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arxiv: astro-ph/9912450 · v1 · submitted 1999-12-21 · 🌌 astro-ph

Cosmic Star Formation Rate From Gamma-Ray Attenuation

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We compute the attenuation of gamma-rays from remote quasars due to interactions with ambient low-energy photons produced by stars in galaxies and show that the next-generation gamma ray telescopes can probe the cosmic star formation rate at high redshifts.

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