Gamma-ray and neutrino backgrounds as probes of the high-energy universe: Hints of cascades, general constraints, and implications for TeV searches

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2012, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Murase, Kohta ^a   Beacom, John F ^a   Takami, Hajime ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF PARTICLE AND NUCLEAR STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Absorption and radiation processes; Gamma ray theory; Neutrino theory; Ultra high energy photons and neutrinos

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866297405     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2012/08/030     Document Type: Article

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