Does the blazar gamma-ray spectrum harden with increasing flux? Analysis of 9 years of egret data

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 657, Issue 2 I, 2007, Pages 706-724

  Nandikotkur, Giridhar ^a,b   Jahoda, Keith M ^b   Hartman, R C ^b   Mukherjee, R ^c   Sreekumar, P ^d   Bottcher M ^e   Sambruna, R M ^b   Swank, Jean H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c Barnard College and Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^d INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

^e OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: active; Methods: data analysis; Methods: statistical radiation mechanisms: nonthermal

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947647829     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/510795     Document Type: Article

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