In the Crab Nebula in Taurus Astrophysics have discovered an exploding star, which force us to reconsider the theory of gamma-ray emission stars.
Gamma- rays - is the light with the high energy generated by the sub-atomic particles moving at near light speed. Powerful sources of gamma- ray pulsars are rotating neutron stars, formed after the supernova explosion.
Astronomers have found in the center of the Crab Nebula pulsar, which emits gamma rays with an incredible energy - more than 100 billion electron volts. This is an incredible figure, because existing theories of gamma-ray pulsars suggest sudden cessation of emission of high energy level of about 10 billion electron-volts. However, VERITAS telescope observations clearly indicate that the pulsar in the Crab Nebula exceeds this capacity, so - gamma- rays can be formed not as thought Astrophysics. Scientists gather to watch mysterious pulsar in the next few years.
Find heavy duty pulsar was in 2000 with the detector telescope VERITAS, which is able to do up to 200 pictures per second and detect outbreaks during the occurrence of gamma- rays in the Earth's atmosphere. Outbreaks last for only a few billionths of a second, so that VERITAS has a high-speed camera and sophisticated software that keeps out background noise.
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