EUCYS2022 Project Title - A solution for the enigma of gamma rays: Star clusters creating gamma sources from parsec distance Watch Video
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Description: When young stars cluster together closely, interactions between the astronomical bodies can cause particles to be accelerated to such high velocities that gamma rays are produced. Vanessa Guthier wrote programs to perform a statistical analysis of the data in star cluster and gamma ray source catalogues. She succeeded in showing that the following conditions must be met for gamma rays to be created in a star cluster: The stars should be younger than ten million years, the clusters should number
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