Essey, Warren and Ando, Shin'ichiro and Kusenko, Alexander (2011) Determination of intergalactic magnetic fields from gamma ray data. Astroparticle Physics, 35 (3). pp. 135-139. ISSN 0927-6505 http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20111206-114000364
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Abstract
We report a measurement of intergalactic magnetic fields using combined data from Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes and Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope, based on the spectral data alone. If blazars are assumed to produce both gamma rays and cosmic rays, the observed spectra are not sensitive to the intrinsic spectrum of the source, because, for a distant blazar, secondary photons produced along the line of sight dominate the signal. In this case, we set a limit 1 x 10^(-17) G < B < 3 x 10^(-14) G. If one excludes the cosmic-ray component, the 10^(-17) G lower limit remains, but the upper limit depends on the spectral properties of the source. We present the allowed ranges for a variety of model parameters.
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| Additional Information: | © 2011 Elsevier B.V. Received 1 April 2011; revised 15 June 2011; Accepted 21 June 2011. Available online 1 July 2011. The authors thank F. Aharonian, J. Beacom, P. Blasi, C. Dermer, S. Razzaque, and E. Waxman for helpful comments. The work of W.E. and A.K. was supported by DOE grant DE-FG03-91ER40662 and NASA ATP grant NNX08AL48G. The work of S.A. was supported by Japan Society for Promotion of Science. | ||||||||
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| Subject Keywords: | Gamma rays; Cosmic rays; Intergalactic magnetic fields | ||||||||
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| Official Citation: | Warren Essey, Shin’ichiro Ando, Alexander Kusenko, Determination of intergalactic magnetic fields from gamma ray data, Astroparticle Physics, Volume 35, Issue 3, October 2011, Pages 135-139, ISSN 0927-6505, 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2011.06.010. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0927650511001307) | ||||||||
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| Deposited By: | Ruth Sustaita | ||||||||
| Deposited On: | 06 Dec 2011 20:46 | ||||||||
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