Is the universe more transparent to gamma rays than previously thought?

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 691, Issue 2 PART 2, 2009, Pages

  Stecker, Floyd W ^a   Scully, Sean T ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffuse radiation; Galaxies; Gamma rays; Individual (3C279); Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 66849120536     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/691/2/L91     Document Type: Article

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