The Implications of Galaxy Formation Models for the TeV Observations of Current Detectors
Astrophysics
2009-10-31 v1
Abstract
This paper represents a step toward constraining galaxy formation models via TeV gamm a ray observations. We use semi-analytic models of galaxy formation to predict a spectral distribution for the intergalactic infrared photon field, which in turn yields information about the absorption of TeV gamma rays from extra-galactic sources. By making predictions for integral flux observations at >200 GeV for several known EGRE T sources, we directly compare our models with current observational upper limits obtained by Whipple. In addition, our predictions may offer a guide to the observing programs for the current population of TeV gamma ray observatories.
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Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9910301,
title = {The Implications of Galaxy Formation Models for the TeV Observations of Current Detectors},
author = {L. M. Boone and J. S. Bullock and J. R. Primack and D. A. Williams},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9910301},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
6 pages, 11 figures, to appear in the proceedings of the 6th TeV Workshop at Snowbird, UT