Intergalactic photon spectra from the far-ir to the UV Lyman limit for 0 < z < 6 and the optical depth of the universe to high-energy gamma rays

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 648, Issue 2 I, 2006, Pages 774-783

  Stecker, F W ^a,b   Malkan, M A ^b   Scully, S T ^c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffuse radiation; Gamma rays: observations

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749521047     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/506188     Document Type: Article

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