Measurement of TeV gamma-ray spectra with the Cherenkov imaging technique

Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 15-43

  Mohanty, G ^a,f   Biller, S ^b   Carter Lewis, D A ^a   Fegan, D J ^d   Hillas, A M ^b   Lamb, R C ^c   Weekes, T C ^e   West, M ^b   Zweerink, J ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^e HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^f ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Gamma rays; General stars; Individual (Crab Nebula)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032092908     PISSN: 09276505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-6505(98)00005-X     Document Type: Article

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