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高红移的伽马暴的伽马光子可能CMB光子发生碰撞，产生正负电子对，用将来的Cherenkov望远镜整列可能对这些电子对观测，并从而限制当地（或者路上？）磁场。
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Abstract
We discuss the expected properties of pair echo emission from gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) at high redshifts ($z \gtrsim 5$), their detectability, and the consequent implications for probing intergalactic magnetic fields (IGMFs) at early epochs. Pair echos comprise inverse Compton emission by secondary electron-positron pairs produced via interactions between primary gamma-rays from the GRB and low-energy photons of the diffuse intergalactic radiation, arriving with a time delay that depends on the nature of the intervening IGMFs. At sufficiently high $z$, the IGMFs are unlikely to have been significantly contaminated by astrophysical outflows, and the relevant intergalactic radiation may be dominated by the well-understood cosmic microwave background (CMB). Pair echoes from luminous GRBs at $z \sim 5-10$ may be detectable by future facilities such as the Cherenkov Telescope Array or the Advanced Gamma-ray Imaging System, as long as the GRB primary emission extends to multi-TeV energies, the comoving IGMFs at these redshifts are $B \sim 10^{-16}-10^{-15}~{\rm Gauss}$, and the non-CMB component of the diffuse intergalactic radiation is relatively low. Observations of pair echos from high-$z$ GRBs can provide a unique, in-situ probe of weak IGMFs during the epochs of early structure formation and cosmic reionization.
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