Non-thermal Cosmic Backgrounds and prospects for future high-energy observations of blazars

dc.creatorGiommi, P.
dc.creatorColafrancesco, S.
dc.date2006-02-10
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T06:57:15Z
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dc.descriptionWe discuss the contribution of the blazar population to the extragalactic background radiation across the electromagnetic (e.m.) spectrum with particular reference to the microwave, hard-X-ray and gamma-ray bands. Our estimates are based on a recently derived blazar radio LogN-LogS that was built by combining several radio and multi-frequency surveys. We show that blazar emission integrated over cosmic time gives rise to a considerable broad-band non-thermal cosmic background that dominates the extragalactic brightness in the high-energy part of the e.m. spectrum. We also estimate the number of blazars that are expected to be detected by future planned or hypothetical missions operating in the X-ray and gamma-ray energy bands.
dc.description11 pages, 6 figures, Invited talk at the meeting "Gamma Wave 2005", Bonifacio, September 2005. To be published in "Experimental Astronomy"
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0602243
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0602243
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/106905
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleNon-thermal Cosmic Backgrounds and prospects for future high-energy observations of blazars
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