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Polarized Gamma-Ray Emission from the Crab

Hill, A. B.; Bird, A. J.; Ubertini, P. +7 more

Pulsar systems accelerate particles to immense energies. The detailed functioning of these engines is still poorly understood, but polarization measurements of high-energy radiation may allow us to locate where the particles are accelerated. We have detected polarized gamma rays from the vicinity of the Crab pulsar using data from the spectrometer…