TeV γ-ray astronomy

✍ Scribed by Hinrich Meyer

• Book ID: 104355615
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1999
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 725 KB
• Volume: 70
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0920-5632
• DOI: 10.1016/s0920-5632(98)00460-5

✦ Synopsis

The TeV y-ray sky displays at this time 9 sources comprising 6 supernova remnants (SNR) and 3 active galactic nuclei (AGN). They have been discovered with AIR CERENKOV TELESCOPES since 1989, and more sources are sure to be found. They are related to violent astrophysical events and promise to be used as unique tools for cosmological questions like the universal infrared photon field and the intergalactic magnetic field strength.