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The extragalactic background light (EBL) contains important information about stellar and galaxy evolution. It leaves imprint on the very high energy $\gamma$-ray spectra from sources at cosmological distances due to the process of pair…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-12-27 Qiang Yuan , Hai-Liang Huang , Xiao-Jun Bi , Hong-Hao Zhang

The extragalactic background light (EBL), the cumulative radiation from all extragalactic sources, traces galaxy formation and cosmic evolution. High-energy $\gamma$ rays attenuated via pair production with EBL photons are a powerful probe…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-04-13 J. Baxter , A. Dominguez , J. D. Finke , A. Desai , M. Ajello , A. Banerjee , Dieter Hartmann , Vaidehi S. Paliya

Understanding the star formation rate (SFR) variability and how it depends on physical properties of galaxies is important for developing and testing the theory of galaxy formation. We investigate how statistical measurements of the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-07-12 Guochao Sun , Adam Lidz , Andreas L. Faisst , Claude-André Faucher-Giguère

(Abridged) We have used HST WFPC2 and ground-based spectroscopy to measure the integrated extragalactic background light (EBL) at optical wavelengths. We have also computed the integrated light from individual galaxy counts in the images…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 R. A. Bernstein , W. L. Freedman , B. F. Madore

Data from (non-) attenuation of gamma rays from active galactic nuclei (AGN) and gamma ray bursts (GRBs) give upper limits on the extragalactic background light (EBL) from the UV to the mid-IR that are only a little above the lower limits…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 Joel R. Primack , Alberto Dominguez , Rudy C. Gilmore , Rachel S. Somerville

The Extragalactic Background Light (EBL) is the accumulated light emitted throughout the history of the universe, spanning the UV, optical, and IR spectral ranges. Stars and dust in galaxies are expected to be the main source of the EBL.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-12-03 R. Grau , A. Moralejo

The Extragalactic Background Light (EBL) captures the total integrated emission from stars and galaxies throughout the cosmic history. The amplitude of the near-infrared EBL from space absolute photometry observations has been controversial…

This article outlines a method to interpret the extragalactic background light in terms of the large-scale, average properties of galaxies, including the comoving densities of stars and interstellar gas, metals, and dust. These quantities…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 S. Michael Fall

We present a measurement of the extragalactic background light (EBL) based on a joint likelihood analysis of 32 gamma-ray spectra for 12 blazars in the redshift range z = 0.03 to 0.944, obtained by the MAGIC telescopes and Fermi-LAT. The…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-12-02 MAGIC collaboration , V. A. Acciari , S. Ansoldi , L. A. Antonelli , A. Arbet Engels , D. Baack , A. Babić , B. Banerjee , U. Barres de Almeida , J. A. Barrio , J. Becerra González , W. Bednarek , L. Bellizzi , E. Bernardini , A. Berti , J. Besenrieder , W. Bhattacharyya , C. Bigongiari , A. Biland , O. Blanch , G. Bonnoli , G. Busetto , R. Carosi , G. Ceribella , Y. Chai , S. Cikota , S. M. Çolak , U. Colin , E. Colombo , J. L. Contreras , J. Cortina , S. Covino , V. D'Elia , P. Da Vela , F. Dazzi , A. De Angelis , B. De Lotto , M. Delfino , J. Delgado , F. Di Pierro , E. Do Souto Espiñeira , A. Domínguez , D. Dominis Prester , D. Dorner , M. Doro , D. Elsaesser , V. Fallah Ramazani , A. Fattorini , A. Fernández-Barral , G. Ferrara , D. Fidalgo , L. Foffano , M. V. Fonseca , L. Font , C. Fruck , D. Galindo , S. Gallozzi , R. J. García López , M. Garczarczyk , S. Gasparyan , M. Gaug , N. Godinović , D. Green , D. Guberman , D. Hadasch , A. Hahn , T. Hassan , J. Herrera , J. Hoang , D. Hrupec , S. Inoue , K. Ishio , Y. Iwamura , H. Kubo , J. Kushida , A. Lamastra , D. Lelas , F. Leone , E. Lindfors , S. Lombardi , F. Longo , M. López , R. López-Coto , A. López-Oramas , B. Machado de Oliveira Fraga , C. Maggio , P. Majumdar , M. Makariev , M. Mallamaci , G. Maneva , M. Manganaro , K. Mannheim , L. Maraschi , M. Mariotti , M. Martínez , S. Masuda , D. Mazin , S. Mićanović , D. Miceli , M. Minev , J. M. Miranda , R. Mirzoyan , E. Molina , A. Moralejo , D. Morcuende , V. Moreno , E. Moretti , P. Munar-Adrover , V. Neustroev , A. Niedzwiecki , M. Nievas Rosillo , C. Nigro , K. Nilsson , D. Ninci , K. Nishijima , K. Noda , L. Nogués , M. Nöthe , S. Paiano , J. Palacio , M. Palatiello , D. Paneque , R. Paoletti , J. M. Paredes , P. Peñil , M. Peresano , M. Persic , P. G. Prada Moroni , E. Prandini , I. Puljak , W. Rhode , M. Ribó , J. Rico , C. Righi , A. Rugliancich , L. Saha , N. Sahakyan , T. Saito , K. Satalecka , T. Schweizer , J. Sitarek , I. Šnidarić , D. Sobczynska , A. Somero , A. Stamerra , D. Strom , M. Strzys , T. Surić , F. Tavecchio , P. Temnikov , T. Terzić , M. Teshima , N. Torres-Alba , S. Tsujimoto , J. van Scherpenberg , G. Vanzo , M. Vázquez Acosta , I. Vovk , M. Will , D. Zarić

Deep optical and near-infrared galaxy counts are utilized to estimate the extragalactic background light (EBL) coming from normal galactic light in the universe. Although the slope of number-magnitude relation of the faintest counts is flat…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 T. Totani , Y. Yoshii , F. Iwamuro , T. Maihara , K. Motohara

The extragalactic background light (EBL) is the cumulative radiation outside the Milky Way. The determination of its corresponding primary emitting sources as well as its total energy level across the entire electromagnetic spectrum has…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-03-27 Qi-Ning Hsu , L. L. Cowie , Chian-Chou Chen , A. J. Barger

The total extragalactic background radiation can be an important test of the global star formation history (SFH). Using direct observational estimates of the SFH, along with standard assumptions about the initial mass function (IMF), we…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Mark A. Fardal , Neal Katz , David H. Weinberg , Romeel Dav'e

(Abridged) We present the first detections of the mean flux of the optical extragalactic background light (EBL) at 3000, 5500, and 8000A. Diffuse foreground flux at these wavelengths comes from terrestrial airglow, dust-scattered sunlight…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 R. A. Bernstein , W. L. Freedman , B. F. Madore

We present new synthesis models of the extragalactic background light (EBL) from far infra-red (FIR) to TeV gamma-rays, with an emphasis on the extreme ultraviolet (UV) background which is responsible for the observed ionization and thermal…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-02-20 Vikram Khaire , Raghunathan Srianand

The intensity of the extragalactic background (EBL), the accumulated optical and infrared emissions since the first stars, is the subject of a decades-long tension in the optical band. These photons form a target field that attenuates the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-10-10 Lucas Gréaux , Jonathan Biteau , Mireia Nievas Rosillo

Several models which have been constructed to explain the faint galaxy excess in observed number counts are used to predict the intensity of the extragalactic background light (EBL). Special attention is given to irregular and dwarf…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Petri Vaisanen

Attenuation of high-energy gamma rays by pair-production with UV, optical and IR extragalactic background light (EBL) photons provides a link between the history of galaxy formation and high-energy astrophysics. We present results from our…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 R. C. Gilmore , R. S. Somerville , J. R. Primack , A. Domínguez

We present a revised measurement of the optical extragalactic background light (EBL), based on the contribution of resolved galaxies to the integrated galaxy light (IGL). The cosmic optical background radiation (COB), encodes the light…

The Extragalactic Background Light (EBL) at UV, optical and NIR wavelengths consists of the integrated light of all unresolved galaxies along the line of sight plus any contributions by intergalactic matter including hypothetical decaying…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 Kalevi Mattila , Kimmo Lehtinen , Petri Vaisanen , Gerhard von Appen-Schnur , Christoph Leinert