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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…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-12 H. E. S. S. Collaboration , : , A. Abramowski , F. Acero , F. Aharonian , A. G. Akhperjanian , G. Anton , S. Balenderan , A. Balzer , A. Barnacka , Y. Becherini , J. Becker Tjus , K. Bernlöhr , E. Birsin , J. Biteau , A. Bochow , C. Boisson , J. Bolmont , P. Bordas , J. Brucker , F. Brun , P. Brun , T. Bulik , S. Carrigan , S. Casanova , M. Cerruti , P. M. Chadwick , A. Charbonnier , R. C. G. Chaves , A. Cheesebrough , G. Cologna , J. Conrad , C. Couturier , M. Dalton , M. K. Daniel , I. D. Davids , B. Degrange , C. Deil , P. deWilt , H. J. Dickinson , A. Djannati-Ataï , W. Domainko , L. O'C. Drury , G. Dubus , K. Dutson , J. Dyks , M. Dyrda , K. Egberts , P. Eger , P. Espigat , L. Fallon , C. Farnier , S. Fegan , F. Feinstein , M. V. Fernandes , D. Fernandez , A. Fiasson , G. Fontaine , A. Förster , M. Füßling , M. Gajdus , Y. A. Gallant , T. Garrigoux , H. Gast , B. Giebels , J. F. Glicenstein , B. Glück , D. Göring , M. -H. Grondin , S. Häffner , J. D. Hague , J. Hahn , D. Hampf , J. Harris , S. Heinz , G. Heinzelmann , G. Henri , G. Hermann , A. Hillert , J. A. Hinton , W. Hofmann , P. Hofverberg , M. Holler , D. Horns , A. Jacholkowska , C. Jahn , M. Jamrozy , I. Jung , M. A. Kastendieck , K. Katarzyński , U. Katz , S. Kaufmann , B. Khélifi , D. Klochkov , W. Kluźniak , T. Kneiske , Nu. Komin , K. Kosack , R. Kossakowski , F. Krayzel , H. Laffon , G. Lamanna , J. -P. Lenain , D. Lennarz , T. Lohse , A. Lopatin , C. -C. Lu , V. Marandon , A. Marcowith , J. Masbou , G. Maurin , N. Maxted , M. Mayer , T. J. L. McComb , M. C. Medina , J. Méhault , U. Menzler , R. Moderski , M. Mohamed , E. Moulin , C. L. Naumann , M. Naumann-Godo , M. de Naurois , D. Nedbal , N. Nguyen , J. Niemiec , S. J. Nolan , S. Ohm , E. de Oña Wilhelmi , B. Opitz , M. Ostrowski , I. Oya , M. Panter , D. Parsons , M. Paz Arribas , N. W. Pekeur , G. Pelletier , J. Perez , P. -O. Petrucci , B. Peyaud , S. Pita , G. Pühlhofer , M. Punch , A. Quirrenbach , M. Raue , A. Reimer , O. Reimer , M. Renaud , R. de los Reyes , F. Rieger , J. Ripken , L. Rob , S. Rosier-Lees , G. Rowell , B. Rudak , C. B. Rulten , V. Sahakian , D. A. Sanchez , A. Santangelo , R. Schlickeiser , A. Schulz , U. Schwanke , S. Schwarzburg , S. Schwemmer , F. Sheidaei , J. L. Skilton , H. Sol , G. Spengler , Ł. Stawarz , R. Steenkamp , C. Stegmann , F. Stinzing , K. Stycz , I. Sushch , A. Szostek , J. -P. Tavernet , R. Terrier , M. Tluczykont , K. Valerius , C. van Eldik , G. Vasileiadis , C. Venter , A. Viana , P. Vincent , H. J. Völk , F. Volpe , S. Vorobiov , M. Vorster , S. J. Wagner , M. Ward , R. White , A. Wierzcholska , D. Wouters , M. Zacharias , A. Zajczyk , A. A. Zdziarski , A. Zech , H. -S. Zechlin

The direct measurement of the extragalactic background light (EBL) is difficult at optical to infrared wavelengths because of the strong foreground radiation originating in the Solar System. Very high energy (VHE, E$>$100 GeV) gamma rays…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-29 M. Schroedter

The extragalactic background light (EBL) from the infrared to the ultraviolet is difficult to measure directly, but can be constrained with a variety of methods. EBL photons absorb gamma-rays from distant blazars, allowing one to use blazar…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-11-18 Justin D. Finke , Soebur Razzaque

The extragalactic background light (EBL) contains all the radiation emitted by nuclear and accretion processes since the epoch of recombination. Direct measurements of the EBL in the near-IR to mid-IR waveband are extremely difficult due…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 Fernandez Alonso , M.

The study of the Extragalactic Background Light (EBL) is crucial to understand many astrophysical problems (as the formation of first stars, the evolution of galaxies and the role of dust emission). At present, one of the most powerful ways…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Mapelli , R. Salvaterra , A. Ferrara

Context. Measurements of the Extragalactic Background Light (EBL) are a fundamental source of information on the collective emission of cosmic sources. Aims. At infrared wavelengths, however, these measurements are precluded by the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-28 A. Franceschini , L. Foffano , E. Prandini , F. Tavecchio

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) is the radiation accumulated through the history of the Universe in the wavelength range from the ultraviolet to the far infrared. Local foregrounds make the direct measurement of the diffuse EBL…

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

The extragalactic background light records the history of infrared, optical and ultraviolet light radiation including re-radiation since the epoch of reionization. While challenging to measure directly, it can be measured indirectly via its…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 Elisa Pueschel

The extragalactic background light (EBL) in the IR to UV bands partly absorbs very high energy (VHE, $E \geq$ 100GeV) $\gamma-$ray photons travelling over cosmological distances via pair production. In this paper, to get stronger…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-03-01 Longhua Qin , Jiancheng Wang , Quangui Gao , Weiwei Na , Huaizhen Li , Ao Wang , Chuyuan Yang , Jianping Yang

The Extragalactic Background Light (EBL) can be probed via the absorption imprint it leaves in the spectra of gamma-ray sources ($\gamma\gamma \rightarrow e^-e^+$). We recently developed a dedicated technique to reconstruct the EBL, and its…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-04-03 Abhishek Desai , Kári Helgason , Marco Ajello , Vaidehi Paliya , Alberto Domínguez , Justin Finke , Dieter H. Hartmann

Direct measurements of the extragalactic background light (EBL) in the near-IR to mid-IR waveband are extremely difficult due to an overwhelming foreground from the zodiacal light that outshines the faint cosmological diffuse radiation…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-17 Matthew Orr , Frank Krennrich , Eli Dwek

The extragalactic background light (EBL) is one of the fundamental observational quantities in cosmology. All energy releases from resolved and unresolved extragalactic sources, and the light from any truly diffuse background, excluding the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Eli Dwek , Frank Krennrich

Our goal is to research the upper limits on the extragalactic background light (EBL). The upper limits on the extragalactic background light (EBL), using the Fermi and very high energy (VHE) spectra recently observed in TeV blazars, are…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-19 Jianping Yang , Jiancheng Wang

The Extragalactic Background Light (EBL) is the integrated light from all the stars that have ever formed, and spans the IR-UV range. The interaction of very-high-energy (VHE: E>100 GeV) gamma-rays, emitted by sources located at…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-01-04 Massimo Persic , Nijil Mankuzhiyil , Fabrizio Tavecchio

The extragalactic background light (EBL) contains all the radiation emitted by nuclear and accretion processes in stars and compact objects since the epoch of recombination. Measuring the EBL density directly is challenging, especially in…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-09-07 Mateo Fernandez Alonso

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

Very high energy (VHE, energy $E \gtrsim 100$\,GeV) \gamma-rays from cosmological sources are attenuated due to the interaction with photons of the extragalactic background light (EBL) in the ultraviolet to infrared wavelength band. The…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-09-05 Manuel Meyer , Martin Raue , Daniel Mazin , Dieter Horns
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