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Removing sky contributions from SCUBA data

The Submillimetre Common-User Bolometer Array (SCUBA) is a new continuum camera operating on the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT) on Mauna Kea, Hawaii. It consists of two arrays of bolometric detectors; a 91 pixel 350/450 micron array…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-29 Tim Jenness , John F. Lightfoot , Wayne S. Holland

Spectrum of TeV Gamma-Rays from the Crab Nebula

The Crab Nebula has become established as the standard candle for TeV gamma-ray astronomy using the atmospheric Cherenkov technique. No evidence for variability has been seen. The spectrum of gamma rays from the Crab Nebula has been…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 D. A. Carter-Lewis , S. Biller , P. J. Boyle , J. H. Buckley , A. Burdett , J. Bussons Gordo , M. A. Catanese , M. F. Cawley , D. J. Fegan , J. P. Finley , J. A. Gaidos , A. M. Hillas , F. Krennrich , R. C. Lamb , R. W. Lessard , C. Masterson , J. E. McEnery , G. Mohanty , J. Quinn , A. J. Rodgers , H. J. Rose , F. W. Samuelson , G. H. Sembroski , R. Srinivasan , T. C. Weekes , M. West , J. A. Zweerink

Search for Thermal X-ray Features from the Crab nebula with Hitomi Soft X-ray Spectrometer

The Crab nebula originated from a core-collapse supernova (SN) explosion observed in 1054 A.D. When viewed as a supernova remnant (SNR), it has an anomalously low observed ejecta mass and kinetic energy for an Fe-core collapse SN. Intensive…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-04-25 Hitomi Collaboration , Felix Aharonian , Hiroki Akamatsu , Fumie Akimoto , Steven W. Allen , Lorella Angelini , Marc Audard , Hisamitsu Awaki , Magnus Axelsson , Aya Bamba , Marshall W. Bautz , Roger Blandford , Laura W. Brenneman , Greg V. Brown , Esra Bulbul , Edward M. Cackett , Maria Chernyakova , Meng P. Chiao , Paolo S. Coppi , Elisa Costantini , Jelle de Plaa , Cor P. de Vries , Jan-Willem den Herder , Chris Done , Tadayasu Dotani , Ken Ebisawa , Megan E. Eckart , Teruaki Enoto , Yuichiro Ezoe , Andrew C. Fabian , Carlo Ferrigno , Adam R. Foster , Ryuichi Fujimoto , Yasushi Fukazawa , Akihiro Furuzawa , Massimiliano Galeazzi , Luigi C. Gallo , Poshak Gandhi , Margherita Giustini , Andrea Goldwurm , Liyi Gu , Matteo Guainazzi , Yoshito Haba , Kouichi Hagino , Kenji Hamaguchi , Ilana M. Harrus , Isamu Hatsukade , Katsuhiro Hayashi , Takayuki Hayashi , Kiyoshi Hayashida , Junko S. Hiraga , Ann Hornschemeier , Akio Hoshino , John P. Hughes , Yuto Ichinohe , Ryo Iizuka , Hajime Inoue , Yoshiyuki Inoue , Manabu Ishida , Kumi Ishikawa , Yoshitaka Ishisaki , Jelle Kaastra , Tim Kallman , Tsuneyoshi Kamae , Jun Kataoka , Satoru Katsuda , Nobuyuki Kawai , Richard L. Kelley , Caroline A. Kilbourne , Takao Kitaguchi , Shunji Kitamoto , Tetsu Kitayama , Takayoshi Kohmura , Motohide Kokubun , Katsuji Koyama , Shu Koyama , Peter Kretschmar , Hans A. Krimm , Aya Kubota , Hideyo Kunieda , Philippe Laurent , Shiu-Hang Lee , Maurice A. Leutenegger , Olivier O. Limousin , Michael Loewenstein , Knox S. Long , David Lumb , Greg Madejski , Yoshitomo Maeda , Daniel Maier , Kazuo Makishima , Maxim Markevitch , Hironori Matsumoto , Kyoko Matsushita , Dan McCammon , Brian R. McNamara , Missagh Mehdipour , Eric D. Miller , Jon M. Miller , Shin Mineshige , Kazuhisa Mitsuda , Ikuyuki Mitsuishi , Takuya Miyazawa , Tsunefumi Mizuno , Hideyuki Mori , Koji Mori , Koji Mukai , Hiroshi Murakami , Richard F. Mushotzky , Takao Nakagawa , Hiroshi Nakajima , Takeshi Nakamori , Shinya Nakashima , Kazuhiro Nakazawa , Kumiko K. Nobukawa , Masayoshi Nobukawa , Hirofumi Noda , Hirokazu Odaka , Takaya Ohashi , Masanori Ohno , Takashi Okajima , Naomi Ota , Masanobu Ozaki , Frits Paerels , Stephane Paltani , Robert Petre , Ciro Pinto , Frederick S. Porter , Katja Pottschmidt , Christopher S. Reynolds , Samar Safi-Harb , Shinya Saito , Kazuhiro Sakai , Toru Sasaki , Goro Sato , Kosuke Sato , Rie Sato , Toshiki Sato , Makoto Sawada , Norbert Schartel , Peter J. Serlemtsos , Hiromi Seta , Megumi Shidatsu , Aurora Simionescu , Randall K. Smith , Yang Soong , Lukasz Stawarz , Yasuharu Sugawara , Satoshi Sugita , Andrew Szymkowiak , Hiroyasu Tajima , Hiromitsu Takahashi , Tadayuki Takahashi , Shinichiro Takeda , Yoh Takei , Toru Tamagawa , Takayuki Tamura , Takaaki Tanaka , Yasuo Tanaka , Yasuyuki T. Tanaka , Makoto S. Tashiro , Yuzuru Tawara , Yukikatsu Terada , Yuichi Terashima , Francesco Tombesi , Hiroshi Tomida , Yohko Tsuboi , Masahiro Tsujimoto , Hiroshi Tsunemi , Takeshi Go Tsuru , Hiroyuki Uchida , Hideki Uchiyama , Yasunobu Uchiyama , Shutaro Ueda , Yoshihiro Ueda , Shinichiro Uno , C. Megan Urry , Eugenio Ursino , Shin Watanabe , Norbert Werner , Dan R. Wilkins , Brian J. Williams , Shinya Yamada , Hiroya Yamaguchi , Kazutaka Yamaoka , Noriko Y. Yamasaki , Makoto Yamauchi , Shigeo Yamauchi , Tahir Yaqoob , Yoichi Yatsu , Daisuke Yonetoku , Irina Zhuravleva , Abderahmen Zoghbi , Nozomu Tominaga , Takashi J. Moriya

2003-2019 Monitoring of the Crab emission through INTEGRAL SPI, or vice versa

The Crab Nebula is used by many instruments as a calibration source, in particular at high energy, where it is one of the brightest celestial object. The spectrometer INTEGRAL SPI (20 keV - 8 MeV), in operation since October 2002, offers a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-09-02 E. Jourdain , J. P. Roques

Observations of the Crab Nebula with H.E.S.S

The Crab nebula was observed with the H.E.S.S. stereoscopic Cherenkov-telescope array between October 2003 and January 2005 for a total of 22.9 hours (after data quality selection). Observations were made with three operational telescopes…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 The HESS Collaboration , F. Aharonian

Observations of the Crab Nebula with the Whipple 10 m Telescope

Due to the strong and steady TeV gamma-ray emission from the Crab Nebula supernova remnant, its measured flux and energy spectrum can be used to verify the calibration and data reduction methods applied to IACT data acquired over many…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-09-28 VERITAS Collaboration , J. Grube

A unified model for the time variability of the Crab: the dispersion measure variation and the $\gamma$-ray flare of the nebula

The Crab pulsar and its nebula are very luminous and variable. Since 1982, random fluctuations of the dispersion measure (DM) have been recorded. Also in 2011, Fermi-LAT telescope detected $\gamma$-ray flux variation of the Crab nebula. No…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-05-16 Nagisa Hiroshima , Kazunori Kohri

Detection of the Crab Nebula by the prototype Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope

The Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope (SCT) is a medium-sized telescope technology proposed for the Cherenkov Telescope Array. It uses a novel dual-mirror optical design that removes comatic aberrations across its entire field of view. The SCT…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-09-15 C. B. Adams , G. Ambrosi , M. Ambrosio , C. Aramo , P. I. Batista , W. Benbow , B. Bertucci , E. Bissaldi , M. Bitossi , A. Boiano , C. Bonavolontà , R. Bose , A. Brill , A. M. Brown , J. H. Buckley , R. A. Cameron , R. Canestrari , M. Capasso , M. Caprai , C. E. Covault , D. Depaoli , L. Di Venere , M. Errando , S. Fegan , Q. Feng , E. Fiandrini , A. Furniss , A. Gent , N. Giglietto , F. Giordano , E. Giro , R. Halliday , O. Hervet , J. Holder , T. B. Humensky , S. Incardona , M. Ionica , W. Jin , D. Kieda , F. Licciulli , S. Loporchio , G. Marsella , V. Masone , K. Meagher , T. Meures , B. A. W. Mode , S. A. I. Mognet , R. Mukherjee , A. Okumura , N. Otte , F. R. Pantaleo , R. Paoletti , G. Pareschi , F. Di Pierro , E. Pueschel , D. Ribeiro , L. Riitano , E. Roache , J. Rousselle , A. Rugliancich , M. Santander , R. Shang , L. Stiaccini , H. Tajima , L. P. Taylor , L. Tosti , G. Tovmassian , G. Tripodo , V. Vagelli , M. Valentino , J. Vandenbroucke , V. V. Vassiliev , D. A. Williams , A. Zink

A Decade of SCUBA-2: A Comprehensive Guide to Calibrating 450 $\mu$m and 850 $\mu$m Continuum Data at the JCMT

The Submillimetre Common User Bolometer Array 2 (SCUBA-2) is the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope's continuum imager, operating simultaneously at 450 and 850~$\mu$m. SCUBA-2 was commissioned in 2009--2011 and since that time, regular…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-10-20 Steve Mairs , Jessica T. Dempsey , Graham S. Bell , Harriet Parsons , Malcolm J. Currie , Per Friberg , Xue-Jian Jiang , Alexandra J. Tetarenko , Dan Bintley , Jamie Cookson , Shaoliang Li , Mark G. Rawlings , Jan Wouterloot , David Berry , Sarah Graves , Izumi Mizuno , Alexis Ann Acohido , Alyssa Clark , Jeff Cox , Miriam Fuchs , James Hoge , Johnathon Kemp , E'lisa Lee , Callie Matulonis , William Montgomerie , Kevin Silva , Patrice Smith

The High Energy Emission of the Crab Nebula from 20 keV to 6 MeV with INTEGRAL

The SPI spectrometer aboard the INTEGRAL mission observes regularly the Crab Nebula since 2003. We report on observations distributed over 5.5 years and investigate the variability of the intensity and spectral shape of this remarkable…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-14 E. Jourdain , J. P. Roques

Using SCUBA to place upper limits on arcsecond scale CMB anisotropies at 850 microns

The SCUBA instrument on the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope has already had an impact on cosmology by detecting relatively large numbers of dusty galaxies at high redshift. Apart from identifying well-detected sources, such data can also be…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Colin Borys , Scott C. Chapman , Douglas Scott

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

SCUBA-2: on-sky calibration using submillimetre standard sources

SCUBA-2 is a 10000-bolometer submillimetre camera on the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT). The instrument commissioning was completed in September 2011, and full science operations began in October 2011. To harness the full potential of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-06-09 Jessica T. Dempsey , Per Friberg , Tim Jenness , Remo P. J. Tilanus , Holly S. Thomas , Wayne S. Holland , Dan Bintley , David S. Berry , Edward L. Chapin , Antonio Chrysostomou , Gary R. Davis , Andrew G. Gibb , Harriet Parsons , E. Ian Robson

SCUBA observations of NGC 6946

We present sub-millimetre images of the spiral galaxy NGC 6946 at 450 and 850 um. The observations have been carried out using the scan/map imaging mode of the Sub-millimetre Common User Bolometer Array (SCUBA) at the James Clark Maxwell…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 S. Bianchi , J. Davies , P. Alton , M. Gerin , F. Casoli

Observation of the Crab Nebula with the Single-Mirror Small-Size Telescope stereoscopic system at low altitude

The Single-Mirror Small-Size Telescope (SST-1M) stereoscopic system is composed of two Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs) designed for optimal performance for gamma-ray astronomy in the multi-TeV energy range. It features a…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-07-16 C. Alispach , A. Araudo , M. Balbo , V. Beshley , J. Blažek , J. Borkowski , S. Boula , T. Bulik , F. Cadoux , S. Casanova , A. Christov , J. Chudoba , L. Chytka , P. Čechvala , P. Dědic , D. della Volpe , Y. Favre , M. Garczarczyk , L. Gibaud , T. Gieras , E. Głowacki , P. Hamal , M. Heller , M. Hrabovský , P. Janeček , M. Jelínek , V. Jílek , J. Juryšek , V. Karas , B. Lacave , E. Lyard , E. Mach , D. Mandát , W. Marek , S. Michal , J. Michałowski , M. Miroń , R. Moderski , T. Montaruli , A. Muraczewski , S. R. Muthyala , A. L. Müller , A. Nagai , K. Nalewajski , D. Neise , J. Niemiec , M. Nikołajuk , V. Novotný , M. Ostrowski , M. Palatka , M. Pech , M. Prouza , P. Schovanek , V. Sliusar , Ł. Stawarz , R. Sternberger , M. Stodulska , J. Świerblewski , P. Świerk , J. Štrobl , T. Tavernier , P. Trávníček , I. Troyano Pujadas , J. Vícha , R. Walter , K. Ziętara

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

Global spectral energy distribution of the Crab Nebula in the prospect of the Planck satellite polarisation calibration

Whithin the framework of the Planck satellite polarisation calibration, we present a study of the Crab Nebula spectral energy distribution (SED) over more than 6 decades in frequency ranging from 1 to $\rm 10^6 GHz$. The Planck satellite…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-02-17 Juan Francisco Macias-Perez , F. Mayet , J. Aumont , F. X. Desert

The Non-Uniform Expansion of the Crab Nebula

We present extensive proper motion measurements of the Crab Nebula made from Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope MegaPrime/MegaCam images taken in 2007, 2016, and 2019. A total of 19974 proper motion vectors with uncertainty…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-10-29 T. Martin , D. Milisavljevic , T. Temim , S. Mandal , P. Duffell , L. Drissen , Z. Ding

The Secular Decrease of the Crab Nebula at 927 and 151.5 MHz

Long-term measurements have been carried out of the Crab Nebula radio emission flux density relative to Orion A at 927 MHz and relative to Cygnus A and Virgo A at 151.5 MHz. As a result the mean rates have been found of the secular change…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 E. N. Vinyajkin

3D mapping of the Crab Nebula with SITELLE. I. Deconvolution and kinematic reconstruction

We present a hyperspectral cube of the Crab Nebula obtained with the imaging Fourier transform spectrometer SITELLE on the Canada-France-Hawaii telescope. We describe our techniques used to deconvolve the 310 000 individual spectra (R = 9…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-01-11 Thomas Martin , Danny Milisavljevic , Laurent Drissen