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Aug 2004
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2004head....8.3804c&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, HEAD meeting #8, #38.04; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 36, p.1204
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In 2003, PKS 2155-304 (z=0.116) has been significantly detected by H.E.S.S. ( 44sigma) at TeV energies, with an average spectrum of Γ =3.3. Due to absorption by the Extragalactic Background Light (EBL), the intrinsic spectrum is heavily modified both in shape and intensity. To correct for this effect, and see where could be the Inverse Compton (IC) peak of the SED, we used 3 EBL models (representatives of 3 different flux levels for the stellar peak component). The resulting TeV spectrum has a peak around 1 TeV for stellar peak fluxes above the Primack (2001) calculation, while the spectrum is steeper than 2 (thus locating the IC peak <200 GeV) for fluxes below. With bulk Lorentz factors δ =20-30 (typically used for this object), in the first case the IC peak is in the Klein-Nishina transition region, while in the other case it is in the Thomson regime, and in agreement with the commonly fitted source parameters (e.g. Tavecchio et al. 1998). The constraint on δ given by transparency to 1-2 TeV photons is δ >19 (for historical SED fluxes and 2 hrs variability timescale).
Aharonian Felix
Benbow Wystan
Costamante Luigi
E. S. S Collaboration H.
Horns Dieter
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