Multiwavelength observations of the blazar markarian 421 in 2002 December and 2003 January

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 641, Issue 2 I, 2006, Pages 740-751

  Rebillot, P F ^a   Badran, H M ^b   Blaylock, G ^c   Bradbury, S M ^d   Buckley, J H ^a   Carter Lewis, D A ^e   Celik, O ^f   Chow, Y C ^f   Cogan, P ^g   Cui, W ^h   Daniel, M ^g   Duke, C ⁱ   Falcone, A ^h   Fegan, S J ^f   Finley, J P ^h   Fortson, L F ^j,k   Gillanders, G H ^g   Grube, J ^d   Gutierrez, K ^a   Gyuk, G ^j,k   Hanna, D ^l   Holder, J ^d   Horan, D ^m   Hughes, S B ^a   Kenny, G E ^g   Kertzman, M ⁿ   Kieda, D ^o   Kildea, J ^l   Kosack, K ^a   Krawczynski, H ^a   Krennrich, F ^e   Lang, M J ^g   Le Bohec, S ^o   Linton, E ^p   Maier, G ^d   Moriarty, P ^q   Perkins, J ^a   Pohl, M ^e   Quinn, J ^g   Ragan, K ^l   Reynolds, P T ^r   Rose, H J ^d   Schroedter, M ^e,m   Sembroski, G H ^h   Steele, G ^k   Swordy, S P ^p   Valcarcel, L ^l   Vassilev, V V ^f   Wakely, S P ^p   Weekes, T C ^m   Zweerink, J ^f   Aller, M ^s   Aller, H ^s   Boltwood, P ^t   Jung, I ^a   Kranich, D ^u   Nilsson, K ^v   Pasanen, M ^v   Sadun, A ^w   Sillanpaa, A ^v   more..

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TANTA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^e IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^h PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ GRINNELL COLLEGE   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^k ADLER PLANETARIUM   (United States)

^l MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^m HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

ⁿ DEPAUW UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^p UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^q Atlantic Technological University   (Ireland)

^r Department of Chemistry   (Ireland)

^s UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^t Boltwood Observatory   (Canada)

^u UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^v UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^w UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

BL Lacertae objects: individual (Mrk 421); Galaxies: jets; Gamma rays: observations; Radiation mechanisms: nonthermal; X rays: individual (Mrk 421)

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745305002     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/500653     Document Type: Article

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