Published February 1, 2013 | Version v1
Journal article

Extragalactic Background Light expected from photon-photon absorption on spectra of Active Galactic Nuclei at distances from z=0.018 to z=1.375

  • 1. P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Science (Russian Federation)

Description

Extragalactic background radiation blocks the propagation of TeV gamma-ray over large distances by producing e+e− pairs. As a result, primary spectrum of gamma-source is changed, depending on spectrum of background light. So, hard spectra of Active Galactic Nuclei with high red shifts allow the determination of a EBL spectrum. The redshifts of SHALON TeV gamma-ray sources range from 0.018 to 1.375 those spectra are resolved at the energies from 800 GeV to about 50 TeV. Spectral energy distribution of EBL constrained from observations of Mkn421, Mkn501, Mkn180, OJ287, 3c454.3 and 1739+522 together with models and measurements are presented.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/409/1/012113

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. Conference Series (Online)
Journal Volume
409
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
[4 p.]
ISSN
1742-6596

Conference

Title
23. European cosmic ray symposium; 32. Russian cosmic ray conference
Dates
3-7 Jul 2012
Place
Moscow (Russian Federation)