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用地面VHE gamma-ray探测器进行的EBL研究:下一代仪器的现状和潜力

EBL studies with ground-based VHE gamma-ray detectors: Current status and potential of next-generation instruments

Martin Raue, Daniel Mazin

摘要:

在紫外线到红外线波长的弥漫的元星系辐射场-通常标记为河外背景光(EBL)-包含了宇宙的综合发射历史。通过直接观测很难获得其密度的间接限制,可以通过观测来自遥远来源的甚高能量(VHE; E>100 GeV)伽马射线来获得:VHE光子通过与来自EBL的低能光子成对产生而衰减,在地球上测量的VHE光谱中留下明显的印记。像H.E.S.S. S这样的当代VHE天文台的发现,MAGIC和VERITAS对EBL的密度有很强的限制,特别是在近红外线上。在这里,EBL密度从这样的地面VHE观测的约束将简要审查和下一代仪器的潜力,以改善这些限制将进行讨论。

英文摘要:

The diffuse meta-galactic radiation field at ultraviolet to infrared wavelengths - commonly labeled extragalactic background light (EBL) - contains the integrated emission history of the universe. Difficult to access via direct observations, indirect constraints on its density can be derived through observations of very-high energy (VHE; E>100 GeV) gamma-rays from distant sources: the VHE photons are attenuated via pair-production with the low energy photons from the EBL, leaving a distinct imprint in the VHE spectra measured on earth. Discoveries made with current-generation VHE observatories like H.E.S.S., MAGIC and VERITAS enabled strong constraints on the density of the EBL, especially in the near-infrared. Here, the constrains on the EBL density from such ground based VHE observations will be briefly reviewed and the potential of the next-generation instruments to improve on these limits will be discussed.

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