BL Lacertae contribution to the extragalactic gamma-ray background

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 479, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 41-47

  Kneiske, T M ^a,b   Mannheim, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cosmology: diffuse radiation; Galaxies: BL Lacertae objects: general; Gamma rays: observations

Indexed keywords

CERENKOV COUNTERS; COSMOLOGY; GAMMA RAYS; TELESCOPES;

BLAZAR CONTRIBUTION; CHERENKOV TELESCOPE; HIGHER REDSHIFTS;

GALAXIES;

EID: 38849108732     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20065605     Document Type: Article

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