Identification of HESS J1303-631 as a pulsar wind nebula through gamma-ray, X-ray, and radio observations

Aims. The previously unidentified very high-energy (VHE; E > 100 GeV) gamma-ray source HESS J1303-631, discovered in 2004, is re-examined including new data from the H. E. S. S. Cherenkov telesc ...

M. V. Fernandes | M. C. Medina | T. Bulik | G. Anton | J. Conrad | U. Katz | E. Moulin | T. Lohse | T. Mccomb | W. Domainko | C. Deil | S. Rosier-Lees | A. Quirrenbach | A. Lopatin | C. Venter | M. Raue | S. Ohm | C. Stegmann | I. Davids | W. Hofmann | M. Hauser | G. Fontaine | N. Maxted | R. Schlickeiser | B. Degrange | F. Aharonian | D. Horns | D. Lennarz | Y. Gallant | S. Fegan | K. Kosack | Y. Becherini | F. Feinstein | M. Naumann-Godo | C. Naumann | A. Santangelo | L. Drury | G. Maurin | S. Wagner | C. Farnier | K. Valerius | B. Peyaud | L. Stawarz | H. Dickinson | J. Ripken | B. Opitz | M. Ward | A. Hillert | J. Tavernet | M. Panter | A. Barnacka | E. Birsin | J. Biteau | C. Boisson | J. Bolmont | P. Bordas | P. Brun | S. Casanova | M. Cerruti | M. Daniel | M. Naurois | G. Dubus | J. Dyks | M. Dyrda | K. Egberts | P. Eger | A. Fiasson | B. Giebels | J. Glicenstein | J. Hahn | G. Henri | G. Hermann | P. Hofverberg | A. Jacholkowska | M. Jamrozy | I. Jung | N. Komin | R. Kossakowski | G. Lamanna | J. Lenain | A. Marcowith | R. Moderski | D. Nedbal | J. Niemiec | S. Nolan | M. Ostrowski | I. Oya | M. P. Arribas | P. Petrucci | S. Pita | M. Punch | A. Reimer | O. Reimer | M. Renaud | F. Rieger | L. Rob | B. Rudak | C. Rulten | V. Sahakian | A. Schulz | U. Schwanke | S. Schwarzburg | S. Schwemmer | H. Sol | R. Steenkamp | F. Stinzing | A. Szóstek | R. Terrier | M. Tluczykont | C. Eldik | G. Vasileiadis | A. Viana | P. Vincent | S. Vorobiov | R. White | A. Wierzcholska | M. Zacharias | A. Zajczyk | A. Zdziarski | A. Zech | H. Volk | B. Kh'elifi | G. Rowell | G. Puhlhofer | F. Brun | R. Chaves | A. Djannati-Atai | H. Laffon | V. Marandon | F. Sheidaei | P. Chadwick | I. Sushch | S. Kaufmann | K. Bernlohr | M. Fussling | M. Grondin | J. Hinton | M. Holler | M. Kastendieck | K. Katarzy'nski | W. Klu'zniak | M. Mohamed | E. Wilhelmi | D. Sanchez | F. Acero | S. Heinz | B. Nicholas | R. Reyes | A. Akhperjanian | A. Bochow | J. Brucker | A. Charbonnier | A. Cheesebrough | M. Dalton | P. Espigat | G. Heinzelmann | C. Jahn | D. Klochkov | T. Kneiske | J. Masbou | D. Nekrassov | G. Pelletier | J. Skilton | F. Volpe | M. Mayer | S. Carrigan | J. Harris | L. Fallon | J. Hague | D. Hampf | H. Gast | H. Zechlin | A. Balzer | G. Cologna | C. Couturier | K. Dutson | A. Forster | M. Gajdus | T. Garrigoux | F. Krayzel | N. Pekeur | G. Spengler | K. Stycz | I. Busching | C. Lu | S. Balenderan | S. Haffner | J. M'ehault | U. Menzler | J. Pérez | M. Vorster | D. Goring | N. Nguyen | J. Becker | L. G'erard | B. Gluck | T. H. C. A. Abramowski | A. Reimer | J. Conrad | D. Sanchez | A. Schulz | R. White | Camille Couturier | M. Arribas | C.-C. Lu | R. White | S. Wagner

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