Implications of the very high energy gamma-ray detection of the quasar 3C279

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 703, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1168-1175

  Bottcher M ^a   Reimer, A ^b,d   Marscher, A P ^c  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Galaxies: active; Gamma rays: theory; Quasars: individual (3C 279); Radiation mechanisms: non thermal

Indexed keywords

EID: 70549100084     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/703/1/1168     Document Type: Article

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