Revealing the Most Energetic Light from Pulsars and Their Nebulae

• Main Author: Carreto Fidalgo, David (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
• Subjects: Astrophysics.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy-Observations.; Gravitation.; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory.

This book reports on the extraordinary observation of TeV gamma rays from the Crab Pulsar, the most energetic light ever detected from this type of object. It presents detailed information on the painstaking analysis of the unprecedentedly large dataset from the MAGIC telescopes, and comprehensively...

Table of Contents:

• I The very-high-energy sky and the MAGIC telescopes
• II Search for TeV emission from the Crab and other pulsars
• III Looking for a pulsar wind nebula in the outer part of our galaxy
• Summary and conclusions
• Appendix
• References.