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2024A&A...683A..25V - Astronomy and Astrophysics, volume 683A, 25 (2024/3-1)

Constraints on the intergalactic magnetic field from Fermi/LAT observations of the 'pair echo' of GRB 221009A.

VOVK I., KOROCHKIN A., NERONOV A. and SEMIKOZ D.

Abstract (from CDS):

Delayed 'pair-echo' signal from interactions of very-high-energy γ rays in the intergalactic medium can be used for the detection of the intergalactic magnetic field (IGMF). We used the data of the Fermi/LAT telescope coupled with LHAASO observatory measurements to confirm the presence of IGMF along the line of sight to the γ-ray burst GRB 221009A. Comparing the Fermi/LAT measurements with the expected level of the pair-echo flux, set by the multi-TeV LHAASO detection, we derived a lower bound 10–19 G on the IGMF with correlation length l larger than 1 Mpc, improving as l–1/2 for shorter correlation lengths. This provides an independent verification of the existence of a lower bound on IGMF in the voids of the large-scale structure, previously derived from the observations of active galactic nuclei.

Abstract Copyright: © The Authors 2024

Journal keyword(s): gamma-ray burst: individual: GRB 221009A - intergalactic medium - gamma rays: general

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