Gamma-Ray Absorption at High Redshifts and the Gamma-Ray Background

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1997-05-30

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9705253v1

Proc. 25th Intl. Cosmic Ray Conf. 3 (1997) 317

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

4 pages, latex with 3 figures, to be published in Proc. 25th Intl. Cosmic Ray Conf

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We present results of a calculation of absorption of 10-500 GeV gamma-rays at high redshifts. This calculation requires the determination of the high- redshift evolution of the full spectral energy distribution of the intergalactic photon field. For this, we have primarily followed the recent analysis of Fall, Charlot and Pei. We give our results for the gamma-ray opacity as a function of redshift out to a redshift of 3. We then give predicted gamma-ray spectra for selected blazars and also extend our results on the background from unresolved blazars to an energy of 500 GeV. Absorption effects are predicted to significantly steepen the background spectrum above 20 GeV. Our absorption calculations can be used to place limits on the redshifts of gamma-ray bursts. Our background calculations can be used to determine the observability of multi-GeV lines from dark matter neutralino particles.

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