Resolving the Crab pulsar wind nebula at teraelectronvolt energies

An angular extension at gamma-ray energies of 52 arcseconds is detected for the Crab nebula, revealing the emission region of the highest-energy gamma rays; simulations of the electromagnetic emission provide a non-trivial test of our understanding of particle acceleration in the Crab nebula.

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Main Authors:	Abdalla, Hassan (Author) , Bernlöhr, Konrad (Author) , Glawion, Dorit (Author) , Hinton, James Anthony (Author) , Hofmann, Werner (Author) , Jankowsky, Felix (Author) , King, Johannes (Author) , Marx, Ramin (Author) , Mohamed, Mahmoud (Author) , Rieger, Frank M. (Author) , Schwemmer, Stephanie (Author) , Völk, Heinrich J. (Author) , Wagner, Stefan (Author)
Corporate Author:	H.E.S.S. Collaboration (Author)
Format:	Article (Journal)
Language:	English
Published:	2020
In:	Nature astronomy Year: 2019, Volume: 4, Issue: 2, Pages: 167-173
ISSN:	2397-3366
DOI:	10.1038/s41550-019-0910-0
Online Access:	Resolving-System, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-019-0910-0 Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-019-0910-0
Author Notes:	H.E.S.S. Collaboration: H. Abdalla, F. Aharonian, F. Ait Benkhali, E.O. Angüner, M. Arakawa, C. Arcaro, C. Armand, M. Backes, M. Barnard, Y. Becherini, J. Becker Tjus, D. Berge, K. Bernlöhr, R. Blackwell, M. Böttcher, C. Boisson, J. Bolmont, S. Bonnefoy, P. Bordas, J. Bregeon, F. Brun, P. Brun, M. Bryan, M. Büchele, T. Bulik, T. Bylund, M. Capasso, S. Caroff, A. Carosi, S. Casanova, M. Cerruti, N. Chakraborty, T. Chand, S. Chandra, R. C. G. Chaves, A. Chen, S. Colafrancesco, B. Condon, I.D. Davids, C. Deil, J. Devin, P. deWilt, L. Dirson, A. Djannati-Ataï, A. Dmytriiev, A. Donath, V. Doroshenko, L. O’C. Drury, J. Dyks, K. Egberts, G. Emery, J.-P. Ernenwein, S. Eschbach, S. Fegan, A. Fiasson, G. Fontaine, S. Funk, M. Füßling, S. Gabici, Y.A. Gallant, F. Gaté, G. Giavitto, D. Glawion, J.F. Glicenstein, D. Gottschall, M.-H. Grondin, J. Hahn, M. Haupt, G. Heinzelmann, G. Henri, G. Hermann, J.A. Hinton, W. Hofmann, C. Hoischen, T.L. Holch, M. Holler, D. Horns, D. Huber, H. Iwasaki, A. Jacholkowska, M. Jamrozy, D. Jankowsky, F. Jankowsky, L. Jouvin, I. Jung-Richardt, M.A. Kastendieck, K. Katarzyński, M. Katsuragawa, U. Katz, D. Khangulyan, B. Khélifi, J. King, S. Klepser, W. Kluźniak, Nu. Komin, K. Kosack, M. Kraus, G. Lamanna, J. Lau, J. Lefaucheur, A. Lemière, M. Lemoine-Goumard, J.-P. Lenain, E. Leser, T. Lohse, R. López-Coto, I. Lypova, D. Malyshev, V. Marandon, A. Marcowith, C. Mariaud, G. Martí-Devesa, R. Marx, G. Maurin, P.J. Meintjes, A.M.W. Mitchell, R. Moderski, M. Mohamed, L. Mohrmann, C. Moore, E. Moulin, T. Murach, S. Nakashima, M. de Naurois, H. Ndiyavala, F. Niederwanger, J. Niemiec, L. Oakes, P. O’Brien, H. Odaka, S. Ohm, M. Ostrowski, I. Oya, M. Panter, R.D. Parsons, C. Perennes, P.-O. Petrucci, B. Peyaud, Q. Piel, S. Pita, V. Poireau, A. Priyana Noel, D.A. Prokhorov, H. Prokoph, G. Pühlhofer, M. Punch, A. Quirrenbach, S. Raab, R. Rauth, A. Reimer, O. Reimer, M. Renaud, F. Rieger, L. Rinchiuso, C. Romoli, G. Rowell, B. Rudak, E. Ruiz-Velasco, V. Sahakian, S. Saito, D.A. Sanchez, A. Santangelo, M. Sasaki, R. Schlickeiser, F. Schüssler, A. Schulz, H. Schutte, U. Schwanke, S. Schwemmer, M. Seglar-Arroyo, M. Senniappan, A.S. Seyffert, N. Shafi, I. Shilon, K. Shiningayamwe, R. Simoni, A. Sinha, H. Sol, A. Specovius, M. Spir-Jacob, L. Stawarz, R. Steenkamp, C. Stegmann, C. Steppa, T. Takahashi, J.-P. Tavernet, T. Tavernier, A.M. Taylor, R. Terrier, D. Tiziani, M. Tluczykont, C. Trichard, M. Tsirou, N. Tsuji, R. Tuffs, Y. Uchiyama, D.J. van der Walt, C. van Eldik, C. van Rensburg, B. van Soelen, G. Vasileiadis, J. Veh, C. Venter, P. Vincent, J. Vink, F. Voisin, H.J. Völk, T. Vuillaume, Z. Wadiasingh, S.J. Wagner, R.M. Wagner, R. White, A. Wierzcholska, R. Yang, H. Yoneda, D. Zaborov, M. Zacharias, R. Zanin, A.A. Zdziarski, A. Zech, A. Ziegler, J. Zorn, and N. Żywucka