Published in Publications of the Astronomical Society of the
Pacific, 111: 1193-1222, 1999 October
astro-ph/9906501
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VERY HIGH ENERGY GAMMA-RAY ASTRONOMY
Michael Catanese
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
50011-3160
mcatanese@cfa.harvard.edu
and
Trevor C. Weekes
Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory, Harvard-Smithsonian Center
for Astrophysics, P.O. Box 97, Amado, AZ 85645-0097
tweekes@cfa.harvard.edu
Abstract. We present a review of the current status of very high
energy
-ray
astronomy. The development of the atmospheric Cerenkov imaging technique
for ground-based
-ray
astronomy has led to a rapid growth in the number of observatories. The
detection of TeV
-rays from
active galactic nuclei was unexpected and is providing new insights into
the emission mechanisms in the jets. Next-generation telescopes are
under construction and will increase dramatically the knowledge
available at this extreme end of the cosmic electromagnetic spectrum.
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