%0 Journal Article %1 collaboration2019measurement %A collaboration, VERITAS %A Abeysekara, A. U. %A Archer, A. %A Benbow, W. %A Bird, R. %A Brill, A. %A Brose, R. %A Buchovecky, M. %A Christiansen, J. L. %A Cui, W. %A Daniel, M. K. %A Falcone, A. %A Feng, Q. %A Fernandez-Alonso, M. %A Finley, J. P. %A Fortson, L. %A Furniss, A. %A Gent, A. %A Giuri, C. %A Gueta, O. %A Hanna, D. %A Hassan, T. %A Hervet, O. %A Holder, J. %A Hughes, G. %A Humensky, T. B. %A Johnson, C. A. %A Kaaret, P. %A Kertzman, M. %A Kieda, D. %A Krause, M. %A Krennrich, F. %A Kumar, S. %A Lang, M. J. %A Maier, G. %A Moriarty, P. %A Mukherjee, R. %A Nievas-Rosillo, M. %A O'Brien, S. %A Ong, R. A. %A Pfrang, K. %A Pohl, M. %A Prado, R. R. %A Pueschel, E. %A Ragan, K. %A Reynolds, P. T. %A Ribeiro, D. %A Richards, G. T. %A Roache, E. %A Rovero, A. C. %A Sadeh, I. %A Santander, M. %A Sembroski, G. H. %A Shahinyan, K. %A Sushch, I. %A Weinstein, A. %A Wells, R. M. %A Wilcox, P. %A Wilhelm, A. %A Williams, D. A. %A Williamson, T. J %A Zitzer, B. %D 2019 %K EBL TeV %T Measurement of the extragalactic background light spectral energy distribution with VERITAS %U http://arxiv.org/abs/1910.00451 %X The extragalactic background light (EBL), a diffuse photon field in the optical and infrared range, is a record of radiative processes over the Universe's history. Spectral measurements of blazars at very high energies ($>$100 GeV) enable the reconstruction of the spectral energy distribution (SED) of the EBL, as the blazar spectra are modified by redshift- and energy-dependent interactions of the gamma-ray photons with the EBL. The spectra of 14 VERITAS-detected blazars are included in a new measurement of the EBL SED that is independent of EBL SED models. The resulting SED covers an EBL wavelength range of 0.56--56 $\mu$m, and is in good agreement with lower limits obtained by assuming that the EBL is entirely due to radiation from cataloged galaxies.

@article{collaboration2019measurement, abstract = {The extragalactic background light (EBL), a diffuse photon field in the optical and infrared range, is a record of radiative processes over the Universe's history. Spectral measurements of blazars at very high energies ($>$100 GeV) enable the reconstruction of the spectral energy distribution (SED) of the EBL, as the blazar spectra are modified by redshift- and energy-dependent interactions of the gamma-ray photons with the EBL. The spectra of 14 VERITAS-detected blazars are included in a new measurement of the EBL SED that is independent of EBL SED models. The resulting SED covers an EBL wavelength range of 0.56--56 $\mu$m, and is in good agreement with lower limits obtained by assuming that the EBL is entirely due to radiation from cataloged galaxies.}, added-at = {2019-10-02T10:31:56.000+0200}, author = {collaboration, VERITAS and Abeysekara, A. U. and Archer, A. and Benbow, W. and Bird, R. and Brill, A. and Brose, R. and Buchovecky, M. and Christiansen, J. L. and Cui, W. and Daniel, M. K. and Falcone, A. and Feng, Q. and Fernandez-Alonso, M. and Finley, J. P. and Fortson, L. and Furniss, A. and Gent, A. and Giuri, C. and Gueta, O. and Hanna, D. and Hassan, T. and Hervet, O. and Holder, J. and Hughes, G. and Humensky, T. B. and Johnson, C. A. and Kaaret, P. and Kertzman, M. and Kieda, D. and Krause, M. and Krennrich, F. and Kumar, S. and Lang, M. J. and Maier, G. and Moriarty, P. and Mukherjee, R. and Nievas-Rosillo, M. and O'Brien, S. and Ong, R. A. and Pfrang, K. and Pohl, M. and Prado, R. R. and Pueschel, E. and Ragan, K. and Reynolds, P. T. and Ribeiro, D. and Richards, G. T. and Roache, E. and Rovero, A. C. and Sadeh, I. and Santander, M. and Sembroski, G. H. and Shahinyan, K. and Sushch, I. and Weinstein, A. and Wells, R. M. and Wilcox, P. and Wilhelm, A. and Williams, D. A. and Williamson, T. J and Zitzer, B.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/249d690e636aabac40109db5dbbe0a05b/davidlapp}, description = {Measurement of the extragalactic background light spectral energy distribution with VERITAS}, interhash = {2b67bd0e3fd20304f212de3d95004bd0}, intrahash = {49d690e636aabac40109db5dbbe0a05b}, keywords = {EBL TeV}, note = {cite arxiv:1910.00451Comment: Accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal}, timestamp = {2019-10-02T10:31:56.000+0200}, title = {Measurement of the extragalactic background light spectral energy distribution with VERITAS}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/1910.00451}, year = 2019 }