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Magnetic fields in galaxies are produced via the amplification of seed magnetic fields of unknown nature. The seed fields, which might exist in their initial form in the intergalactic medium, were never detected. We report a lower bound…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-11-21 Andrii Neronov , Ievgen Vovk

The intergalactic magnetic field (IGMF) in cosmic voids can be indirectly probed through its effect on electromagnetic cascades initiated by a source of TeV gamma-rays, such as active galactic nuclei (AGN). AGN that are sufficiently…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-11-03 Timothy C. Arlen , Vladimir V. Vassiliev , Thomas Weisgarber , Scott P. Wakely , S. Yusef Shafi

Extended and delayed emission around distant TeV sources induced by the effects of propagation of gamma rays through the intergalactic medium can be used for the measurement of the intergalactic magnetic field (IGMF). We search for delayed…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-02-22 MAGIC Collaboration , V. A. Acciari , I. Agudo , T. Aniello , S. Ansoldi , L. A. Antonelli , A. Arbet Engels , M. Artero , K. Asano , D. Baack , A. Babić , A. Baquero , U. Barres de Almeida , J. A. Barrio , I. Batković , J. Becerra González , W. Bednarek , E. Bernardini , M. Bernardos , A. Berti , J. Besenrieder , W. Bhattacharyya , C. Bigongiari , A. Biland , O. Blanch , H. Bökenkamp , G. Bonnoli , Ž. Bošnjak , I. Burelli , G. Busetto , R. Carosi , G. Ceribella , M. Cerruti , Y. Chai , A. Chilingarian , S. Cikota , E. Colombo , J. L. Contreras , J. Cortina , S. Covino , G. D'Amico , V. D'Elia , P. Da Vela , F. Dazzi , A. De Angelis , B. De Lotto , A. Del Popolo , M. Delfino , J. Delgado , C. Delgado Mendez , D. Depaoli , F. Di Pierro , L. Di Venere , E. Do Souto Espiñeira , D. Dominis Prester , A. Donini , D. Dorner , M. Doro , D. Elsaesser , V. Fallah Ramazani , L. Fariña , A. Fattorini , L. Font , C. Fruck , S. Fukami , Y. Fukazawa , R. J. García López , M. Garczarczyk , S. Gasparyan , M. Gaug , N. Giglietto , F. Giordano , P. Gliwny , N. Godinović , J. G. Green , D. Green , D. Hadasch , A. Hahn , T. Hassan , L. Heckmann , J. Herrera , D. Hrupec , M. Hütten , T. Inada , R. Iotov , K. Ishio , Y. Iwamura , I. Jiménez Martínez , J. Jormanainen , L. Jouvin , D. Kerszberg , Y. Kobayashi , H. Kubo , J. Kushida , A. Lamastra , D. Lelas , F. Leone , E. Lindfors , L. Linhoff , I. Liodakis , S. Lombardi , F. Longo , R. López-Coto , M. López-Moya , A. López-Oramas , S. Loporchio , A. Lorini , B. Machado de Oliveira Fraga , C. Maggio , P. Majumdar , M. Makariev , M. Mallamaci , G. Maneva , M. Manganaro , K. Mannheim , M. Mariotti , M. Martínez , A. Mas Aguilar , D. Mazin , S. Menchiari , S. Mender , S. Mićanović , D. Miceli , T. Miener , J. M. Miranda , R. Mirzoyan , E. Molina , H. A. Mondal , A. Moralejo , D. Morcuende , V. Moreno , E. Moretti , T. Nakamori , C. Nanci , L. Nava , V. Neustroev , M. Nievas Rosillo , C. Nigro , K. Nilsson , K. Nishijima , K. Noda , S. Nozaki , Y. Ohtani , T. Oka , J. Otero-Santos , S. Paiano , M. Palatiello , D. Paneque , R. Paoletti , J. M. Paredes , L. Pavletić , P. Peñil , M. Persic , M. Pihet , P. G. Prada Moroni , E. Prandini , C. Priyadarshi , I. Puljak , W. Rhode , M. Ribó , J. Rico , C. Righi , A. Rugliancich , N. Sahakyan , T. Saito , S. Sakurai , K. Satalecka , F. G. Saturni , B. Schleicher , K. Schmidt , F. Schmuckermaier , J. L. Schubert , T. Schweizer , J. Sitarek , I. Šnidarić , D. Sobczynska , A. Spolon , A. Stamerra , J. Strišković , D. Strom , M. Strzys , Y. Suda , T. Surić , M. Takahashi , R. Takeishi , F. Tavecchio , P. Temnikov , T. Terzić , M. Teshima , L. Tosti , S. Truzzi , A. Tutone , S. Ubach , J. van Scherpenberg , G. Vanzo , M. Vazquez Acosta , S. Ventura , V. Verguilov , I. Viale , C. F. Vigorito , V. Vitale , I. Vovk , M. Will , C. Wunderlich , T. Yamamoto , D. Zarić , A. Neronov , D. Semikoz , A. Korochkin

Pair creation on the cosmic infrared background and subsequent inverse-Compton scattering on the CMB potentially reprocesses the TeV emission of blazars into faint GeV halos with structures sensitive to intergalactic magnetic fields (IGMF).…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-10-20 Paul Tiede , Avery E. Broderick , Mohamad Shalaby , Christoph Pfrommer , Ewald Puchwein , Philip Chang , Astrid Lamberts

The origin of magnetic fields in the Universe is an open problem. Seed magnetic fields possibly produced in early times may have survived up to the present day close to their original form, providing an untapped window to the primeval…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-07-01 A. Saveliev , R. Alves Batista

High-energy photons can produce electron-positron pairs upon interacting with the extragalactic background light (EBL). These pairs will in turn be deflected by the intergalactic magnetic field (IGMF), before possibly up-scattering photons…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-02-21 J. Tjemsland , M. Meyer , F. Vazza

Very high energy (VHE $>$100 GeV) gamma rays coming from blazars can produce pairs when interacting with the Extragalactic Background Light (EBL) and the Cosmic Microwave Background, generating an electromagnetic cascade. Depending on the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-09-07 M. Fernandez Alonso , A. D. Supanitsky , A. C. Rovero

The InterGalactic Magnetic Field (IGMF), which could permeate the cosmic voids but was never detected so far, is considered a relic of the early Universe. Constraints on its strength $B$ can be derived from its influence on time-delayed…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-11-24 Ténéman Keita , Renaud Belmont , Thierry Stolarczyk

Studying the propagation of gamma rays on cosmological distances encompasses a variety of scientific fields, focusing on diffuse radiation fields such as the extragalactic background light, on the probe of the magnetism of the Universe on…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-10-14 Jonathan Biteau

We derive lower bounds on intergalactic magnetic fields (IGMFs) from upper limits on the pair echo emission from the blazar Mrk 501, that is, delayed GeV emission from secondary $e^{-}e^{+}$ pairs produced via interactions of primary TeV…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Keitaro Takahashi , Masaki Mori , Kiyotomo Ichiki , Susumu Inoue

The Intergalactic Magnetic Field (IGMF), permeating cosmic voids, is thought to be a relic of primordial magnetic fields generated in the early Universe and that gave rise to all astrophysical magnetic fields. While it has escaped direct…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-04-14 Ténéman Keita , Renaud Belmont , Thierry Stolarczyk

Lower bounds are derived on the amplitude B of intergalactic magnetic fields (IGMFs) in the region between Galaxy and the blazar Mrk 421, from constraints on the delayed GeV pair-echo flux that are emitted by secondary e^-e^+ produced in…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 Keitaro Takahashi , Masaki Mori , Kiyotomo Ichiki , Susumu Inoue , Hajime Takami

Delayed "pair echo" signal from interactions of very-high-energy gamma rays in the intergalactic medium can be used for detection of the inter-galactic magnetic field (IGMF). We use the data of Fermi/LAT telescope coupled with LHAASO…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-06-14 Ie. Vovk , A. Korochkin , A. Neronov , D. Semikoz

The intergalactic magnetic field (IGMF) in cosmic voids can be indirectly probed through its effect on electromagnetic cascades initiated by a source of TeV gamma rays, such as blazars, a subclass of active galactic nuclei. Blazars that are…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-03-12 Timothy C. Arlen , Vladimir V. Vassiliev

Very high-energy gamma-ray measurements of distant blazars can be well explained by secondary gamma rays emitted by cascades induced by ultra-high-energy cosmic rays. The secondary gamma rays will enable one to detect a large number of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-17 Yoshiyuki Inoue , Oleg E. Kalashev , Alexander Kusenko

Blazars are expected to produce both gamma rays and cosmic rays. Therefore, observed high-energy gamma rays from distant blazars may contain a significant contribution from secondary gamma rays produced along the line of sight by the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-03-20 Anton Prosekin , Warren Essey , Alexander Kusenko , Felix Aharonian

Primary gamma rays emitted by extragalactic sources, such as blazars, will generate electromagnetic cascades in intergalactic space. These cascades proceed via electron-positron pair production and inverse Compton scattering on cosmic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-09-14 H. Huan , T. Weisgarber

Intergalactic magnetic fields (IGMF) can cause the appearance of halos around the gamma-ray images of distant objects because an electromagnetic cascade initiated by a high-energy gamma-ray interaction with the photon background is…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-03-17 Shin'ichiro Ando , Alexander Kusenko

The intergalactic magnetic field (IGMF) may leave an imprint on the angular anisotropy of the extragalactic gamma-ray background through its effect on electromagnetic cascades triggered by interactions between very high energy photons and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-03 Tonia M. Venters , Vasiliki Pavlidou

Properties of the extragalactic magnetic field (EGMF) outside of clusters and filaments of the large-scale structure are essentially unknown. The EGMF could be probed with $\gamma$-ray observations of distant (redshift $z > 0.1$) blazars.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-10-04 E. I. Podlesnyi , T. A. Dzhatdoev , V. I. Galkin