VHE γ-ray emission of PKS2155-304: Spectral and temporal variability

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 520, Issue 13, 2010, Pages

  Abramowski, A ^d   Acero, F ^o   Aharonian, F ^a,m   Akhperjanian, A G ^b   Anton, G ^p   Barres De Almeida, U ^h   Bazer Bachi, A R ^c   Becherini, Y ^l   Behera, B ⁿ   Benbow, W ^a   Bernlohr K ^a,e   Bochow, A ^a   Boisson, C ^f   Bolmont, J ^r   Borrel, V ^c   Brucker, J ^p   Brun, F ^r   Brun, P ^g   Buhler R ^a   Bulik, T ^ab   Busching I ⁱ   Boutelier, T ^c   Chadwick, P M ^h   Charbonnier, A ^r   Chaves, R C G ^a   Cheesebrough, A ^h   Chounet, L M ^j   Clapson, A C ^a   Coignet, G ^k   Conrad, J ^ad   Costamante, L ^a,ag   Dalton, M ^e   Daniel, M K ^h   Davids, I D ^i,u   Degrange, B ^j   Deil, C ^a   Dickinson, H J ^h   Djannati Atai A ^l   Domainko, W ^a   Drury, L O ^m   Dubois, F ^k   Dubus, G ^c   Dyks, J ^w   Dyrda, M ^aa   Egberts, K ^a,ac   Eger, P ^p   Espigat, P ^l   Fallon, L ^m   Farnier, C ^o   Fegan, S ^j   Feinstein, F ^o   Fernandes, M V ^d   Fiasson, A ^k   Forster A ^a   Fontaine, G ^j   Fußling M ^e   Gabici, S ^m   Gallant, Y A ^o   Gerard L ^l   Gerbig, D ^t   Giebels, B ^j   Glicenstein, J F ^g   Gluck B ^p   Goret, P ^g   Goring D ^p   Hampf, D ^d   Hauser, M ⁿ   Heinz, S ^p   Heinzelmann, G ^d   Henri, G ^c   Hermann, G ^a   Hinton, J A ^af   Hoffmann, A ^q   Hofmann, W ^a   Hofverberg, P ^a   Holleran, M ⁱ   Hoppe, S ^a   Horns, D ^d   Jacholkowska, A ^r   De Jager, O C ⁱ   Jahn, C ^p   Jung, I ^p   Katarzynski K ^z   Katz, U ^p   Kaufmann, S ⁿ   Kerschhaggl, M ^e   Khangulyan, D ^a   Khelifi B ^j   Keogh, D ^h   Klochkov, D ^q   Kluzniak W ^w   Kneiske, T ^d   Komin, Nu ^g   Kosack, K ^g   Kossakowski, R ^k   Lamanna, G ^k   Lenain, J P ^f   Lohse, T ^e   Lu, C C ^a   Marandon, V ^l   Marcowith, A ^o   Masbou, J ^k   Maurin, D ^r   McComb, T J L ^h   Medina, M C ^f   Mehault J ^o   Moderski, R ^w   Moulin, E ^g   Naumann Godo, M ^j   De Naurois, M ^r   Nedbal, D ^s   Nekrassov, D ^a   Nguyen, N ^d   Nicholas, B ^y   Niemiec, J ^aa   Nolan, S J ^h   Ohm, S ^a   Olive, J F ^c   De Ona Wilhelmi E ^a   Opitz, B ^d   Orford, K J ^h   Ostrowski, M ^v   Panter, M ^a   Paz Arribas, M ^e   Pedaletti, G ⁿ   Pelletier, G ^c   Petrucci, P O ^c   Pita, S ^l   Puhlhofer G ^q   Punch, M ^l   Quirrenbach, A ⁿ   Raubenheimer, B C ⁱ   Raue, M ^a,ag   Rayner, S M ^h   Reimer, O ^ac   Renaud, M ^l   De Los Reyes, R ^a   Rieger, F ^a,ag   Ripken, J ^ad   Rob, L ^s   Rosier Lees, S ^k   Rowell, G ^y   Rudak, B ^w   Rulten, C B ^h   Ruppel, J ^t   Ryde, F ^ae   Sahakian, V ^b   Santangelo, A ^q   Schlickeiser, R ^t   Schock F M ^p   Schonwald A ^e   Schwanke, U ^e   Schwarzburg, S ^q   Schwemmer, S ⁿ   Shalchi, A ^t   Sushch, I ^e   Sikora, M ^w   Skilton, J L ^x   Sol, H ^f   Stawarz, L ^v   Steenkamp, R ^u   Stegmann, C ^p   Stinzing, F ^p   Superina, G ^j   Szostek, A ^c,v   Tam, P H ⁿ   Tavernet, J P ^r   Terrier, R ^l   Tibolla, O ^a   Tluczykont, M ^d   Valerius, K ^p   Van Eldik, C ^a   Vasileiadis, G ^o   Venter, C ⁱ   Venter, L ^f   Vialle, J P ^k   Viana, A ^g   Vincent, P ^r   Vivier, M ^g   Volk H J ^a   Volpe, F ^a,j   Vorobiov, S ^o   Wagner, S J ⁿ   Ward, M ^h   Zdziarski, A A ^w   Zech, A ^f   Zechlin, H S ^d   more..

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

^b YEREVAN PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Armenia)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^e HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^g CEA SACLAY   (France)

^h DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^j ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^k UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^l UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^m DUBLIN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Ireland)

ⁿ UNIVERSITÄT HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^o UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER II   (France)

^p UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^q UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^r UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^s CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^t RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^u UNIVERSITY OF NAMIBIA   (Namibia)

^v JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^w NICOLAUS COPERNICUS ASTRONOMICAL CENTER   (Poland)

^x UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^y UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^z NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^aa INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (Poland)

^ab UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^ac INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^ad STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^ae ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^af UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^ag CNRS and MPG   (France)

more..

Author keywords

BL Lacertae objects: individual: PKS 2155 304; galaxies: active; galaxies: jets; gamma rays: general

Indexed keywords

GALAXIES; OPTICAL TELESCOPES;

ACCELERATION MECHANISMS; BL LACERTAE OBJECTS; BLAZARS; CRAB NEBULA; DATA SETS; DIFFERENT ORIGINS; ENERGY DEPENDENT; FOURIER; GALAXIES: ACTIVE; GALAXIES: JETS; GAMMA RAYS: GENERAL; HIGH ENERGY; HIGH FLUX; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; IMAGING ATMOSPHERIC CHERENKOV TELESCOPES; LIGHT CURVES; LOG-NORMAL; MULTIPLICATIVE PROCESS; NOISE PROCESS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PHOTON INDEX; POWER-LAW; QUIESCENT STATE; SPECTRAL INDICES; STRUCTURE FUNCTIONS; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; TIME-SCALES;

GAMMA RAYS;

EID: 77957764207     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201014484     Document Type: Article

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