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Rabbits, Kookaburras, and Other Strange Creatures Lurking Near Powerful Galactic Sources of Gamma-Rays

Mallory Roberts

McGill

Around 80 discrete sources of high-energy gamma-rays (E > 100 MeV) have been detected so far in or near the plane of our Galaxy. A handful are known to be pulsars, a few others have possibly been identified, the vast majority remain unidentified. I'll discuss how observations across the electromagnetic spectrum are being used to find probable counterparts of the gamma-ray sources, and what new gamma-ray telescopes may see in the near future.

Wednesday, February 15th 2002, 12:30
Ernest Rutherford Physics Building, Boardroom (room 104)