Constraints on the Extragalactic Background Light from Very High Energy Gamma-Ray Observations of Blazars

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2009-04-16

arxiv.org/abs/0904.2583v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena

6 pages, 2 figures, 1 table, emulateapj. Accepted by ApJ Part I

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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 spectra from atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes (ACTs) to put upper limits on the EBL by assuming a blazar source spectrum. Here we apply a simple technique, similar to the one developed by Schroedter (2005), to the most recent very-high energy (VHE) gamma-ray observations of blazars to put upper limits on the EBL energy density. This technique is independent of the EBL model and has well-defined errors on the constraints. Our results are consistent with EBL measurements and constraints but marginally inconsistent with several EBL models.

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