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@INPROCEEDINGS{Roncadelli:316737,
author = {Roncadelli, Marco and Galanti, Giorgio and De Angelis,
Alessandro and Bignami, Giovanni F.},
title = {{ALP}s {E}xplain the {O}bserved {R}edshift-{D}ependence of
{B}lazar {S}pectra},
address = {Hamburg},
publisher = {Verlag Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron},
reportid = {PUBDB-2017-00135},
isbn = {978-3-935702-43-0},
series = {DESY-PROC},
pages = {82-87},
year = {2015},
comment = {Roncadelli, Marco "ALPs Explain the Observed
Redshift-Dependence of Blazar Spectra" in Proceedings, 11th
Patras Workshop on Axions, WIMPs and WISPs (Axion-WIMP 2015)
/ Irastorza, Igor G., Redondo, Javier, Carmona, José
Manuel, Cebrian, Susana, Dafni, Theopisti, Iguaz, Francisco
J., Luzon, Gloria (eds.), Verlag Deutsches
Elektronen-Synchrotron : 2015 ; AXION-WIMP 2015 : 11th
Patras Workshop on Axions, WIMPs and WISPs, 2015-06-22 -
2015-06-26, Zaragoza},
booktitle = {Roncadelli, Marco "ALPs Explain the
Observed Redshift-Dependence of Blazar
Spectra" in Proceedings, 11th Patras
Workshop on Axions, WIMPs and WISPs
(Axion-WIMP 2015) / Irastorza, Igor G.,
Redondo, Javier, Carmona, José Manuel,
Cebrian, Susana, Dafni, Theopisti,
Iguaz, Francisco J., Luzon, Gloria
(eds.), Verlag Deutsches
Elektronen-Synchrotron : 2015 ;
AXION-WIMP 2015 : 11th Patras Workshop
on Axions, WIMPs and WISPs, 2015-06-22
- 2015-06-26, Zaragoza},
abstract = {We considered a complete sample of blazars observed with
the Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes above $E \geq
80 \, {\rm GeV}$, out to $z = 0.54$ and described by
standard photon emission models which predict simple
power-law spectra to a good approximation. We first show
that the best-fit regression line of the emitted slope
distribution $\{\Gamma_{\rm em} (z) \}$ decreases with $z$,
in disagreement with physical intuition. Next, we
demonstrate that, by allowing for photon-ALP oscillations in
intergalactic space, for a realistic values of the
parameters the best-fit regression line becomes exactly
horizontal in the $\Gamma_{\rm em} - z$ plane. This result
is amazing, because it is the only possibility in agreement
with physical expectation, and so it can be regarded as a
strong hint of the existence of an ALP.},
month = {Jun},
date = {2015-06-22},
organization = {11th Patras Workshop on Axions, WIMPs
and WISPs, Zaragoza (Spain), 22 Jun
2015 - 26 Jun 2015},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)8 / PUB:(DE-HGF)7},
doi = {10.3204/DESY-PROC-2015-02/roncadelli_marco},
url = {https://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/316737},
}