MAGIC upper limits to the VHE gamma-ray flux of 3C 454.3 in high emission state

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 498, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 83-87

  Correction Anderhub, H ^a   Antonelli, L A ^b   Antoranz, P ^c   Backes, M ^d   Baixeras, C ^e   Balestra, S ^c   Barrio, J A ^c   Bartko, H ^f   Bastieri, D ^g   Becerra Gonzalez J ^h   Becker, J K ^d   Bednarek, W ⁱ   Berger, K ⁱ   Bernardini, E ^j   Biland, A ^a   Bock, R K ^f,g   Bonnoli, G ^k   Bordas, P ^l   Borla Tridon, D ^f   Bosch Ramon, V ^l   Bretz, T ^m   Britvitch, I ^a   Camara, M ^c   Carmona, E ^f   Commichau, S ^a   Contreras, J L ^c   Cortina, J ⁿ   Costado, M T ^h,o   Covino, S ^b   Curtef, V ^d   Dazzi, F ^g   De Angelis, A ^p   De Cea Del Pozo, E ^q   De Los Reyes, R ^c   De Lotto, B ^p   De Maria, M ^p   De Sabata, F ^p   Delgado Mendez, C ^h,aa   Dominguez, A ^r   Dorner, D ^a   Doro, M ^g   Elsaesser, D ^m   Errando, M ⁿ   Ferenc, D ^s   Fernandez E ⁿ   Firpo, R ⁿ   Fonseca, M V ^c   Font, L ^e   Galante, N ^f   Garcia Lopez R J ^h,o   Garczarczyk, M ^f   Gaug, M ^h   Goebel, F ^f   Hadasch, D ^e   Hayashida, M ^f   Herrero, A ^h,o   Hohne Monch D ^m   Hose, J ^f   Hsu, C C ^f   Huber, S ^m   Jogler, T ^f   Kranich, D ^a   La Barbera, A ^b   Laille, A ^s   Leonardo, E ^k   Lindfors, E ^t   Lombardi, S ^g   Longo, F ^p   Lopez M ^g   Lorenz, E ^a,f   Majumdar, P ^j   Maneva, G ^u   Mankuzhiyil, N ^p   Mannheim, K ^m   Maraschi, L ^b   Mariotti, M ^g   Martinez M ⁿ   Mazin, D ⁿ   Meucci, M ^k   Meyer, M ^m   Miranda, J M ^c   Mirzoyan, R ^f   Moldon J ^l   Moles, M ^r   Moralejo, A ⁿ   Nieto, D ^c   Nilsson, K ^t   Ninkovic, J ^f   Otte, N ^f,v,z   Oya, I ^c   Paoletti, R ^k   Paredes, J M ^l   Pasanen, M ^t   Pascoli, D ^g   Pauss, F ^a   Pegna, R G ^k   Perez Torres, M A ^r   Persic, M ^p,w   Peruzzo, L ^g   Prada, F ^r   Prandini, E ^g   Puchades, N ⁿ   Rhode, W ^d   Ribo M ^l   Rico, J ^n,x   Rissi, M ^a   Robert, A ^e   Rugamer S ^m   Saggion, A ^g   Saito, T Y ^f   Salvati, M ^b   Sanchez Conde, M ^r   Sartori, P ^g   Satalecka, K ^j   Scalzotto, V ^g   Scapin, V ^p   Schweizer, T ^f   Shayduk, M ^f   Shinozaki, K ^f   Shore, S N ^y   Sidro, N ⁿ   Sierpowska Bartosik, A ^q   Sillanpaa A ^t   Sitarek, J ^f,i   Sobczynska, D ⁱ   Spanier, F ^m   Stamerra, A ^k   Stark, L S ^a   Takalo, L ^t   Tavecchio, F ^b   Temnikov, P ^u   Tescaro, D ⁿ   Teshima, M ^f   Tluczykont, M ^j   Torres, D F ^q,x   Turini, N ^k   Vankov, H ^u   Venturini, A ^g   Vitale, V ^p   Wagner, R M ^f   Wittek, W ^f   Zabalza, V ^l   Zandanel, F ^r   Zanin, R ⁿ   Zapatero, J ^e   Vercellone, S ^ab   Donnarumma, I ^b   D'Ammando, F ^b,ac   Tavani, M ^b,ac   more..

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^h INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^j DESY   (Germany)

^k UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^l UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^m UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

ⁿ BARCELONA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Spain)

^o Depto de Astrofisica   (Spain)

^p UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

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

^r INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE ANDALUCÍA CSIC   (Spain)

^s UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^t UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

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

^v HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^w SEZIONE DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

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

^y UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^z UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^aa CIEMAT   (Spain)

^ab INAF IASF MILANO   (Italy)

^ac UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

more..

Author keywords

Galaxies; Individual 3C 454.3 gamma rays; Observations gamma rays; Quasars; Theory

Indexed keywords

COMPTON SCATTERING; ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; GALAXIES; LIGHT; MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STARS; TELESCOPES; X RAY CAMERAS;

ACTIVE PHASIS; BROAD LINE REGION; CHERENKOV TELESCOPE; CUT-OFF; EXTRAGALACTIC BACKGROUND LIGHT; GALAXIES: QUASARS: INDIVIDUAL 3C454.3; GAMMA RAYS: OBSERVATIONS; GAMMA RAYS: THEORY; GAMMA-RAY FLUX; INVERSE COMPTON SCATTERING; MAGIC TELESCOPE; MULTI FREQUENCY; MULTIFREQUENCY DATA; QUASI-SIMULTANEOUS; RELATIVISTIC ELECTRON; SPECTRAL ENERGY DISTRIBUTION; SPECTRUM RADIO QUASAR; STANDARD ANALYSIS; TIME SLOTS; UPPER LIMITS; VERY HIGH ENERGIES;

GAMMA RAYS;

EID: 66249132016     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200811326     Document Type: Article

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