Upper limits on the extragalactic background light from the very high energy gamma-ray spectra of blazars

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 628, Issue 2 I, 2005, Pages 617-628

  Schroedter, M ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

BL Lacertae objects: general; Diffuse radiation; Gamma rays: observations; Infrared: general

Indexed keywords

EID: 25144494170     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/431173     Document Type: Article

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