New limits on the density of the extragalactic background light in the optical to the far infrared from the spectra of all known TeV blazars

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 471, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 439-452

  Mazin, D ^a   Raue, M ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cosmology: diffuse radiation; Galaxies: active; Galaxies: BL Lacertae objects: general; Gamma rays: observations; Infrared: general

Indexed keywords

COSMOLOGY; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); GAMMA RAYS; LIGHT SOURCES; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BL LACERTAE OBJECTS; DIFFUSE RADIATION; DIRECT MEASUREMENTS; PAIR PRODUCTION;

GALAXIES;

EID: 34548038646     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20077158     Document Type: Article

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