Cutoff in the TeV energy spectrum of Markarian 421 during strong flares in 2001

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 560, Issue 1 PART 2, 2001, Pages

  Krennrich, F ^a   Badran, H M ^b   Bond, I H ^c   Bradbury, S M ^c   Buckley, J H ^d   Carter Lewis, D A ^a   Catanese, M ^b   Cui, W ^e   Dunlea, S ^f   Das, D ^g   De La Calle Perez, I ^c   Fegan, D J ^f   Fegan, S J ^b,h   Finley, J P ^e   Gaidos, J A ^e   Gibbs, K ^b   Gillanders, G H ⁱ   Hall, T A ^a   Hillas, A M ^c   Holder, J ^c   Horan, D ^b,f   Jordan, M ^d   Kertzman, M ^j   Kieda, D ^k   Kildea, J ^f   Knapp, J ^c   Kosack, K ^d   Lang, M J ⁱ   LeBohec, S ^a   McKernan, B ^f   Moriarty, P ^l   Muller D ^m   Ong, R ⁿ   Pallassini, R ^c   Petry, D ^a   Quinn, J ^f   Reay, N W ^g   Reynolds, P T ^o   Rose, H J ^c   Sembroski, G H ^e   Sidwell, R ^g   Stanton, N ^g   Swordy, S P ^m   Vassiliev, V V ^k   Wakely, S P ^m   Weekes, T C ^b   more..

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^g KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h University of Arizona   (United States)

ⁱ NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^j De Pauw University   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^l Atlantic Technological University Sligo   (Ireland)

^m UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^o Munster Technological University   (Ireland)

more..

Author keywords

BL Lacertae objects: individual (Markarian 421); Gamma rays: observations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035841121     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/324221     Document Type: Article

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