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    • FERMI-LAT OBSERVATIONS OF THE LIGO EVENT GW150914 

      Ackermann, M.; et al. (IOP, 2016-05-12)
      The Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) has an instantaneous field of view (FoV) covering $\sim 1/5$ of the sky and it completes a survey of the entire sky in high-energy gamma-rays every 3 hr. It enables searches for transient ...

    • SEARCH FOR NEW COSMIC-RAY ACCELERATION SITES WITHIN THE 4FGL CATALOG GALACTIC PLANE SOURCES 

      Abdollahi, S.; Acero, F.; Ackermann, M.; Baldini, L.; Mirabal, Nestor; Valverde, J.; et al (2022-05-06)
      Cosmic rays are mostly composed of protons accelerated to relativistic speeds. When those protons encounter interstellar material, they produce neutral pions which in turn decay into gamma rays. This offers a compelling ...