EGRET observations of the extragalactic gamma-ray emission

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 494, Issue 2 PART I, 1998, Pages 523-534

  Sreekumar, P ^a,b   Bertsch, D L ^a   Dingus, B L ^c   Esposito, J A ^a,b   Fichtel, C E ^a   Hartman, R C ^a   Hunter, S D ^a   Kanbach, G ^d   Kniffen, D A ^e   Lin, Y C ^f   Mayer Hasselwander, H A ^d   Michelson, P F ^f   Von Montigny, C ^g   Mucke A ^d   Mukherjee, R ^h   Nolan, P L ^f   Pohl, M ⁱ   Reimer, O ^d   Schneid, E ^j   Stacy, J G ^k   Stecker, F W ^a   Thompson, D J ^a   Willis, T D ^f   more..

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^e HAMPDEN SYDNEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITÄT HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^h Barnard College of Columbia University   (United States)

ⁱ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^j NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Diffuse radiation; Gamma rays: observations; Surveys

Indexed keywords

EID: 4244117186     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/305222     Document Type: Article

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