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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

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

Very high energy photons from cosmological gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are expected to interact with extragalactic background light (EBL) and produce electron-positron pairs when they propagate through intergalactic medium (IGM). These…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-04-08 Ze-Rui Wang , Shao-Qiang Xi , Ruo-Yu Liu , Rui Xue , Xiang-Yu Wang

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

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

Recent claims that the strength B_IGMF of the intergalactic magnetic field (IGMF) is >~ 1e-15 G are based on upper limits to the expected cascade flux in the GeV band produced by blazar TeV photons absorbed by the extragalactic background…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-20 Charles D. Dermer , Massimo Cavadini , Soebur Razzaque , Justin D. Finke , James Chiang , Benoit Lott

Joint observations of extreme blazars with Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) and Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes (IACT) have been previously used to derive lower bounds on intergalactic magnetic field (IGMF). We update these…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-03-20 J. Blunier , A. Neronov , D. Semikoz

The existence of intergalactic magnetic fields (IGMF) has so far not been established through observations. The IGMF is expected to be generated either via processes mainly connected to astrophysical processes or it could be a relic of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-09-16 Matías Sotomayor Webar , Yosef Abed , Dieter Horns

Magnetic fields in galaxies and galaxy clusters are believed to be the result of the amplification of intergalactic seed fields during the formation of large-scale structures in the universe. However, the origin, strength, and morphology of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-06-22 H. E. S. S. , Fermi-LAT Collaborations , : , F. Aharonian , J. Aschersleben , M. Backes , V. Barbosa Martins , R. Batzofin , Y. Becherini , D. Berge , B. Bi , M. Bouyahiaoui , M. Breuhaus , R. Brose , F. Brun , B. Bruno , T. Bulik , C. Burger-Scheidlin , T. Bylund , S. Caroff , S. Casanova , J. Celic , M. Cerruti , T. Chand , S. Chandra , A. Chen , J. Chibueze , O. Chibueze , G. Cotter , M. de Bony , K. Egberts , J. -P. Ernenwein , G. Fichet de Clairfontaine , M. Filipovic , G. Fontaine , M. Füßling , S. Funk , S. Gabici , S. Ghafourizadeh , G. Giavitto , D. Glawion , J. F. Glicenstein , P. Goswami , M. -H. Grondin , L. Haerer , T. L. Holch , M. Holler , D. Horns , M. Jamrozy , F. Jankowsky , V. Joshi , I. Jung-Richardt , E. Kasai , K. Katarzynński , R. Khatoon , B. Khélifi , W. Kluźniak , Nu. Komin , K. Kosack , D. Kostunin , R. G. Lang , S. Le Stum , F. Leitl , A. Lemière , J. -P. Lenain , F. Leuschner , T. Lohse , A. Luashvili , I. Lypova , J. Mackey , D. Malyshev , D. Malyshev , V. Marandon , P. Marchegiani , A. Marcowith , G. Martí-Devesa , R. Marx , M. Meyer , A. Mitchell , R. Moderski , L. Mohrmann , A. Montanari , E. Moulin , J. Muller , T. Murach , K. Nakashima , J. Niemiec , S. Ohm , L. Olivera-Nieto , E. de Ona Wilhelmi , S. Panny , M. Panter , R. D. Parsons , G. Peron , D. A. Prokhorov , H. Prokoph , G. Pühlhofer , M. Punch , A. Quirrenbach , P. Reichherzer , A. Reimer , O. Reimer , B. Reville , F. Rieger , G. Rowell , B. Rudak , E. Ruiz-Velasco , V. Sahakian , D. A. Sanchez , M. Sasaki , F. Schüussler , H. M. Schutte , U. Schwanke , J. N. S. Shapopi , H. Sol , S. Spencer , S. Steinmassl , H. Suzuki , T. Takahashi , T. Tanaka , A. M. Taylor , R. Terrier , C. Thorpe-Morgan , M. Tsirou , N. Tsuji , Y. Uchiyama , C. van Eldik , J. Veh , C. Venter , S. J. Wagner , R. White , A. Wierzcholska , Yu Wun Wong , M. Zacharias , D. Zargaryan , A. A. Zdziarski , S. Zouari , N. Zywucka

TeV photons from blazars at relatively large distances, interacting with the optical-IR cosmic background, are efficiently converted into electron-positron pairs. The produced pairs are extremely relativistic (Lorentz factors of the order…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 F. Tavecchio , G. Ghisellini , L. Foschini , G. Bonnoli , G. Ghirlanda , P. Coppi

The presence of delayed GeV emission after a strong transient, such as a GRB (Gamma-Ray Burst), in the VHE (Very-High Energy, $E>100$ GeV) band can be the signature of a non-zero magnetic field in the intergalactic medium. We used a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-04-05 Paolo Da Vela , Guillem Martí-Devesa , Francesco Gabriele Saturni , Peter Veres , Antonio Stamerra , Francesco Longo

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

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

Large-scale intergalactic magnetic fields may contain a mixture of galactic and cosmogenic contributions, that can be probed via observations of $\gamma$-ray "echo" - a delayed emission from electromagnetic cascades initiated by the highest…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-02-10 Ievgen Vovk

A cosmological origin of the magnetic fields in large scale structures of the Universe would require a non-negligible magnetic field in cosmic voids, which, however, remains undetected. Gamma-ray emission from gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) offers…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-02-24 Lea Burmeister , Paolo Da Vela , Francesco Longo , Guillem Marti-Devesa , Manuel Meyer , Francesco Saturni , Antonio Stamerra , Peter Veres

Characteristics of the cascade gamma-ray signal resulting from very-high-energy gamma-ray sources, such as gamma-ray bursts, can be used to constrain the strength and structure of intergalactic magnetic fields (IGMF). There has been a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-10-12 Yi-Yun Huang , Cui-yuan Dai , Hai-Ming Zhang , Ruo-Yu Liu , Xiang-Yu Wang

Attenuation of the TeV gamma-ray flux from distant blazars through pair production with extragalactic background light leads to the development of electromagnetic cascades and subsequent, lower energy, GeV secondary gamma-ray emission. Due…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-20 A. M. Taylor , I. Vovk , A. Neronov

The intergalactic magnetic field (IGMF) present in the voids of large-scale structures is considered to be the weakest magnetic field in the Universe. Gamma-ray observations of blazars in the GeV-TeV domain have led to lower limits on the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-08-07 D. Miceli , P. Da Vela , E. Prandini

Magnetic fields of the order of $\mu$-Gauss are observationally detected in galaxies and galaxy clusters, which can be (at least) in part originated by the amplification of much weaker primordial seed fields. These fields should be carried…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-11-27 Paramita Barai , Elisabete M. de Gouveia Dal Pino

We investigate the delayed, secondary GeV-TeV emission of gamma-ray bursts and its potential to probe the nature of intergalactic magnetic fields. Geometrical effects are properly taken into account for the time delay between primary high…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Kiyotomo Ichiki , Susumu Inoue , Keitaro Takahashi
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