Potential of the next generation VHE instruments to probe the EBL (I): The low- and mid-VHE

Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 245-256

  Raue, Martin ^a   Mazin, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Extragalactic background light; Future instruments; Very high energy rays

Indexed keywords

CURRENT GENERATION; DIRECT OBSERVATION; DISTANT SOURCE; EXTRAGALACTIC BACKGROUND LIGHT; FUTURE INSTRUMENTS; GALACTIC RADIATIONS; HIGH ENERGY; INFRARED WAVELENGTHS; INTEGRATED EMISSIONS; LOW ENERGY PHOTONS; NEAR INFRARED;

BUILDINGS; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; INSTRUMENTS; OBSERVATORIES; PHOTONS;

LIGHT;

EID: 77956612730     PISSN: 09276505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2010.08.005     Document Type: Article

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