The extragalactic background light and the gamma-ray opacity of the universe

E Dwek, F Krennrich - Astroparticle Physics, 2013 - Elsevier
The extragalactic background light (EBL) is one of the fundamental observational quantities
in cosmology. All energy releases from resolved and unresolved extragalactic sources, and …

High-energy neutrinos in the context of multimessenger astrophysics

JK Becker - Physics Reports, 2008 - Elsevier
The field of astroparticle physics is currently developing rapidly, since new experiments
challenge our understanding of processes that have been investigated. Three messengers …

Semi-analytic modelling of the extragalactic background light and consequences for extragalactic gamma-ray spectra

RC Gilmore, RS Somerville, JR Primack… - Monthly Notices of …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Attenuation of high-energy gamma-rays by pair production with ultraviolet, optical and
infrared (IR) extragalactic background light (EBL) photons provides a link between the …

MOJAVE. X. Parsec-scale jet orientation variations and superluminal motion in active galactic nuclei

ML Lister, MF Aller, HD Aller, DC Homan… - The Astronomical …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
We describe the parsec-scale kinematics of 200 active galactic nucleus (AGN) jets based on
15 GHz Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) data obtained between 1994 August 31 and 2011 …

Mojave. XIII. Parsec-Scale Agn Jet Kinematics Analysis Based on 19 Years of Vlba Observations at 15 GHz

ML Lister, MF Aller, HD Aller, DC Homan… - The Astronomical …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
ABSTRACT We present 1625 new 15 GHz (2 cm) VLBA images of 295 jets associated with
active galactic nuclei (AGNs) from the MOJAVE and 2 cm VLBA surveys, spanning …

MOJAVE. XVII. Jet kinematics and parent population properties of relativistically beamed radio-loud blazars

ML Lister, DC Homan, T Hovatta… - The Astrophysical …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
We present results from a parsec-scale jet kinematics study of 409 bright radio-loud active
galactic nuclei (AGNs) based on 15 GHz Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) data obtained …

Very-high-energy gamma rays from a distant quasar: how transparent is the universe?

J Albert, E Aliu, H Anderhub, LA Antonelli, P Antoranz… - Science, 2008 - science.org
The atmospheric Cherenkov gamma-ray telescope MAGIC, designed for a low-energy
threshold, has detected very-high-energy gamma rays from a giant flare of the distant Quasi …

The power of blazar jets

A Celotti, G Ghisellini - Monthly Notices of the Royal …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
We estimate the power of relativistic, extragalactic jets by modelling the spectral energy
distribution of a large number of blazars. We adopt a simple one-zone, homogeneous …

Long-term optical monitoring of TeV emitting blazars-I. Data analysis

K Nilsson, E Lindfors, LO Takalo, R Reinthal… - Astronomy & …, 2018 - aanda.org
We present ten years of R-band monitoring data of 31 northern blazars which were either
detected at very high-energy (VHE) gamma rays or listed as potential VHE gamma-ray …

The cosmological impact of luminous TeV blazars. I. Implications of plasma instabilities for the intergalactic magnetic field and extragalactic gamma-ray background

AE Broderick, P Chang, C Pfrommer - The Astrophysical Journal, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
ABSTRACT Inverse Compton cascades (ICCs) initiated by energetic gamma rays (E≳ 100
GeV) enhance the GeV emission from bright, extragalactic TeV sources. The absence of this …