Simultaneous constraints on the spectrum of the extragalactic background light and the intrinsic TeV spectra of markarian 421, markarian 501, and H1426+428

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 618, Issue 2 I, 2005, Pages 657-674

  Dwek, Eli ^a   Krennrich, Frank ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffuse radiation; Galaxies: active; Gamma rays: observations; Infrared: general

Indexed keywords

EID: 14544293458     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/426010     Document Type: Article

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