamma rays and antiparticles. MeV gamma-ray observations are important for…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2025-12-18 J. Zeng , T. Aramaki , D. Ames , K. Aoyama , S. Arai , S. Arai , J. Asaadi , A. Bamba , N. Cannady , P. Coppi , G. De Nolfo , M. Errando , L. Fabris , T. Fujiwara , Y. Fukazawa , P. Ghosh , K. Hagino , T. Hakamata , N. Hiroshima , M. Ichihashi , Y. Ichinohe , Y. Inoue , K. Ishikawa , K. Ishiwata , T. Iwata , G. Karagiorgi , T. Kato , H. Kawamura , D. Khangulyan , J. Krizmanic , J. LeyVa , A. Malige , J. G. Mitchell , J. W. Mitchell , R. Mukherjee , R. Nakajima , K. Nakazawa , H. Odaka , K. Okuma , K. Perez , I. Safa , K. Sakai , M. Sasaki , W. Seligman , J. Sensenig , K. Shirahama , T. Shiraishi , S. Smith , Y. Suda , A. Suraj , H. Takahashi , S. Takashima , T. Tamba , M. Tanaka , S. Tandon , R. Tatsumi , J. Tomsick , N. Tsuji , Y. Uchida , Y. Utsumi , S. Watanabe , Y. Yano , K. Yawata , H. Yoneda , K. Yorita , M. Yoshimoto

On the variability of the GeV and multi-TeV gamma-ray emission from the Crab Nebula

Recently the AGILE $\gamma$-ray telescope has reported the enhanced $\gamma$-ray emission above 100 MeV from the direction of the Crab Nebula during a period of a few days. This intriguing observation has been confirmed by the Fermi-LAT…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-20 W. Bednarek , W. Idec

Diffuse Galactic emission spectrum between 0.5 and 8.0 MeV

The last measurement of the diffuse emission spectrum of the Milky Way in the megaelectronvolt (MeV) photon energy range was performed by CGRO/COMPTEL more than 20 years ago. We report a new analysis with the spectrometer SPI aboard…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-02-10 Thomas Siegert , Joanna Berteaud , Francesca Calore , Pasquale D. Serpico , Christoph Weinberger

Exploring the MeV Sky with a Combined Coded Mask and Compton Telescope: The Galactic Explorer with a Coded Aperture Mask Compton Telescope (GECCO)

The sky at MeV energies is currently poorly explored. Here we present an innovative mission concept that builds on and improves past and currently proposed missions at such energies. We outline the motivations for combining a coded mask and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-07-27 Elena Orlando , Eugenio Bottacini , Alexander Moiseev , Arash Bodaghee , Werner Collmar , Torsten Ensslin , Igor V. Moskalenko , Michela Negro , Stefano Profumo , Matthew G. Baring , Aleksey Bolotnikov , Nicholas Cannady , Gabriella A. Carini , Seth Digel , Isabelle A. Grenier , Alice K. Harding , Dieter Hartmann , Sven Herrmann , Matthew Kerr , Roman Krivonos , Philippe Laurent , Francesco Longo , Aldo Morselli , Makoto Sasaki , Peter Shawhan , Gerry Skinner , Lucas D. Smith , Floyd W. Stecker , Andrew Strong , Steven Sturner , David J. Thompson , John A. Tomsick , Zorawar Wadiasingh , Richard S. Woolf , Eric Yates , Andreas Zoglauer

TeV Gamma-Ray Sources from a Survey of the Galactic Plane with Milagro

A survey of Galactic gamma-ray sources at a median energy of ~20 TeV has been performed using the Milagro Gamma Ray Observatory. Eight candidate sources of TeV emission are detected with pre-trials significance $>4.5\sigma$ in the region of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 A. A. Abdo , B. Allen , D. Berley , S. Casanova , C. Chen , D. G. Coyne , B. L. Dingus , R. W. Ellsworth , L. Fleysher , R. Fleysher , M. M. Gonzalez , J. A. Goodman , E. Hays , C. M. Hoffman , B. Hopper , P. H. Huntemeyer , B. E. Kolterman , C. P. Lansdell , J. T. Linnemann , J. E. McEnery , A. I. Mincer , P. Nemethy , D. Noyes , J. M. Ryan , P. M. Saz Parkinson , A. Shoup , G. Sinnis , A. J. Smith , G. W. Sullivan , V. Vasileiou , G. P. Walker , D. A. Williams , X. W. Xu , G. B. Yodh

TeV Gamma-Ray Astrophysics

The window of TeV Gamma-Ray Astrophysics was opened less than two decades ago, when the Crab Nebula was detected for the first time. After several years of development, the technique used by imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes like…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-01-21 M. Ribo

Ultra-High-Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy

Ultra-High Energy (UHE, $>$0.1\,PeV) $\gamma$-ray Astronomy is rapidly evolving into an expanding branch of the $\gamma$-ray astronomy with the surprising discovery of 12 PeVatrons and the detection of a handful of photons above 1 PeV.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-10-04 Zhen Cao , Songzhan Chen , Ruoyu Liu , Ruizhi Yang

Observation of the Crab Nebula with the MAGIC telescope

We report about very high energy (VHE) gamma-ray observations of the Crab Nebula with the MAGIC telescope. The gamma-ray flux from the nebula was measured between 60 GeV and 9 TeV. The energy spectrum can be described with a curved power…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 A. Nepomuk Otte

A High Sensitivity Measurement of the MeV Gamma-Ray Spectrum of Cygnus X-1

The Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory (CGRO) has observed the Cygnus region on several occasions since its launch in 1991. The data collected by the COMPTEL experiment on CGRO represent the most sensitive observations to date of Cygnus X-1 in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 M. L. McConnell , J. M. Ryan , W. Collmar , V. Schoenfelder , H. Steinle , A. W. Strong , H. Bloemen , W. Hermsen , L. Kuiper , K. Bennett , B. F. Phlips , J. C. Ling