Extragalactic background light absorption signal in the TeV γ -ray spectra of blazars

Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 217-238

  Vassiliev, V V ^a  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

Author keywords

98.70.Rz; 98.70.Vc; Background radiation; Gamma rays

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000502462     PISSN: 09276505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-6505(99)00107-3     Document Type: Article

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