Absorption of high-energy gamma rays by interactions with extragalactic starlight photons at high redshifts and the high-energy gamma-ray background

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 493, Issue 2 PART I, 1998, Pages 547-554

  Salamon, M H ^a   Stecker, F W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffuse radiation; Galaxies: active; Galaxies: evolution; Gamma rays: bursts; Gamma rays: theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 22444455743     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/305134     Document Type: Article

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