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费米时代河外背景光的极限

Limits on the extragalactic background light in the Fermi era

Manuel Meyer, Martin Raue, Daniel Mazin, Dieter Horns

摘要:

来自宇宙源的甚高能量(VHE,energy $E \gtrsim 100$ \,GeV)γ射线由于与河外背景光(EBL)中紫外到红外波段的光子相互作用而衰减。因此,EBL在这些物体的观测能谱上留下了印记。在过去的四年里,用成像大气切伦科夫望远镜(IACT),如MAGIC,H.E.S.S.,而真理,则翻了一番。此外,\emph{Fermi}卫星的测量使人们对GeV能量源的本征光谱有了新的认识。本文通过考虑在此背景下使用过的最广泛的VHE源样本来推导EBL强度的上限。这是通过构造大量的一般EBL形状并将来自\emph{Fermi}和IACT的谱信息与关于高和非常高γ射线能量下的源物理的最小假设结合在一起来实现的。解释了EBL随红移的演化,探讨了形成电磁级联的可能性及其对上限的影响。$z=0$处的EBL密度被限制在0.4 μ m和100 μm之间的宽波长范围内。在光学波长处,在8 μm和31 μm之间,EBL密度被限制为低于24 nW,m $^{-2}$,sr $^{-1}$和低于5 nW,m $^{-2}$,sr $^{-1}$。

英文摘要:

Very high energy (VHE, energy $E \gtrsim 100$\,GeV) γ-rays from cosmological sources are attenuated due to the interaction with photons of the extragalactic background light (EBL) in the ultraviolet to infrared wavelength band. The EBL, thus, leaves an imprint on the observed energy spectra of these objects. In the last four years, the number of extragalactic VHE sources discovered with imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes (IACTs), such as MAGIC, H.E.S.S., and VERITAS, has doubled. Furthermore, the measurements of the \emph{Fermi} satellite brought new insights into the intrinsic spectra of the sources at GeV energies. In this paper, upper limits on the EBL intensity are derived by considering the most extensive VHE source sample ever used in this context. This is accomplished by constructing a large number of generic EBL shapes and combining spectral informations from \emph{Fermi} and IACTs together with minimal assumptions about the source physics at high and very high γ-ray energies. The evolution of the EBL with redshift is accounted for and the possibility of the formation of an electromagnetic cascade and the implications on the upper limits are explored. The EBL density at $z=0$ is constrained over a broad wavelength range between 0.4 and 100\,μm. At optical wavelengths, the EBL density is constrained below 24\,nW\,m$^{-2}$\,sr$^{-1}$ and below 5\,nW\,m$^{-2}$\,sr$^{-1}$ between 8\,μm and 31\,μm.

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