Evidence for TeV gamma-ray emission from a region of the galactic plane

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 95, Issue 25, 2005, Pages

  Atkins, R ^a   Benbow, W ^b   Berley, D ^c   Blaufuss, E ^c   Coyne, D G ^b   Deyoung, T ^c   Dingus, B L ^d   Dorfan, D E ^b   Ellsworth, R W ^e   Fleysher, L ^f   Fleysher, R ^f   Gisler, G ^d   Gonzalez, M M ^a   Goodman, J A ^c   Haines, T J ^d   Hays, E ^c   Hoffman, C M ^d   Kelley, L A ^b   Lansdell, C P ^c   Linnemann, J T ^g   McEnery, J E ^a   Miller, R S ^h   Mincer, A I ^f   Morales, M F ^b   Nemethy, P ^f   Noyes, D ^c   Ryan, J M ^h   Samuelson, F W ^d   Parkinson, P M Saz ^b   Shoup, A ⁱ   Sinnis, G ^d   Smith, A J ^c   Sullivan, G W ^c   Williams, D A ^b   Wilson, M E ^a   Xu, X W ^d   Yodh, G B ⁱ   more..

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ   (United States)

^c Bldg 142   (United States)

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h Univ of New Hampshire   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHERENKOV DETECTOR; TEV GAMMA-RAY EMISSION;

DETECTORS; EXTRAPOLATION;

GAMMA RAYS;

EID: 29144480316     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.251103     Document Type: Article

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