The Gamma-Ray Background from Blazars: A New Look
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- 1 June 1996
- journal article
- Published by American Astronomical Society in The Astrophysical Journal
- Vol. 464, 600
- https://doi.org/10.1086/177348
Abstract
We present the results of a new model calculation of the gamma-ray background produced by unresolved blazars, using the second EGRET catalogue and taking account of flaring. These results are compared to the preliminary gamma-ray background spectrum reported recently by the EGRET team. We find that blazars can account for the entire extragalactic gamma-ray background observed by EGRET. In addition, the EGRET spectrum shows some evidence of a signature for the blazar background, in the form of a concavity in the spectrum.Keywords
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