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2013年4月

Extragalactic Background Light up to the Epoch of Cosmic Reionization

American Astronomical Society, HEAD meeting #13
  • Inoue, Yoshiyuki
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  • Inoue, S
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  • Kobayashi, M. A
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  • Makiya, R
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  • Niino, Y
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  • Totani, T
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  • Tanaka, Y

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英語
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We present a new model of the extragalactic background light (EBL) and corresponding gamma-gamma opacity for intergalactic gamma-ray absorption from z=0 up to z=10, based on a semi-analytical model of hierarchical galaxy formation that reproduces key observed properties of galaxies at various redshifts. Including the potential contribution from Population III stars in a simplified way, the model is also broadly consistent with available data concerning cosmic reionization, particularly the Thomson scattering optical depth constraints from WMAP. The horizon energy at which the gamma-ray opacity is unity does not evolve strongly beyond 4 and approaches ~20 GeV. The contribution of Population III stars is a minor fraction of the EBL at z=0, and is also difficult to distinguish through gamma-ray absorption in high-z objects, even at the highest levels allowed by the WMAP constraints. Nevertheless, the attenuation due to Population II stars should be observable in high-z gamma-ray sources by telescopes such as Fermi or CTA and provide a valuable probe of the evolving EBL in the rest-frame UV.

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http://ads.nao.ac.jp/abs/2013HEAD...1310505I

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