Hardening of TeV gamma spectrum of active galactic nuclei in galaxy clusters by conversions of photons into axionlike particles

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Volumn 86, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Horns, Dieter ^a   MacCione, Luca ^b,c   Meyer, Manuel ^a   Mirizzi, Alessandro ^a   Montanino, Daniele ^d   Roncadelli, Marco ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK   (Germany)

^d INFN SEZIONE DI LECCE   (Italy)

^e INFN SEZIONE DI PAVIA   (Italy)

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EID: 84867754626     PISSN: 15507998     EISSN: 15502368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.86.075024     Document Type: Article

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