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1999ApJ...523L..77G - Astrophys. J., 523, L77-L80 (1999/September-3)

Constraining the cosmic abundance of stellar remnants with Multi-TeV gamma rays.

GRAFF D.S., FREESE K., WALKER T.P. and PINSONNEAULT M.H.

Abstract (from CDS):

If stellar remnants are cosmologically significant, the infrared flux from the remnant progenitors would contribute to the opacity of multi-TeV γ-rays. The multi-TeV γ-ray horizon is established to be at a redshift z>0.034 by the observation of the blazar Mrk 501. By requiring that the optical depth due to γγ⟶e+e– be less than 1 for a source at z=0.034, we limit the cosmological density of stellar remnants, Ωrm≤(2-4)x10–3h–170 (h70 is the Hubble constant in units of 70 km.s–1.Mpc–1), and thus strongly constrain stellar remnants as a cosmologically significant source of dark matter.

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Journal keyword(s): Cosmology: Diffuse Radiation - Stars: Neutron - Stars: White Dwarfs

Simbad objects: 2

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