Highlight: A population of gamma-ray emitting globular clusters seen with the Fermi LAT

Vol. 524In section 5. Galactic structure, stellar clusters and populations24 November 2010

A population of gamma-ray emitting globular clusters seen with the Fermi Large Area Telescope

by A. A. Abdo, M. Ackermann, M. Ajello, et al., A&A 524, A75 alt

Even though some globular clusters have yet to show radio evidence of millisecond pulsars, their gamma-ray spectra can be used to estimate the integrated luminosity of any such members and to constrain the population of such systems within the Galactic sample. This novel method also points out which GCs should be searched for such systems.