The likelihood analysis of egret data

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 461, Issue 1 PART I, 1996, Pages 396-407

  Mattox, J R ^a   Bertsch, D L ^b   Chiang, J ^c   Dlngus, B L ^d   Dlgel, S W ^e   Esposito, J A ^f   Flerro, J M ^g   Hartman, R C ^h   Hunter, S D ⁱ   Kanbach, G ^j   Kniffen, D A ^k   Lln, Y C ^b   Macomb, D J ^c   Mayer Hasselwander, H A ^d   Michelson, P F ^e   Von Montigny, C ^f   Mukherjee, R ^a   Nolan, P L ^h   Ramanamurthy, P V ⁱ   Schneid, E ^j   Sreekumar, P ^k   Thompson, D J ^b   Willis, T D ^c   more..

^a NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^d University of Maryland   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^g STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

ⁱ HAMPDEN SYDNEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^j NAS NRC Senior Research Associate   (United States)

^k NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Gamma rays: observations; Methods: data analysis; Methods: statistical

Indexed keywords

EID: 25544445014     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/177068     Document Type: Article

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