High-Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy : Results on Fundamental Questions after 30 Years of Ground-Based Observations
This volume celebrates the 30th anniversary of the first very-high energy (VHE) gamma-ray Source detection: the Crab Nebula, observed by the pioneering ground-based Cherenkov telescope Whipple, at teraelectronvolts (TeV) energies, in 1989. As we entered a new era in TeV astronomy, with the imminent...
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