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The extragalactic background light (EBL) is the second-most-intense form of cosmic background light (the first being the cosmic microwave background) and contains the redshifted optical radiation, from infra-red to ultraviolet, emitted…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-09-02 Stephan O'Brien

The attenuation produced by extragalactic background light (EBL) in $\gamma$-ray spectra of blazars has been used to constrain the Hubble constant ($H_0$) and matter density ($\Omega_{\rm m}$) of the Universe. We propose to estimate $H_0$…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-09-11 Houdun Zeng , Dahai Yan

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

Recent observations of the TeV gamma-ray spectra of the two closest active galactic nuclei (AGNs), Markarian 501 (Mrk 501) and Markarian 421 (Mrk 421), by the Whipple and HEGRA collaborations have stimulated efforts to estimate or limit the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-12-03 V. V. Vassiliev

The Extragalactic Background Light (EBL) is the main radiation field responsible for attenuating extragalactic gamma-ray emission at very high energies, but its precise spectral intensity is not fully determined. Therefore, disentangling…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-03-21 M. Genaro , L. A. Stuani Pereira , D. R. de Matos Pimentel , E. Moura Santos

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…

The vast majority of extragalactic sources detected in the very high energy (E> 100 GeV) domaine are active galactic nuclei (AGN) located at cosmological distances. During their travel towards Earth, the emitted gamma-rays suffer from…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-15 C. Romoli , D. A. Sanchez , M. Lorentz , P. Brun

Very high-energy gamma-rays (VHE, E>100 GeV) propagating over cosmological distances can interact with the low-energy photons of the extragalactic background light (EBL) and produce electron-positron pairs. The transparency of the universe…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-10-11 H. E. S. S. Collaboration , : , H. Abdalla , A. Abramowski , F. Aharonian , F. Ait Benkhali , A. G. Akhperjaniany , T. Andersson , E. O. Angüner , M. Arakawa , M. Arrieta , P. Aubert , M. Backes , A. Balzer , M. Barnard , Y. Becherini , J. Becker Tjus , D. Berge , S. Bernhard , K. Bernlöhr , R. Blackwell , M. Böttcher , C. Boisson , J. Bolmont , S. Bonnefoy , P. Bordas , J. Bregeon , F. Brun , P. Brun , M. Bryan , M. Büchele , T. Bulik , M. Capasso , J. Carr , S. Casanova , M. Cerruti , N. Chakraborty , R. C. G. Chaves , A. Chen , J. Chevalier , M. Coffaro , S. Colafrancesco , G. Cologna , B. Condon , J. Conrad , Y. Cui , I. D. Davids , J. Decock , B. Degrange , C. Deil , J. Devin , P. deWilt , L. Dirson , A. Djannati-Ataï , W. Domainko , A. Donath , L. O. C. Drury , K. Dutson , J. Dyks , T. Edwards , K. Egberts , P. Eger , J. P. Ernenwein , S. Eschbach , C. Farnier , S. Fegan , M. V. Fernandes , A. Fiasson , G. Fontaine , A. Förster , S. Funk , M. Füßling , S. Gabici , Y. A. Gallant , T. Garrigoux , G. Giavitto , B. Giebels , J. F. Glicenstein , D. Gottschall , A. Goyal , M. H. Grondin , J. Hahn , M. Haupt , J. Hawkes , G. Heinzelmann , G. Henri , G. Hermann , J. A. Hinton , W. Hofmann , C. Hoischen , T. L. Holch , M. Holler , D. Horns , A. Ivascenko , H. Iwasaki , A. Jacholkowska , M. Jamrozy , M. Janiak , D. Jankowsky , F. Jankowsky , M. Jingo , T. Jogler , L. Jouvin , I. Jung-Richardt , M. A. Kastendieck , K. Katarzynski , M. Katsuragawa , U. Katz , D. Kerszberg , D. Khangulyan , B. Khélifi , J. King , S. Klepser , D. Klochkov , W. Kluzniak , D. Kolitzus , Nu. Komin , K. Kosack , S. Krakau1 , M. Kraus , P. P. Krüger , H. Laffon , G. Lamanna , J. Lau , J. P. Lees , J. Lefaucheur , V. Lefranc , A. Lemière , M. Lemoine-Goumard , J. P. Lenain , E. Leser , T. Lohse , M. Lorentz , R. Liu , R. Lopez-Coto , I. Lypova , V. Marandon , A. Marcowith , C. Mariaud , R. Marx , G. Maurin , N. Maxted , M. Mayer , P. J. Meintjes , M. Meyer , A. M. W. Mitchel , R. Moderski , M. Mohamed , L. Mohrmann , K. Morå , E. Moulin , T. Murach , S. Nakashima , M. de Naurois , F. Niederwanger , J. Niemiec , L. Oakes , P. O Brien , H. Odaka , S. Ohm , M. Ostrowski , I. Oya , M. Padovani , M. Panter , R. D. Parsons , N. W. Pekeur , G. Pelletier , C. Perennes , P. O. Petrucci , B. Peyaud , Q. Piel , S. Pita , H. Poon , D. Prokhorov , H. Prokoph , G. Pühlhofer , M. Punch , A. Quirrenbach , S. Raab , R. Rauth , A. Reimer , O. Reimer , M. Renaud , R. de los Reyes , S. Richter , F. Rieger , C. Romoli , G. Rowell , B. Rudak , C. B. Rulten , V. Sahakian , S. Saito , D. Salek , D. A. Sanchez , A. Santangelo , M. Sasaki , R. Schlickeiser , F. Schüssler , A. Schulz , U. Schwanke , S. Schwemmer , M. Seglar-Arroyo , M. Settimo , A. S. Seyffert , N. Shafi , I. Shilon , R. Simoni , H. Sol , F. Spanier , G. Spengler , F. Spies , L. Stawarz , R. Steenkamp , C. Stegmann , K. Stycz , I. Sushch , T. Takahashi , J. P. Tavernet , T. Tavernier , A. M. Taylor , R. Terrier , L. Tibaldo , D. Tiziani , M. Tluczykont , C. Trichard , N. Tsuji , R. Tuffs , Y. Uchiyama , D. J. van der Walt , C. van Eldik , C. van Rensburg , B. van Soelen , G. Vasileiadis , J. Veh , C. Venter , A. Viana , P. Vincent , J. Vink , F. Voisin , H. J. Völk , T. Vuillaume , Z. Wadiasingh , S. J. Wagner , P. Wagner , R. M. Wagner , R. White , A. Wierzcholska , P. Willmann , A. Wörnlein , D. Wouters , R. Yang , D. Zaborov , M. Zacharias , R. Zanin , A. A. Zdziarski , A. Zech , F. Zefi , A. Ziegler , N. Zywucka

The very high energy (VHE) gamma ray spectral index of high energy peaked blazars correlates strongly with its corresponding redshift whereas no such correlation is observed in the X-ray or the GeV bands. We attribute this correlation to a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-22 Atreyee Sinha , Sunder Sahayanathan , Ranjeev Misra , Sagar Godambe , B. S. Acharya

In this work, we use two different methods to determine the opacity of the TeV gamma-rays caused by the extragalactic background light (EBL) via e-e+ production due to photon-photon interaction. The first method, Model-Dependent Approach,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-04-07 K. K. Singh , P. J. Meintjes

MAGIC is a stereoscopic system of two Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes operating in the very high energy (VHE) range from about 50 GeV to over 50 TeV. The VHE gamma-ray spectra measured at Earth carry an imprint of the extragalactic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 D. Mazin , A. Domínguez , V. Fallah Ramazani , T. Hassan , A. Moralejo , M. Nievas Rosillo , G. Vanzo , M. Vázquez Acosta

The extragalactic background light (EBL), from ultraviolet to infrared wavelengths, is predominantly due to emission from stars, accreting black holes and reprocessed light due to Galactic dust. The EBL can be studied through the imprint it…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-11-29 Abhishek Desai , Marco Ajello , Nicola Omodei , Dieter Hartmann , Alberto Dominguez , Vaidehi Paliya , Kari Helgason , Justin Finke , Manuel Meyer

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

The attenuation of high-energy gamma-ray spectrum due to the electron-positron pair production against the extragalactic background light (EBL) provides an indirect method to measure the EBL of the universe. We use the measurements of the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 Yan Gong , Asantha Cooray

Observations of distant gamma-ray sources are hindered by the presence of the extragalactic background light (EBL). In order to understand the physical processes that result in the observed spectrum of sources, it is imperative that a good…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-06-01 Thomas Armstrong , Anthony M. Brown , Paula M. Chadwick

Very high energy (VHE, E >100 GeV) gamma-rays are absorbed via interaction with low-energy photons from the extragalactic background light (EBL) if the involved photon energies are above the threshold for electron-positron pair creation.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 Daniel Mazin , Martin Raue , Bagmeet Behera , Susumu Inoue , Yoshiyuki Inoue , Takeshi Nakamori , Tomonori Totani

This review covers the measurements related to the extragalactic background light (EBL) intensity from gamma-rays to radio in the electromagnetic spectrum over 20 decades in the wavelength. The cosmic microwave background (CMB) remains the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-02-11 Asantha Cooray

In addition to its relevant astrophysical and cosmological significance, the Extragalactic Background Light (EBL) is a fundamental source of opacity for cosmic high energy photons, as well as a limitation for the propagation of high-energy…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-07-05 Alberto Franceschini , Giulia Rodighiero

Very high energy (VHE) $\gamma$-rays above 10$'$s of GeV energy, emitted from distant blazars, are attenuated by photons from the extragalactic background light (EBL). Unfortunately, neither the EBL nor the intrinsic blazar spectrum is…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-17 K K Singh , S Sahayanathan , A K Tickoo , N Bhatt

Gamma rays with energy above 10 GeV interact with optical-UV photons resulting in pair production. Therefore, a large sample of high redshift sources of these gamma rays can be used to probe the extragalactic background starlight (EBL) by…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Andrew Chen , Luis C. Reyes , Steven Ritz