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Gamma-ray Astronomy

Gamma-ray astronomy is a subfield of astronomy that observes and analyzes celestial objects and high-energy cosmic phenomena through detection and study of gamma rays, the highest-energy form of electromagnetic radiation.

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Gamma Ray Astronomy

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The<i>Swift</i>Gamma‐Ray Burst Mission

N. Gehrels, G. Chincarini, P. Giommi et al. · The Astrophysical Journal · 2004 · 4.2K citations · Full text

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THE LARGE AREA TELESCOPE ON THE<i>FERMI GAMMA-RAY SPACE TELESCOPE</i>MISSION

W. B. Atwood, A. A. Abdo, M. Ackermann et al. · The Astrophysical Journal · 2009 · 4.1K citations · Full text

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Multi-messenger Observations of a Binary Neutron Star Merger<sup>*</sup>

The Astrophysical Journal Letters · 2017 · 3.7K citations · Full text

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Formation of very strongly magnetized neutron stars - Implications for gamma-ray bursts

Robert C. Duncan, Christopher Thompson · The Astrophysical Journal · 1992 · 2.6K citations

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Gamma-ray bursts from stellar mass accretion disks around black holes

S. E. Woosley · The Astrophysical Journal · 1993 · 2.5K citations

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Authors

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  1. OR
    O. Reimer

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    283 publications · 50.8K citations

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  2. AR
    A. Reimer

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    245 publications · 48.6K citations

    111

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  3. DB
    D. Bastieri

    University of Padua, Italy

    218 publications · 44.4K citations

    106

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  4. SF
    S. Funk

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    243 publications · 49.1K citations

    104

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  5. DF
    D. F. Torres

    Institute of Space Sciences, Spain

    254 publications · 44.6K citations

    104

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Institutions

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  1. Goddard Space Flight Center

    Greenbelt, United States

    171 h-index

    5K publications

    830.4K citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    159 h-index

    12.5K publications

    1.7M citations

  3. Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives

    Paris, France

    143 h-index

    3.3K publications

    460.2K citations

  4. University of California, Santa Cruz

    Santa Cruz, United States

    140 h-index

    1.7K publications

    306.6K citations

  5. CEA Paris-Saclay

    Gif-sur-Yvette, France

    138 h-index

    2.1K publications

    344.5K citations

  6. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    135 h-index

    6.7K publications

    1.7M citations

  7. Université Paris Cité

    Paris, France

    130 h-index

    3.9K publications

    467.8K citations

  8. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    129 h-index

    1.7K publications

    253.7K citations

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  1. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 3.6K publications · 302.6K citations

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  2. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

    1.3K publications · 79.8K citations

    125

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  3. Astronomy and Astrophysics

    1K publications · 59.6K citations

    112

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  4. Nature

    219 publications · 43.7K citations

    100

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  5. The Astrophysical Journal Letters

    445 publications · 30.9K citations

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See also

Gamma-ray Astronomy

Detection Methods

Source Classes

Emission Mechanisms

Data Analysis

Observational Challenges