Detection of the cosmic γ-ray horizon from multiwavelength observations of blazars

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 770, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Dominguez A ^a   Finke, J D ^b   Prada, F ^c,d   Primack, J R ^e   Kitaura, F S ^f   Siana, B ^a   Paneque, D ^g,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c CSIC   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE ANDALUCÍA CSIC   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f ASTROPHYSIKALISCHES INSTITUT POTSDAM   (Germany)

^g STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

BL Lacertae objects: general; cosmology: observations; diffuse radiation; galaxies: evolution; galaxies: formation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878272811     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/770/1/77     Document Type: Article

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