Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
May 1992
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992apj...390l..49s&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, Part 2 - Letters (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 390, no. 2, May 10, 1992, p. L49-L52.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
282
Background Radiation, Gamma Ray Astronomy, Infrared Radiation, Intergalactic Media, Quasars, Cerenkov Counters, Gamma Ray Spectra, Gamma Rays, Photons
Scientific paper
The gamma-ray spectrum of 3C 279 during 1991 June exhibited a near-perfect power law between 50 MeV and over 5 GeV with a differential spectral index of -(2.02 +/- 0.07). If extrapolated, the gamma-ray spectrum of 3C 279 should be easily detectable with first-generation air Cerenkov detectors operating above about 0.3 TeV provided there is no intergalactic absorption. However, by using model-dependent lower and upper limits for the extragalactic infrared background radiation field, a sharp cutoff of the 3C 279 spectrum is predicted at between about 0.1 and about 1 TeV. The sensitivity of present air Cerenkov detectors is good enough to measure such a cutoff, which would provide the first opportunity to obtain a measurement of the extragalactic background infrared radiation field.
de Jager Ocker C.
Salamon Michael H.
Stecker Floyd W.
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