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Title:		Gamma ray astrophysics: the EGRET results
Authors:		Thompson, D J
Publication:		eprint arXiv:0811.0738
Publication Date:		11/2008
Origin:		ARXIV
Keywords:		Astrophysics
Comment:		23 pages, 24 figures; Rep. Prog. Phys. 71 (2008) 116901 http://iopscience.iop.org/0034-4885/71/11/116901/?ejredirect=.iopscience
Bibliographic Code:		2008arXiv0811.0738T

Abstract

Cosmic gamma rays provide insight into some of the most dynamic processes in the Universe. At the dawn of a new generation of gamma-ray telescopes, this review summarizes results from the Energetic Gamma Ray Experiment Telescope (EGRET) on the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory, the principal predecessor mission studying high-energy photons in the 100 MeV energy range. EGRET viewed a gamma-ray sky dominated by prominent emission from the Milky Way, but featuring an array of other sources, including quasars, pulsars, gamma-ray bursts, and many sources that remain unidentified. A central feature of the EGRET results was the high degree of variability seen in many gamma-ray sources, indicative of the powerful forces at work in objects visible to gamma-ray telescopes.

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