Extragalactic optical-infrared background radiation, its time evolution and the cosmic photon-photon opacity

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 487, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 837-852

  Franceschini, A ^a   Rodighiero, G ^a   Vaccari, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

BL Lacertae objects: general; Galaxies: evolution; Infrared: galaxies

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ASTRONOMY; COSMOLOGY; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY DISSIPATION; ESTIMATION; FLOW INTERACTIONS; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LIGHT; OPACITY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; PHOTOGRAPHY; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; POPULATION STATISTICS; RADIATION; SPACE TELESCOPES; SPACECRAFT OBSERVATORIES; STANDARDS; TELESCOPES; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS; WASTEWATER;

BACK GROUND SPECTRUM; BACKGROUND LIGHT; BACKGROUND RADIATION; BL LACERTAE OBJECTS: GENERAL; BLAZARS; CHERENKOV TELESCOPES; COSMIC-RAY PARTICLES; DIFFUSE BACKGROUND; DIRECT MEASUREMENTS; ENERGY LOSSES; EXTRAGALACTIC SOURCES; GALAXIES: EVOLUTION; GROUND-BASED; HIGH ENERGIES; HIGH-ENERGY PARTICLES; INFRARED BACKGROUND; INFRARED: GALAXIES; INTERGALACTIC SPACE; LUMINOSITY FUNCTIONS; MULTI WAVELENGTHS; NEAR-IR; OPACITY EFFECTS; OPTICAL DEPTHS; OPTICAL-; PHOTON DENSITIES; PHOTON INTENSITIES; RED SHIFTING; RED-SHIFTS; SPECTRAL DATA; SPITZER SPACE TELESCOPES; SUB-MILLIMETER; SUB-MILLIMETER WAVELENGTHS; SURVEY DATA; TIME EVOLUTIONS; UPPER LIMITS;

PHOTONS;

EID: 49749106632     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:200809691     Document Type: Article

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