Constraints on the very high energy emissivity of the universe from the diffuse GeV gamma-ray background

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 487, Issue 1 PART II, 1997, Pages

  Coppi, Paolo S ^a   Aharonian, Felix A ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diffuse radiation; Galaxies: active; Gamma rays: theory; Radiative transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 21944448768     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/310883     Document Type: Article

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