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Blazar甚高能Gamma-Ray观测对河外背景光的约束

Constraints on the Extragalactic Background Light from Very High Energy Gamma-Ray Observations of Blazars

Justin D. Finke, Soebur Razzaque

摘要:

河外背景光(EBL)从红外到紫外很难直接测量,但可以用多种方法进行抑制。EBL光子吸收来自遥远耀变体的伽马射线,允许使用大气切伦科夫望远镜(ACT)的耀变体光谱通过假设耀变体源光谱来对EBL设定上限。在这里,我们应用一个简单的技术,类似于Schroedter(2005)开发的一个,最近的甚高能量(VHE)的耀变体的伽玛射线观测,把上限的EBL能量密度。这种技术是独立的EBL模型,并具有良好的定义误差的约束。我们的研究结果是一致的EBL测量和限制,但略有不一致的几个EBL模型。

英文摘要:

The extragalactic background light (EBL) from the infrared to the ultraviolet is difficult to measure directly, but can be constrained with a variety of methods. EBL photons absorb gamma-rays from distant blazars, allowing one to use blazar spectra from atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes (ACTs) to put upper limits on the EBL by assuming a blazar source spectrum. Here we apply a simple technique, similar to the one developed by Schroedter (2005), to the most recent very-high energy (VHE) gamma-ray observations of blazars to put upper limits on the EBL energy density. This technique is independent of the EBL model and has well-defined errors on the constraints. Our results are consistent with EBL measurements and constraints but marginally inconsistent with several EBL models.

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