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PUBDB-2023-03994

http://join2-wiki.gsi.de/foswiki/pub/Main/Artwork/join2_logo100x88.png Constraints on the Intergalactic Magnetic Field Using Fermi-LAT and H.E.S.S. Blazar Observations

Aharonian, F. ; Aschersleben, J. ; Backes, M. ; Barbosa Martins, V.DESY* ; Batzofin, R. ; Becherini, Y. ; Berge, D.DESY* ; Bi, B. ; Bouyahiaoui, M. ; Breuhaus, M. ; Brose, R. ; Brun, F. ; Bruno, B. ; Bulik, T. ; Burger-Scheidlin, C. ; Bylund, T. ; Caroff, S. ; Casanova, S. ; Celic, J. ; Cerruti, M. ; Chand, T. ; Chandra, S. ; Chen, A. ; Chibueze, J. ; Chibueze, O. ; Cotter, G. ; de Bony, M. ; Egberts, K. ; Ernenwein, J.-P. ; Fichet de Clairfontaine, G. ; Filipovic, M. ; Fontaine, G. ; Füssling, M.Extern* ; Funk, S. ; Gabici, S. ; Ghafourizadeh, S. ; Giavitto, G.DESY* ; Glawion, D. ; Glicenstein, J. F. ; Goswami, P. ; Grondin, M.-H. ; Haerer, L. ; Holch, T. L.DESY* ; Holler, M. ; Horns, D. ; Jamrozy, M. ; Jankowsky, F. ; Joshi, V. ; Jung-Richardt, I. ; Kasai, E. ; Katarzyński, K. ; Khatoon, R. ; Khélifi, B. ; Kluźniak, W. ; Komin, N. ; Kosack, K. ; Kostunin, D.DESY* ; Lang, R. G. ; Le Stum, S. ; Leitl, F. ; Lemière, A. ; Lenain, J.-P. ; Leuschner, F. ; Lohse, T. ; Luashvili, A. ; Lypova, I. ; Mackey, J. ; Malyshev, D. ; Malyshev, D. ; Marandon, V. ; Marchegiani, P. ; Marcowith, A. ; Martí-Devesa, G. ; Marx, R. ; Meyer, M. ; Mitchell, A. ; Moderski, R. ; Mohrmann, L. ; Montanari, A. ; Moulin, E. ; Muller, J. ; Murach, T.DESY* ; Nakashima, K. ; Niemiec, J. ; Ohm, S.DESY* ; Olivera-Nieto, L. ; de Ona Wilhelmi, E. ; Panny, S. ; Panter, M. ; Parsons, R. D. ; Peron, G. ; Prokhorov, D. A. ; Prokoph, H.DESY* ; Pühlhofer, G. ; Punch, M. ; Quirrenbach, A. ; Reichherzer, P. ; Reimer, A. ; Reimer, O. ; Reville, B. ; Rieger, F. ; Rowell, G. ; Rudak, B. ; Ruiz-Velasco, E. ; Sahakian, V. ; Sanchez, D. A. ; Sasaki, M. ; Schüssler, F. ; Schutte, H. M. ; Schwanke, U. ; Shapopi, J. N. S. ; Sol, H. ; Spencer, S. ; Steinmassl, S. ; Suzuki, H. ; Takahashi, T. ; Tanaka, T. ; Taylor, A. M.DESY* ; Terrier, R. ; Thorpe-Morgan, C. ; Tsirou, M.DESY* ; Tsuji, N. ; Uchiyama, Y. ; van Eldik, C. ; Veh, J. ; Venter, C. ; Wagner, S. J. ; White, R. ; Wierzcholska, A. ; Wong, Y. W. ; Zacharias, M. ; Zargaryan, D. ; Zdziarski, A. A. ; Zouari, S. ; Żywucka, N. ; H. E. S. S. Collaboration (Collaboration author) ; Fermi-LAT Collaboration (Collaboration author) ; S, H. E. S. (Collaboration author)

2023
Institute of Physics Publ. London

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Please use a persistent id in citations: doi:10.3847/2041-8213/acd777  doi:10.3204/PUBDB-2023-03994

Report No.: arXiv:2306.05132

Abstract: Magnetic fields in galaxies and galaxy clusters are believed to be the result of the amplification of intergalactic seed fields during the formation of large-scale structures in the universe. However, the origin, strength, and morphology of this intergalactic magnetic field (IGMF) remain unknown. Lower limits on (or indirect detection of) the IGMF can be obtained from observations of high-energy gamma rays from distant blazars. Gamma rays interact with the extragalactic background light to produce electron−positron pairs, which can subsequently initiate electromagnetic cascades. The gamma-ray signature of the cascade depends on the IGMF since it deflects the pairs. Here we report on a new search for this cascade emission using a combined data set from the Fermi Large Area Telescope and the High Energy Stereoscopic System. Using state-of-the-art Monte Carlo predictions for the cascade signal, our results place a lower limit on the IGMF of B > 7.1 × 10$^{−16}$ G for a coherence length of 1 Mpc even when blazar duty cycles as short as 10 yr are assumed. This improves on previous lower limits by a factor of 2. For longer duty cycles of 10$^{4}$ (10$^{7}$) yr, IGMF strengths below 1.8 × 10$^{−14}$ G (3.9 × 10$^{−14}$ G) are excluded, which rules out specific models for IGMF generation in the early universe.

Note: ApJ Letters 2023, Volume 950, Number 2 950, L16. 20 pages, 7 figures, 4 tables. Accepted for publication in ApJ Letters. Auxiliary data is provided in electronic format at https://zenodo.org/record/8014311

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Contributing Institute(s):

1. High Energy Steroscopic System (ZEU-HESS)

Research Program(s):

1. 613 - Matter and Radiation from the Universe (POF4-613) (POF4-613)

Experiment(s):

1. High Energy Stereoscopic System
2. The Fermi Large Area Telescope

Appears in the scientific report 2023

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Constraints on the Intergalactic Magnetic Field Using Fermi-LAT and H.E.S.S. Blazar Observations
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