The Imprint of the Extragalactic Background Light in the Gamma-Ray Spectra of Blazars

M. Ackermann; P. Fusco; A. Domínguez; S. Ciprini; R. Buehler; J. M. Conrad; A. Chekhtman; S. Cutini; J. Chiang; R. D. Blandford; S. Buson; S. Fegan; A. W. Borgland; D. Bastieri; R. A. Cameron; C. C. Cheung; A. Allafort; A. Franckowiak; R. Bellazzini; E. Bottacini; E. Cavazzuti; F. D’Ammando; Y. Fukazawa; A. Drlica-Wagner; J. Bregeon; L. Baldini; C. D. Dermer; E. Charles; P. Schady; P. A. Caraveo; S. Funk; P. Bruel; R. C. G. Chaves; P. S. Drell; E. D. Bloom; J. Cohen-Tanugi; W. B. Focke; S. W. Digel; R. Claus; G. Chiaro; M. Ajello; G. A. Caliandro; C. Favuzzi; A. Bouvier; M. Brigida; G. Barbiellini; C. Cecchi; J. Ballet; E. do Couto e Silva

doi:10.1126/science.1227160

The Imprint of the Extragalactic Background Light in the Gamma-Ray Spectra of Blazars

M. Ackermann(Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY), P. Fusco(Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari), A. Domínguez(Clemson University), S. Ciprini(Agenzia Spaziale Italiana), R. Buehler(Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY), J. M. Conrad(Stockholm University), A. Chekhtman(George Mason University), S. Cutini(University of Perugia), J. Chiang(SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory), R. D. Blandford(California Institute of Technology), S. Buson(University of Padua), S. Fegan(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), A. W. Borgland(SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory), D. Bastieri(University of Padua), R. A. Cameron(SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory), C. C. Cheung(United States Naval Research Laboratory), A. Allafort(SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory), A. Franckowiak(SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory), R. Bellazzini(Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa), E. Bottacini(SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory), E. Cavazzuti(Agenzia Spaziale Italiana), F. D’Ammando(Istituto di Radioastronomia di Bologna), Y. Fukazawa(Hiroshima University), A. Drlica-Wagner(Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory), J. Bregeon(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), L. Baldini(University of Pisa), C. D. Dermer(United States Naval Research Laboratory), E. Charles(SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory), P. Schady(University College London), P. A. Caraveo(Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica di Milano), S. Funk(Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg), P. Bruel(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), R. C. G. Chaves(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), P. S. Drell(SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory), E. D. Bloom(SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory), J. Cohen-Tanugi(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), W. B. Focke(SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory), S. W. Digel(SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory), R. Claus(SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory), G. Chiaro(University of Padua), M. Ajello(Azienda Ospedaliera Citta' della Salute e della Scienza di Torino), G. A. Caliandro(SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory), C. Favuzzi(Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari), A. Bouvier(University of California, Santa Cruz), M. Brigida(Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari), G. Barbiellini(University of Trieste), C. Cecchi(University of Perugia), J. Ballet(Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives), E. do Couto e Silva(SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)

Science

November 2, 2012

10.1126/science.1227160

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