Optical and gamma-ray study of gamma-ray binaries

Gamma-ray binary stars are intriguing interacting stellar systems that exhibit emission across the whole electromagnetic spectrum. This thesis is focused on optical and gamma-ray emission of gamma-ray binary stars (GRBis). I have performed radial velocity measurements of 1FGL J1018.6-5856 to derive...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Monageng, Itumeleng
Other Authors: Mcbride, Vanessa
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2019
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/29509