Method to extract the primary cosmic ray spectrum from very high energy γ-ray data and its application to SNR RX J1713.7-3946

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Volumn 76, Issue 12, 2007, Pages

  Villante, F L ^a,c   Vissani, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b LABORATORI NAZIONALI DEL GRAN SASSO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

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EID: 37349100830     PISSN: 15507998     EISSN: 15502368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.76.125019     Document Type: Article

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