High statistics search for ultrahigh energy γ-ray emission from Cygnus X-3 and Hercules X-1

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1714-1731

  Borione, A ^a   Chantell, M C ^a   Covault, C E ^a   Cronin, J W ^a   Fick, B E ^a   Fowler, J W ^a   Fortson, L F ^a   Gibbs, K G ^a   Green, K D ^a   Newport, B J ^a   Ong, R A ^a   Oser, S ^a   Rosenberg, L J ^a   Catanese, M A ^b   Glasmacher, M A K ^b   Matthews, J ^b   Nitz, D F ^b   Sinclair, D ^b   van der Velde, J C ^b   Kieda, D B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

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EID: 0001137795     PISSN: 15507998     EISSN: 15502368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.55.1714     Document Type: Article

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