Has the Optical Extragalactic Background Light Been Detected?
- 1 July 2003
- journal article
- Published by American Astronomical Society in The Astrophysical Journal
- Vol. 591 (1) , 119-124
- https://doi.org/10.1086/375182
Abstract
A critical discussion is presented of the data analysis applied by Bernstein, Freedman and Madore (2002 ApJ, 571, 56; and ApJ 571, 85) in their measurement of the Extragalactic Background Light. There are questionable assumptions in the analysis of the ground-based observations of the Zodiacal Light. The modeling of the Diffuse Galactic Light is based on an underestimated value of the dust column density along the line of sight. Comparison with the previously presented results from the same observations reveals a puzzling situation: in spite of a large difference in the atmospheric scattered light corrections the derived Extragalactic Background Light values are exactly the same. The claim of the paper of a ``detection of the Extragalactic Background Light'' appears prematureKeywords
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