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Table 1

Comparison between the optical depth at the logarithmic bin center of the highest energy bin and the averaged value over the bin width.

Source Minimum EBL shape tested Maximum EBL shape tested
τγ  ⟨ τγ ⟩   ⟨ τγ ⟩ /τγ τγ  ⟨ τγ ⟩   ⟨ τγ ⟩ /τγ

3C 279 3.48 3.34 0.96 18.33 17.61 0.96
H 1426+428 2.54 2.53 0.99 12.61 12.48 0.99
1ES 1101-232 2.69 2.68 1.00 13.62 13.57 1.00
Mkn 501 3.27 3.21 0.98 11.86 11.67 0.98

Notes. The HEGRA spectrum is used here for Mkn 501, see Table 3 for the references.

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