The spectral index distribution of EGRET blazars: Prospects for glast

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 666, Issue 1 I, 2007, Pages 128-138

  Venters, Tonia M ^a   Pavlidou, Vasiliki ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: active; Gamma rays: observations; Gamma rays: theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 35348846604     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/519487     Document Type: Article

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