Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2011-12-12
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics
5 pages, 4 figures, accepted to the ApJ Letters
Scientific paper
We report the observation in the GeV band of the blazar 1ES 0229+200, which over recent years has become one the primary sources used to put constraints on the Extragalactic Background Light (EBL) and Extragalactic Magnetic Field (EGMF). We derive constraints on both the EBL and EGMF from the combined Fermi-HESS data set taking into account the direct and cascade components of the source spectrum. We show that the limit on the EBL depends on the EGMF strength and vice versa. In particular, an EBL density twice as high as that derived by Franceschini et al. (2008) is allowed if the EGMF is strong enough. On the other hand, an EGMF strength as low as 6x10^-18 G is allowed if the EBL density is at the level of the lower bound from the direct source counts. We present the combined EBL and EGMF limits on as an exclusion plot in two dimensional parameter space: EGMF strength vs. EBL density.
Neronov Andrii
Semikoz Dmitri
Taylor Andrew M.
Vovk Ievgen
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