Probing of extragalactic background light with TeV gamma‐ray observations

Author(s):  
Vera G. Sinitsyna ◽  
Vera Yu Sinitsyna ◽  
Sergei S. Borisov ◽  
Rim M. Mirzafatikhov ◽  
Kirill A. Balygin ◽  
...  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiang-Yu Wang

Abstract Extra-galactic gamma-ray sources, such as gamma-ray bursts, active galactic nuclei, starburst galaxies, are interesting and important targets for LHAASO observations. In this chapter, the prospects of detecting these sources with LHAASO and their physical implications are studied. The upgrade plan for the Water Cherenkov Detector Array (WCDA), which aims to enhance the detectability of relatively lower energy photons, is also presented. In addition, a study on constraining the extragalactic background light with LHAASO observation of blazars is presented.


2012 ◽  
Vol 355 ◽  
pp. 012026
Author(s):  
Rudy Gilmore ◽  
Rachel Somerville ◽  
Joel Primack ◽  
Alberto Domínguez

2020 ◽  
Vol 1468 ◽  
pp. 012088
Author(s):  
V.G. Sinitsyna ◽  
V.Y. Sinitsyna ◽  
S.S. Borisov ◽  
K.A. Balygin ◽  
A.I. Klimov ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
Vol 500 (2) ◽  
pp. 2188-2195
Author(s):  
Andrey Saveliev ◽  
Rafael Alves Batista

ABSTRACT The recent observation of high-energy neutrinos from the 2017 flare of the blazar TXS 0506+056, together with counterparts across the whole electromagnetic spectrum, opens up new possibilities for investigating the properties of this class of objects as well as the traversed medium. Propagation effects such as the attenuation of the very-high-energy gamma-ray component by the extragalactic background light are well known, and usually taken into account when fitting spectral energy distributions of objects. Other effects such as those of intergalactic magnetic fields are, however, often neglected. In this work, we present a comprehensive study of the influence of these fields and the extragalactic background light on the determination of the intrinsic gamma-ray spectrum of this blazar.


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