Discovery of the binary pulsar PSR B1259-63 in very-high-energy gamma rays around periastron with HESS
Abstract
We report the discovery of very-high-energy (VHE) γ-ray emission of the binary system
- Publication:
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Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Pub Date:
- October 2005
- DOI:
- 10.1051/0004-6361:20052983
- arXiv:
- arXiv:astro-ph/0506280
- Bibcode:
- 2005A&A...442....1A
- Keywords:
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- gamma-rays: observations;
- stars: pulsars: individual: PSR B1259-63;
- Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- 10 pages, 8 figures, accepted in Astronomy and Astrophysics on 2 June 2005, replace: document unchanged, replaced author field in astro-ph entry - authors are all members of the H.E.S.S. collaboration and three additional authors (99+3, see document)