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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Measurement of the extragalactic background light imprint on the spectra of the brightest blazars observed with H.E.S.S |
Author: | Abramowski, A. de Wilt, P. Maxted, N. Rowell, G. |
Citation: | Astronomy and Astrophysics: a European journal, 2013; 550:1-11 |
Publisher: | E D P Sciences |
Issue Date: | 2013 |
ISSN: | 0004-6361 1432-0746 |
Statement of Responsibility: | H.E.S.S. Collaboration, A. Abramowski ... P. de Wilt ... N. Maxted ... G. Rowell ... et al. |
Abstract: | The extragalactic background light (EBL) is the diffuse radiation with the second highest energy density in the Universe after the cosmic microwave background. The aim of this study is the measurement of the imprint of the EBL opacity to γ-rays on the spectra of the brightest extragalactic sources detected with the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.). The originality of the method lies in the joint fit of the EBL optical depth and of the intrinsic spectra of the sources, assuming intrinsic smoothness. Analysis of a total of ~10⁵γ-ray events enables the detection of an EBL signature at the 8.8σ level and constitutes the first measurement of the EBL optical depth using very-high energy (E > 100 GeV) γ-rays. The EBL flux density is constrained over almost two decades of wavelengths [0.30 μm, 17 μm] and the peak value at 1.4 μm is derived as λFλ = 15 ± 2stat ± 3sys nW m⁻² sr⁻¹. |
Keywords: | gamma rays: galaxies / cosmic background radiation / BL Lacertae objects: general |
Rights: | © ESO 2013 |
DOI: | 10.1051/0004-6361/201220355 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201220355 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 4 IPAS publications |
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