Extreme particle acceleration in microquasar jets and pulsar wind nebulae with the MAGIC telescopes /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Barral, Alba Fernández
Published: Springer,
Publisher Address: Cham :
Publication Dates: [2018]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Springer theses,
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Item Description: "Doctoral thesis accepted by the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain."
Carrier Form: xxxvi, 247 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN: 9783319975375
3319975374
Index Number: QB464
CLC: P14
Call Number: P14/B268
Contents: Introduction to the non-thermal universe -- Cosmic rays and gamma-ray astrophysics -- Gamma ray telescopes -- Microquasars int he very high-energy gamma-ray regime -- Microquasars, binary systems with powerful jets -- Cygnus X-1 -- Cygnus X-2 -- Cygnus X-3 -- V404 cygni -- Pulsar wind nebulae in the very high-energy gamma-ray regime -- Introduction to pulsar wind nebulae -- Follow-up studies of HAWC sources -- PWN studies around high spin-down power fermi-LAT pulsars -- LST camera -- Quality control of LST camera subsystems -- Summary and conclusion