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Fermi establishes classical novae as a distinct class of gamma-ray sources: The Fermi-LAT collaboration

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2014-08-01

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10959203
00368075

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10.1126/science.1253947

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2-s2.0-84905901421

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Mahidol University

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Bibliographic Citation

Science. Vol.345, No.6196 (2014), 554-558

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M. Ermann, M. Ajello, A. Albert, L. Baldini, J. Ballet, G. Barbiellini, D. Bastieri, R. Bellazzini, E. Bissaldi, R. D. Blandford, E. D. Bloom, E. Bottacini, T. J. Brandt, J. Bregeon, P. Bruel, R. Buehler, S. Buson, G. A. Caliandro, R. A. Cameron, M. Caragiulo, P. A. Caraveo, E. Cavazzuti, E. Charles, A. Chekhtman, C. C. Cheung, J. Chiang, G. Chiaro, S. Ciprini, R. Claus, J. Cohen-Tanugi, J. Conrad, S. Corbel, F. D'Ammando, A. De Angelis, P. R. Den Hartog, F. De Palma, C. D. Dermer, R. Desiante, S. W. Digel, L. Di Venere, E. Do Couto E Silva, D. Donato, P. S. Drell, A. Drlica-Wagner, C. Favuzzi, E. C. Ferrara, W. B. Focke, A. Franckowiak, L. Fuhrmann, Y. Fukazawa, P. Fusco, F. Gargano, D. Gasparrini, S. Germani, N. Giglietto, F. Giordano, M. Giroletti, T. Glanzman, G. Godfrey, I. A. Grenier, J. E. Grove, S. Guiriec, D. Hadasch, A. K. Harding, M. Hayashida, E. Hays, J. W. Hewitt, A. B. Hill, X. Hou, P. Jean, T. Jogler, G. Jóhannesson, A. S. Johnson, W. N. Johnson, M. Kerr, J. Knödlseder Fermi establishes classical novae as a distinct class of gamma-ray sources: The Fermi-LAT collaboration. Science. Vol.345, No.6196 (2014), 554-558. doi:10.1126/science.1253947 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/34969

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Fermi establishes classical novae as a distinct class of gamma-ray sources: The Fermi-LAT collaboration

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M. Ermann
 M. Ajello
 A. Albert
 L. Baldini
 J. Ballet
 G. Barbiellini
 D. Bastieri
 R. Bellazzini
 E. Bissaldi
 R. D. Blandford
 E. D. Bloom
 E. Bottacini
 T. J. Brandt
 J. Bregeon
 P. Bruel
 R. Buehler
 S. Buson
 G. A. Caliandro
 R. A. Cameron
 M. Caragiulo
 P. A. Caraveo
 E. Cavazzuti
 E. Charles
 A. Chekhtman
 C. C. Cheung
 J. Chiang
 G. Chiaro
 S. Ciprini
 R. Claus
 J. Cohen-Tanugi
 J. Conrad
 S. Corbel
 F. D'Ammando
 A. De Angelis
 P. R. Den Hartog
 F. De Palma
 C. D. Dermer
 R. Desiante
 S. W. Digel
 L. Di Venere
 E. Do Couto E Silva
 D. Donato
 P. S. Drell
 A. Drlica-Wagner
 C. Favuzzi
 E. C. Ferrara
 W. B. Focke
 A. Franckowiak
 L. Fuhrmann
 Y. Fukazawa
 P. Fusco
 F. Gargano
 D. Gasparrini
 S. Germani
 N. Giglietto
 F. Giordano
 M. Giroletti
 T. Glanzman
 G. Godfrey
 I. A. Grenier
 J. E. Grove
 S. Guiriec
 D. Hadasch
 A. K. Harding
 M. Hayashida
 E. Hays
 J. W. Hewitt
 A. B. Hill
 X. Hou
 P. Jean
 T. Jogler
 G. Jóhannesson
 A. S. Johnson
 W. N. Johnson
 M. Kerr
 J. Knödlseder

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Deutsche Elektronen-Synchrotron
 Clemson University
 Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
 Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Roma
 Institut de Recherche sur les Lois Fondamentales de l'Univers
 Universita degli Studi di Trieste
 Istituto Nazionale Di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Padova
 Universita degli Studi di Padova
 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
 Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier
 Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet
 Consorzio Interuniversitario per la Fisica Spaziale (CIFS)
 INAF Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica, Milan
 Agenzia Spaziale Italiana
 George Mason University, Fairfax Campus
 Naval Research Laboratory
 Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma
 Stockholms universitet
 Oskar Klein Centre for Cosmoparticle Physics
 K. A. Wallenberg Foundation
 Kungl. Vetenskapsakademien
 Institut Universitaire de France
 Istituto Di Radioastronomia, Bologna
 Alma Mater Studiorum Universita di Bologna
 Universita degli Studi di Udine
 Universita degli Studi di Bari
 University of Maryland
 Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
 Max Planck Institut fur Radioastronomie
 Hiroshima University
 Universita degli Studi di Perugia
 NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellow
 Medizinische Universitat Innsbruck
 University of Tokyo
 University of Maryland, Baltimore County
 University of Southampton
 Marie Curie IOF
 Centre d'Etudes Nucleaires de Bordeaux Gradignan
 CNRS Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
 Universite de Toulouse
 University Science Institute Reykjavik
 Australia Telescope National Facility
 Yale University
 Mahidol University
 University of California, Irvine

Abstract

A classical nova results from runaway thermonuclear explosions on the surface of a white dwarf that accretes matter from a low-mass main-sequence stellar companion. In 2012 and 2013, three novae were detected in γ rays and stood in contrast to the first γ-ray-detected nova V407 Cygni 2010, which belongs to a rare class of symbiotic binary systems. Despite likely differences in the compositions and masses of their white dwarf progenitors, the three classical novae are similarly characterized as soft-spectrum transient γ-ray sources detected over 2- to 3-week durations. The γ-ray detections point to unexpected high-energy particle acceleration processes linked to the mass ejection from thermonuclear explosions in an unanticipated class of Galactic γ-ray sources.

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