Is the giant radio galaxy M 87 a TeV gamma-ray emitter?

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 403, Issue 1, 2003, Pages

  Aharonian, F ^a   Akhperjanian, A ^g   Beilicke, M ^d   Bernlohr K ^a   Borst H G ^e   Bojahr, H ^f   Bolz, O ^a   Coarasa, T ^b   Contreras, J L ^c   Cortina, J ^j   Denninghoff, S ^b   Fonseca, M V ^c   Girma, M ^a   Götting, Niels ^d   Heinzelmann, G ^d   Hermann, G ^a   Heusler, A ^a   Hofmann, W ^a   Horns, D ^a   Jung, I ^a   Kankanyan, R ^a   Kestel, M ^b   Kohnle, A ^a   Konopelko, A ^a   Kornmeyer, H ^b   Kranich, D ^b   Lampeitl, H ^d   Lopez, M ^c   Lorenz, E ^b   Lucarelli, F ^c   Mang, O ^e   Meyer, H ^f   Mirzoyan, R ^b   Moralejo, A ^c   Ona Wilhelmi, E ^c   Panter, M ^a   Plyasheshnikov, A ^a,h   Puhlhofer G ^a   De Los Reyes, R ^c   Rhode, W ^f   Ripken, J ^d   Rowell, G ^a   Sahakian, V ^g   Samorski, M ^e   Schilling, M ^e   Siems, M ^e   Sobzynska, D ^b,i   Stamm, W ^e   Tluczykont, M ^d   Vitale, V ^b   Volk H J ^a   Wiedner, C A ^a   Wittek, W ^b   more..

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^g YEREVAN PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Armenia)

^h ALTAI STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^j BARCELONA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Spain)

more..

Author keywords

Galaxies: individual: M 87; rays: observations

Indexed keywords

GALAXIES; GAMMA RAYS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; PHOTONS; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIO ASTRONOMY; SPACE TELESCOPES;

CHERENKOV TELESCOPES; CRAB FLUX; GAMMA RAY EMITTER; RADIO GALAXIES;

ASTROPHYSICS;

EID: 0037565512     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20030372     Document Type: Letter

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