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Gamma Rays at Very High Energies |
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1.1 Status of Observational Gamma Ray Astronomy |
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1.2 Links to Other Disciplines |
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2 Astrophysical Potential of Ground-Based Detectors |
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2.2 Potential of EAS Arrays |
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3.2 Brief Overview of Important Processes |
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4 SNRs and Origin of Galactic Cosmic Rays |
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4.1 Gamma-Ray Signatures of SNRs |
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51 | (3) |
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5 TeV Emission of Young SNRs |
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5.1 RX J1713.7-3946: An Atypical SNR |
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5.2 SN1006, Tycho and Cas A |
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5.3 Radiation Signatures of Proton PeVatrons |
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5.4 Expectations from Future Studies |
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6.2 Diffuse Gamma-Ray Emission from the Central 10 pc Region |
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7 Pulsars, Pulsar Winds, Pulsar Wind Nebulae |
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7.1 Radiation of Pulsar Magnetospheres |
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7.2 Radiation of Pulsar Winds |
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8 Gamma-Ray Loud Binaries |
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8.1 Microquasars: Not yet Proved TeV Emitters |
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8.3 Enigmatic TeV Binaries |
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Multi-Messenger Astronomy and Dark Matter |
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2 The Particle Universe: Introduction |
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129 | (1) |
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2.4 Contributions to Vacuum Energy |
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131 | (3) |
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2.5 Summary of Observations |
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3 Relic Density of Particles |
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144 | (4) |
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4 Basic Cross Sections for Neutrinos and γ-Rays |
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4.1 Estimates of Cross Sections |
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4.2 Examples of Cross Section Calculations |
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4.3 Definition of the Cross Section |
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4.5 Processes Involving Hadrons |
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4.7 Neutrino Interactions |
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4.8 Atmospheric Neutrinos |
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4.9 Neutrinos as Tracers of Particle Acceleration |
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4.10 AMANDA, IceCube and Direct Detection of WIMPs |
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4.11 Water and Ice Cherenkov Telescopes |
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5 Supersymmetric Dark Matter |
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5.1 Supersymmetric Dark Matter Particles |
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5.2 Higgs and Supersymmetry |
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5.3 The Neutralino Sector |
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5.5 Supersymmetry Breaking |
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5.6 Other Supersymmetric Candidates |
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6 Detection Methods for Neutralino Dark Matter |
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6.2 Indirect Detection by γ-Rays from the Halo |
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6.3 Antimatter Detection of Dark Matter |
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7 Particular Dark Matter Candidates |
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7.3 Inelastic Dark Matter |
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7.4 Dynamical Dark Matter |
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7.5 Leptophilic Dark Matter |
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7.6 Supersymmetric Models Beyond the MSSM |
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7.7 Asymmetric Dark Matter |
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8 Dark Matter Detection: Status |
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9 A Detailed Calculation: The Saas-Fee WIMP |
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9.1 The Flux in a Smooth Universe |
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202 | (2) |
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9.2 Including Effects of Cosmic Structure |
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10 Primordial Black Holes as Dark Matter? |
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10.1 Primordial Black Holes |
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10.3 Thermodynamics of Black Holes |
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10.4 Formation of Primordial Back Holes |
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11.1 The Gauge Choice for Electromagnetism |
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11.2 Gauge Choice for the Metric Perturbation |
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11.3 Solutions to the Wave Equation |
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Sources of GeV Photons and the Fermi Results |
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1 GeV Instrumentation and the GeV Sky with the Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope |
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1.1 Historical Introduction |
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229 | (5) |
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1.2 Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope |
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234 | (4) |
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1.3 Energy, Flux, and Luminosity |
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238 | (4) |
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1.4 Limits to the Extreme Universe |
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242 | (1) |
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2 Fermi Gamma-Ray Source Catalogs and Fermi Pulsars |
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2.1 First Fermi Catalog of Gamma-Ray Sources: 1FGL |
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2.2 Second Fermi Catalog of Gamma-Ray Sources: 2FGL |
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3.1 LAT Bright AGN Sample (LBAS) and First LAT AGN Catalog (1LAC) |
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3.2 Classification of Radio-Emitting AGNs and Unification |
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3.3 Properties of Fermi AGNs |
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3.4 Second LAT AGN Catalog (2LAC) |
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4 Relativistic Jet Physics |
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4.1 GeV Spectral Break in LSP Blazars |
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264 | (4) |
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268 | (4) |
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272 | (9) |
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4.4 Cascade Halos and the Intergalactic Magnetic Field (IGMF) |
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281 | (9) |
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5 γ Rays from Cosmic Rays in the Galaxy |
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290 | (1) |
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5.1 γ Rays from Solar System Objects |
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291 | (3) |
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5.2 GeV Photons from Cosmic Rays |
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294 | (4) |
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298 | (1) |
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5.4 γ-Ray Supernova Remnants |
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5.5 Nonrelativistic Shock Acceleration of Electrons |
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304 | (4) |
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6 γ Rays from Star-Forming Galaxies and Clusters of Galaxies, and the Diffuse Extragalactic γ-Ray Background |
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6.1 γ Rays from Star-Forming Galaxies |
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6.2 γ Rays from Clusters of Galaxies |
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6.3 Extragalactic γ-Ray Background and Populations |
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7 Microquasars, Radio Galaxies, and the EBL |
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313 | (1) |
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7.2 Misaligned Blazars and Radio Galaxies |
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317 | (2) |
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319 | (3) |
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8 Fermi Observations of Gamma Ray Bursts |
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322 | (1) |
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8.1 Fermi LAT Observations of GRBs |
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322 | (3) |
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8.2 GRB Luminosity Function |
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325 | (11) |
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336 | (1) |
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9 Fermi Acceleration, Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays, and Black Holes |
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337 | (1) |
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9.1 Maximum Particle and Synchrotron Photon Energy |
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337 | (1) |
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338 | (1) |
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9.3 Luminosity Density of Extragalactic γ-Ray Jet Sources |
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339 | (1) |
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340 | (1) |
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9.5 Black Holes, Jets, and the Extreme Universe |
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341 | (7) |
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