Very high energy gamma-ray emission from the blazar Markarian 421

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 460, Issue 2 PART I, 1996, Pages 644-650

  Schubnell, M S ^a   Akerlof, C W ^a   Biller, S ^b   Buckley, J ^c   Carter Lewis, D A ^d   Cawley, M F ^e   Chantell, M ^c   Connaughton, V ^c,f   Fegan, D J ^f   Fennell, S ^f   Gaidos, J A ^g   Hillas, A M ^b   Kerrick, A D ^d,h   Lamb, R C ^d   Meyer, D I ^a   Mohanty, G ^d   Rose, J ^b   Rovero, A C ^c,i   Sembroski, G ^g   Weekes, T C ^c   Wilson, C ^g   Zweerink, J ^d   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^d IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e St Patrick's College ^*  (Ireland)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^g PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ INSTITUTO DE ASTRONOMÍA Y FÍSICA DEL ESPACIO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

EID: 21344470368     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/176998     Document Type: Article

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