Gamma–hadron separation methods for the VERITAS array of four imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes
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عنوان ژورنال: Astroparticle Physics
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0927-6505
DOI: 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2006.03.011