Revisiting EBL Constraints from Gamma-Ray Observations: A Critical Assessment and Methodological Improvements

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2026
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Abstract
Abstract The extragalactic background light (EBL), ranging from the infrared to the ultraviolet bands, is the second most intense photon field in the universe, surpassed only by the cosmic microwave background (CMB). It is primarily generated by starlight in galaxies, either directly or through absorption by dust and re-emission at longer wavelengths. Very high energy (VHE, E > 100 GeV) photons can be absorbed via γγ interactions with the EBL during their propagation across cosmological distances, providing an indirect method to probe the EBL by studying its impact on the energy spectra of distant VHE sources. This paper examines the robustness of EBL constraints derived from gamma-ray data, critically assessing the assumptions made in previous studies about the intrinsic source spectra, the uncertainties of the observations and the validity of the analysis tools. We find that earlier studies likely underestimated the uncertainties in the EBL intensity constraints, underscoring the need to account for systematic uncertainties comprehensively. By employing a Monte Carlo (MC) simulation and a plausible model for unknown systematic errors, we compute more realistic uncertainties. Additionally, we discuss possible alternatives to set EBL constraints, relaxing the assumptions on the intrinsic spectra of gamma-ray sources, with the goal of achieving more robust constraints.
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Authors K Abe, S Abe, J Abhir, A Abhishek, V A Acciari, Arnau Aguasca-Cabot, I Agudo, I Albanese, T Aniello, S Ansoldi, A Arbet Engels, C Arcaro, T T H Arnesen, A Babić, C Bakshi, U Barres de Almeida, J A Barrio, I Batković, J Baxter, J Becerra González, W Bednarek, E Bernardini, J Bernete, A Berti, J Besenrieder, C Bigongiari, A Biland, O Blanch, G Bonnoli, Ž Bošnjak, E Bronzini, I Burelli, A Campoy-Ordaz, A Carosi, R Carosi, M Carretero-Castrillo, A J Castro-Tirado, D Cerasole, G Ceribella, A Cerviño, Y Chai, G Chon, A Cifuentes Santos, J L Contreras, J Cortina, S Covino, G D'Amico, P Da Vela, F Dazzi, A De Angelis, B De Lotto, M Delfino, J Delgado, C Delgado Mendez, F Di Pierro, R Di Tria, L Di Venere, A Dinesh, D Dominis Prester, A Donini, D Dorner, M Doro, L Eisenberger, D Elsaesser, L Foffano, L Font, F Frías García-Lago, S Fröse, Y Fukazawa, S García Soto, M Gaug, J G Giesbrecht Paiva, N Giglietto, F Giordano, P Gliwny, T Gradetzke, R Grau, J G Green, P Günther, D Hadasch, A Hahn, G Harutyunyan, T Hassan, J Herrera Llorente, D Hrupec, D Israyelyan, J Jahanvi, I Jiménez Martínez, J Jiménez Quiles, S Kankkunen, T Kayanoki, G W Kluge, J Konrad, P M Kouch, H Kubo, J Kushida, M Láinez, A Lamastra, E Lindfors, S Lombardi
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Journal monthly notices of the royal astronomical society
Year 2026
DOI
10.1093/mnras/stag1690
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https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stag1690
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