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Title: Time delay of cascade radiation for TeV blazars and the measurement of the intergalactic magnetic field

Journal Article · · The Astrophysical Journal. Letters
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  1. U.S. Naval Research Lab., Washington, D.C. (United States)
  2. Univ. dell'Insubria, Como (Italy)
  3. Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA (United States)
  4. Centre d'Etudes Nucleaires Bordeaux Gradignan, Gradignan (France)

Here, recent claims that the strength BIGMF of the intergalactic magnetic field (IGMF) is ≳10–15 G are based on upper limits to the expected cascade flux in the GeV band produced by blazar TeV photons absorbed by the extragalactic background light. This limit depends on an assumption that the mean blazar TeV flux remains constant on timescales ≳2(B IGMF/10–18G)2/(E/10 GeV)2 yr for an IGMF coherence length ≈1 Mpc, where E is the measured photon energy. Restricting TeV activity of 1ES 0229+200 to ≈3-4 years during which the source has been observed leads to a more robust lower limit of B IGMF ≳10–18 G, which can be larger by an order of magnitude if the intrinsic source flux above ≈5-10 TeV from 1ES 0229+200 is strong.

Research Organization:
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-76SF00515
OSTI ID:
1357237
Journal Information:
The Astrophysical Journal. Letters, Vol. 733, Issue 2; ISSN 2041-8205
Publisher:
Institute of Physics (IOP)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
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