Constraints on the extragalactic background light from gamma-ray observations of high-redshift quasars

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 456, Issue 1 PART I, 1996, Pages 124-131

  Madau, Piero ^a   Sterl Phinney, E ^b,c  

^a STScI   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffuse radiation; Gamma rays: Observations; Quasars: General

Indexed keywords

EID: 21844497241     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/176633     Document Type: Article

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