Fermi Large Area Telescope Constraints on the Gamma-ray Opacity of the Universe

A.A. Abdo; Markus Ackermann; Marco Ajello; A. Allafort; W. B. Atwood; Luca Baldini; Jean Ballet; Guido Barbiellini; M. G. Baring; D. Bastieri; B. M. Baughman; K. Bechtol; R. Bellazzini; B. Berenji; P. N. Bhat; R. D. Blandford; E. D. Bloom; E. Bonamente; A. W. Borgland; A. Bouvier; T. J. Brandt; J. Bregeon; A. Brez; M. S. Briggs; M. Brigida; Pascal Bruel; R. Buehler; T. H. Burnett; S. Buson; G. A. Caliandro; R. A. Cameron; P. A. Caraveo; S. Carrigan; J. M. Casandjian; E. Cavazzuti; C. Cecchi; Ö. Çelik; E. Charles; A. Chekhtman; A. W. Chen; C. C. Cheung; J. Chiang; S. Ciprini; R. Claus; J. Cohen-Tanugi; V. Connaughton; J. Conrad; L. Costamante; C. D. Dermer; A. de Angelis; F. de Palma; S. W. Digel; B. L. Dingus; E. Do Couto E Silva; P. S. Drell; R. Dubois; C. Favuzzi; S. J. Fegan; J. Finke; P. Fortin; Y. Fukazawa; S. Funk; P. Fusco; F. Gargano; D. Gasparrini; N. Gehrels; S. Germani; N. Giglietto; R. C. Gilmore; P. Giommi; F. Giordano; M. Giroletti; T. Glanzman; G. Godfrey; J. Granot; J. Greiner; I. A. Grenier; J. E. Grove; S. Guiriec; M. Gustafsson; D. Hadasch; M. Hayashida; E. Hays; D. Horan; R. E. Hughes; G. Jóhannesson; A. S. Johnson; R. P. Johnson; W. N. Johnson; T. Kamae; H. Katagiri; J. Kataoka; Jürgen Knödlseder; D. Kocevski; M. Kuss; J. Lande; L. Latronico; S.-H. Lee; M. Llena Garde; F. Longo; F. Loparco; B. Lott; M. N. Lovellette; P. Lubrano; A. Makeev; M. N. Mazziotta; W. Mcconville; J. E. Mcenery; S. Mcglynn; J. Mehault; P. Mészáros; P. F. Michelson; T. Mizuno; A. A. Moiseev; C. Monte; M. E. Monzani; E. Moretti; A. Morselli; I. V. Moskalenko; S. Murgia; T. Nakamori; M. Naumann-Godo; P. L. Nolan; J. P. Norris; E. Nuss; M. Ohno; T. Ohsugi; A. Okumura; N. Omodei; E. Orlando; J. F. Ormes; M. Ozaki; D. Paneque; J. H. Panetta; D. Parent; V. Pelassa; M. Pepe; M. Pesce-Rollins; F. Piron; T.A. Porter; J. R. Primack; S. Rainò; R. Rando; M. Razzano; S. Razzaque; A. Reimer; O. Reimer; L. C. Reyes; J. Ripken; S. Ritz; R. W. Romani; M. Roth; H. F.-W. Sadrozinski; D. Sanchez; A. Sander; J. D. Scargle; T. L. Schalk; C. Sgrò; M. S. Shaw; E. J. Siskind; P. D. Smith; G. Spandre; P. Spinelli; F. W. Stecker; M. S. Strickman; D. J. Suson; H. Tajima; H. Takahashi; T. Takahashi; T. Tanaka; J. B. Thayer; J. G. Thayer; D. J. Thompson; L. Tibaldo; D. F. Torres; G. Tosti; A. Tramacere; Y. Uchiyama; T. L. Usher; J. Vandenbroucke; V. Vasileiou; N. Vilchez; V. Vitale; A. von Kienlin; A. P. Waite; P. Wang; C. Wilson-Hodge; B. L. Winer; K. S. Wood; R. Yamazaki; Z. Yang; T. Ylinen; M. Ziegler

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Fermi Large Area Telescope Constraints on the Gamma-ray Opacity of the Universe

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Fermi Large Area Telescope Constraints on the Gamma-ray Opacity of the Universe

A.A. Abdo, Markus Ackermann, Marco Ajello, A. Allafort, W. B. Atwood, Luca Baldini, Jean Ballet, Guido Barbiellini, M. G. Baring, D. Bastieri, …

The Astrophysical Journal, Vol.723, pp.1082-1096

2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/723/2/1082

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gamma rays: general

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The Extragalactic Background Light (EBL) includes photons with wavelengths from ultraviolet to infrared, which are effective at attenuating gamma rays with energy above ~10 GeV during propagation from sources at cosmological distances. This results in a redshift- and energy-dependent attenuation of the gamma-ray flux of extragalactic sources such as blazars and Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs). The Large Area Telescope onboard Fermi detects a sample of gamma-ray blazars with redshift up to z~3, and GRBs with redshift up to z~4.3. Using photons above 10 GeV collected by Fermi over more than one year of observations for these sources, we investigate the effect of gamma-ray flux attenuation by the EBL. We place upper limits on the gamma-ray opacity of the Universe at various energies and redshifts, and compare this with predictions from well-known EBL models. We find that an EBL intensity in the optical-ultraviolet wavelengths as great as predicted by the "baseline" model of Stecker et al. (2006) can be ruled out with high confidence.

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Title: Fermi Large Area Telescope Constraints on the Gamma-ray Opacity of the Universe
Creators - without role: A.A. Abdo - United States Naval Research Laboratory
Markus Ackermann - Stanford University
Marco Ajello - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
A. Allafort - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
W. B. Atwood
Luca Baldini - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa
Jean Ballet - Astrophysique, Instrumentation et Modélisation
Guido Barbiellini - University of Trieste
M. G. Baring
D. Bastieri - University of Padua
B. M. Baughman
K. Bechtol - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
R. Bellazzini - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa
B. Berenji - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
P. N. Bhat
R. D. Blandford
E. D. Bloom
E. Bonamente - University of Perugia
A. W. Borgland
A. Bouvier - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
T. J. Brandt - Centre d'étude spatiale des rayonnements
J. Bregeon - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa
A. Brez - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa
M. S. Briggs
M. Brigida - Polytechnic University of Bari
Pascal Bruel - École Polytechnique
R. Buehler - Stanford University
T. H. Burnett
S. Buson - University of Padua
G. A. Caliandro
R. A. Cameron
P. A. Caraveo - Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica di Milano
S. Carrigan - University of Padua
J. M. Casandjian - Astrophysique Interprétation Modélisation
E. Cavazzuti - Agenzia Spaziale Italiana
C. Cecchi - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Perugia
Ö. Çelik - Goddard Space Flight Center
E. Charles - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
A. Chekhtman - United States Naval Research Laboratory
A. W. Chen
C. C. Cheung
J. Chiang - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
S. Ciprini - University of Perugia
R. Claus - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
J. Cohen-Tanugi - Laboratoire de Physique Théorique
V. Connaughton - University of Alabama in Huntsville
J. Conrad - Stockholm University
L. Costamante - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
C. D. Dermer
A. de Angelis - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Trieste
F. de Palma - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari
S. W. Digel
B. L. Dingus
E. Do Couto E Silva
P. S. Drell
R. Dubois - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
C. Favuzzi - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari
S. J. Fegan - Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet
J. Finke - United States Naval Research Laboratory
P. Fortin - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Y. Fukazawa - Hiroshima University
S. Funk - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
P. Fusco - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari
F. Gargano - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari
D. Gasparrini - Agenzia Spaziale Italiana
N. Gehrels - Goddard Space Flight Center
S. Germani - University of Perugia
N. Giglietto - Polytechnic University of Bari
R. C. Gilmore
P. Giommi - Agenzia Spaziale Italiana
F. Giordano - Polytechnic University of Bari
M. Giroletti - Istituto di Radioastronomia di Bologna
T. Glanzman - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
G. Godfrey - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
J. Granot - University of Hertfordshire
J. Greiner - Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics
I. A. Grenier - Astrophysique Interprétation Modélisation
J. E. Grove
S. Guiriec - University of Alabama in Huntsville
M. Gustafsson - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Padova
D. Hadasch - Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats
M. Hayashida - SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
E. Hays - Goddard Space Flight Center
D. Horan - Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet
R. E. Hughes
G. Jóhannesson - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
A. S. Johnson
R. P. Johnson
W. N. Johnson
T. Kamae - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
H. Katagiri - Hiroshima University
J. Kataoka - Waseda University
Jürgen Knödlseder - Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier
D. Kocevski - Stanford University
M. Kuss - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa
J. Lande - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
L. Latronico - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa
S.-H. Lee - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
M. Llena Garde
F. Longo - University of Trieste
F. Loparco - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari
B. Lott - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
M. N. Lovellette
P. Lubrano - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Perugia
A. Makeev - United States Naval Research Laboratory
M. N. Mazziotta
W. Mcconville - Goddard Space Flight Center
J. E. Mcenery
S. Mcglynn - KTH Royal Institute of Technology
J. Mehault - Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules
P. Mészáros - Pennsylvania State University
P. F. Michelson
T. Mizuno - Hiroshima University
A. A. Moiseev
C. Monte - Polytechnic University of Bari
M. E. Monzani
E. Moretti - University of Trieste
A. Morselli - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Roma Tor Vergata
I. V. Moskalenko
S. Murgia - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
T. Nakamori - Waseda University
M. Naumann-Godo - CEA Paris-Saclay
P. L. Nolan
J. P. Norris
E. Nuss - Laboratoire de Physique Théorique
M. Ohno - Institute of Space and Astronautical Science
T. Ohsugi - Hiroshima University
A. Okumura - Institute of Space and Astronautical Science
N. Omodei - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
E. Orlando - Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics
J. F. Ormes
M. Ozaki - Institute of Space and Astronautical Science
D. Paneque - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
J. H. Panetta
D. Parent - George Mason University
V. Pelassa - Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules
M. Pepe - University of Perugia
M. Pesce-Rollins - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa
F. Piron - Laboratoire de Physique Théorique
T.A. Porter - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
J. R. Primack
S. Rainò - Polytechnic University of Bari
R. Rando - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Padova
M. Razzano - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa
S. Razzaque - United States Naval Research Laboratory
A. Reimer - Universität Innsbruck
O. Reimer - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
L. C. Reyes
J. Ripken - AlbaNova
S. Ritz - University of California, Santa Cruz
R. W. Romani
M. Roth - University of Washington
H. F.-W. Sadrozinski
D. Sanchez - Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet
A. Sander - The Ohio State University
J. D. Scargle
T. L. Schalk
C. Sgrò - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa
M. S. Shaw
E. J. Siskind
P. D. Smith
G. Spandre - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa
P. Spinelli - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari
F. W. Stecker
M. S. Strickman
D. J. Suson
H. Tajima - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
H. Takahashi - Hiroshima University
T. Takahashi - Institute of Space and Astronautical Science
T. Tanaka - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
J. B. Thayer
J. G. Thayer
D. J. Thompson
L. Tibaldo - University of Padua
D. F. Torres
G. Tosti - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Perugia
A. Tramacere - Consorzio Interuniversitario Fisica Spaziale
Y. Uchiyama - Stanford University
T. L. Usher
J. Vandenbroucke - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
V. Vasileiou - University of Maryland, Baltimore County
N. Vilchez - Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier
V. Vitale - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Roma Tor Vergata
A. von Kienlin - Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics
A. P. Waite
P. Wang - SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
C. Wilson-Hodge - Marshall Space Flight Center
B. L. Winer
K. S. Wood
R. Yamazaki - Aoyama Gakuin University
Z. Yang - AlbaNova
T. Ylinen - Fraunhofer Chalmers Research Centre for Industrial Mathematics
M. Ziegler - University of California, Santa Cruz
Publication Details: The Astrophysical Journal, Vol.723, pp.1082-1096
Identifiers: 9934271109311
Academic Unit: Université de Montpellier
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article
Local Fields: in2p3-00585092