Multi-TeV gamma-ray flares from Markarian 421 in 2000 and 2001 observed with the Tibet air shower array

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 598, Issue 1 I, 2003, Pages 242-249

  Amenomori, M ^a   Ayabe, S ^b   Cui, S W ^c   Danzenoluobu, ^d   Ding, L K ^c   Ding, X H ^d   Feng, C F ^e   Feng, Z Y ^f   Gao, X Y ^g   Geng, Q X ^g   Guo, H W ^d   He, H H ^c   He, M ^e   Hibino, K ^h   Hotta, N ⁱ   Haibing, Hu ^d   Hu, H B ^c   Huang, J ⁱ   Huang, Q ^f   Jia, H Y ^f   Kajino, F ^j   Kasahara, K ^k   Katayose, Y ^l   Kawata, K ^j   Labaciren, ^d   Le, G M ^m   Li, J Y ^e   Lu, H ^c   Lu, S L ^c   Meng, X R ^d   Mizutani, K ^b   Mu, J ^g   Nanjo, H ^a   Nishizawa, M ⁿ   Ohnishi, M ^o   Ohta, I ⁱ   Ouchi, T ^o   Ozawa, S ⁱ   Ren, J R ^c   Saito, T ^p   Sakata, M ^j   Sasaki, T ^h   Shibata, M ^l   Shiomi, A ^o   Shirai, T ^h   Sugimoto, H ^q   Taira, K ^q   Takita, M ^o   Tan, Y H ^c   Tateyama, N ^h   Torii, S ^h   Tsuchiya, H ^o   Udo, S ^b   Utsugi, T ^h   Wang, B S ^c   Wang, H ^c   Wang, X ^b   Wang, Y G ^e   Xue, L ^e   Yamamoto, Y ^j   Yang, X C ^g   Ye, Z H ^m   Yu, G C ^f   Yuan, A F ^d   Yuda, T ^o,r   Zhang, H M ^c   Zhang, J L ^c   Zhang, N J ^e   Zhang, X Y ^e   Zhang, Y ^c   Zhaxisangzhu, ^d   Zhou, X X ^f   more..

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS   (China)

^d TIBET UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f INSTITUTE OF MODERN PHYSICS   (China)

^g YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^h KANAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁱ UTSUNOMIYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^j KONAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^k SHIBAURA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^l YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^m INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

ⁿ NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATICS   (Japan)

^o UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^p TOKYO METROPOLITAN COLLEGE OF INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^q SHONAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^r NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346896460     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/378350     Document Type: Article

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