Discovery of a very high energy gamma-ray signal from the 3c 66a/b region

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 692, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Aliu, E ^a   Anderhub, H ^b   Antonelli, L A ^c   Antoranz, P ^d   Backes, M ^e   Baixeras, C ^f   Balestra, S ^d   Barrio, J A ^d   Bartko, H ^g   Bastieri, D ^h   Becerra Gonzlez, J ⁱ   Becker, J K ^e   Bednarek, W ^j   Berger, K ^j   Bernardini, E ^k   Biland, A ^b   Bock, R K ^g,h   Bonnoli, G ^l   Bordas, P ^m   Borla Tridon, D ^g   Bosch Ramon, V ^m   Bretz, T ⁿ   Britvitch, I ^b   Camara, M ^d   Carmona, E ^g   Chilingarian, A ^o   Commichau, S ^b   Contreras, J L ^d   Cortina, J ^a   Costado, M T ^i,p   Covino, S ^c   Curtef, V ^e   Dazzi, F ^h   De Angelis, A ^q   De Cea Del Pozo, E ^r   De Los Reyes, R ^d   De Lotto, B ^q   De Maria, M ^q   De Sabata, F ^q   Delgado Mendez, C ⁱ   Dominguez, A ^s   Dorner, D ^b   Doro, M ^h   Elsaesser, D ⁿ   Errando, M ^a,aa   Ferenc, D ^t   Fernndez, E ^a   Firpo, R ^a   Fonseca, M V ^d   Font, L ^f   Galante, N ^g   Garcia Lopez R J ^i,p   Garczarczyk, M ^g   Gaug, M ⁱ   Goebel, F ^g   Hadasch, D ^e   Hayashida, M ^g   Herrero, A ^i,p   Hohne Monch D ⁿ   Hose, J ^g   Hsu, C C ^g   Huber, S ⁿ   Jogler, T ^g   Kranich, D ^b   La Barbera, A ^c   Laille, A ^t   Leonardo, E ^l   Lindfors, E ^u,aa   Lombardi, S ^h   Longo, F ^q   Lopez M ^h   Lorenz, E ^b,g   Majumdar, P ^k   Maneva, G ^v   Mankuzhiyil, N ^q   Mannheim, K ⁿ   Maraschi, L ^c   Mariotti, M ^h   Martinez M ^a   Mazin, D ^a,aa   Meucci, M ^l   Meyer, M ⁿ   Miranda, J M ^d   Mirzoyan, R ^g   Moldon J ^m   Moles, M ^s   Moralejo, A ^a   Nieto, D ^d   Nilsson, K ^u   Ninkovic, J ^g   Otte, N ^g,w,ab   Oya, I ^d   Paoletti, R ^l   Paredes, J M ^m   Pasanen, M ^u   Pascoli, D ^h   Pauss, F ^b   Pegna, R G ^l   Perez Torres, M A ^s   Persic, M ^q,x   Peruzzo, L ^h   Prada, F ^s   Prandini, E ^h   Puchades, N ^a   Raymers, A ^o   Rhode, W ^e   Ribo M ^m   Rico, J ^a,y   Rissi, M ^b   Robert, A ^f   Rugamer S ⁿ   Saggion, A ^h   Saito, T Y ^g   Salvati, M ^c   Sanchez Conde, M ^s   Sartori, P ^h   Satalecka, K ^k   Scalzotto, V ^h   Scapin, V ^q   Schweizer, T ^g   Shayduk, M ^g   Shinozaki, K ^g   Shore, S N ^z   Sidro, N ^a   Sierpowska Bartosik, A ^r   Sillanpaa A ^u   Sitarek, J ^g,j   Sobczynska, D ^j   Spanier, F ⁿ   Stamerra, A ^l   Stark, L S ^b   Takalo, L ^u   Tavecchio, F ^c   Temnikov, P ^v   Tescaro, D ^a   Teshima, M ^g   Tluczykont, M ^k   Torres, D F ^r,y   Turini, N ^l   Vankov, H ^v   Venturini, A ^h   Vitale, V ^q   Wagner, R M ^g   Wittek, W ^g   Zabalza, V ^m   Zandanel, F ^s   Zanin, R ^a   Zapatero, J ^f   more..

^a BARCELONA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Spain)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^e TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^g MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

ⁱ INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

^j UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^k DESY   (Germany)

^l UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^m UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^o YEREVAN PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Armenia)

^p Universidad Tenerife   (Spain)

^q UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^r INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DE L ESPAI CSIC IEEC   (Spain)

^s INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE ANDALUCÍA CSIC   (Spain)

^t UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^u UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^v INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH AND NUCLEAR ENERGY   (Bulgaria)

^w HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^x SEZIONE DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

^y INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^z UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^aa NONE

^ab UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

BL Lacertae objects: individual (3C 66A); Galaxies: individual (3C 66B); Gamma rays: observations

Indexed keywords

EID: 64849111602     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/692/1/L29     Document Type: Article

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