10–19 Sept 2013
DESY Hamburg
Europe/Berlin timezone

Extragalactic Background Light: a Review

19 Sept 2013, 10:00
1h
Building 61, Lecture Hall (DESY Hamburg)

Building 61, Lecture Hall

DESY Hamburg

Luruper Chaussee, 149 22761 Hamburg Germany

Speaker

Hervé Dole (Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale, Orsay)

Description

I will provide a review of our knowledge of the Extragalactic Background Light (EBL): 1- measurements of intensity across the electromagnetic spectrum; 2- measurements of fluctuations; 3- what do all this tell us, link to models. I will highlight the CIB (Cosmic Infrared Background).

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