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来自银河系中心的伽马射线

Gamma Rays frim the Galactic Centre

A. D. Erlykin, A. W. Wolfendale

摘要:

HESS伽马射线望远镜的最新结果表明,在银河系中心及其附近存在着~0.4 TeV以上的扩散、扩展、伽马射线通量和离散源。在这里,我们提出了一个可能的解释宇宙射线质子的扩散从一系列超新星遗迹(SNR)在银河系的SgrA* 区域加上SNR的贡献在银河系中心区域的其余部分,被称为银河系中心岭(GCR)。质子比电子更受青睐,因为该区域中的mG磁场会严重衰减高能电子。突出的特点是需要在整个区域中的质子的“异常扩散”,并在高密度区域中采用低效率的SNR加速。我们认为后者与银河系中众所周知的低“宇宙射线梯度”有关。一个佐证的特征是推断的宇宙射线强度与平滑后的5 GHz无线电辐射强度密切相关。我们将此归因于GCR中SNR的存在。

英文摘要:

Recent results from the HESS gamma ray telescope have shown the presence of both a diffuse, extended, flux of gamma rays above ~0.4 TeV and discrete sources in and near the Galactic Centre. Here, we put forward a possible explanation in terms of the diffusion of cosmic ray protons from a succession of supernova remnants (SNR) in the SgrA* region of the Galaxy plus a contribution from SNR in the rest of the Galactic Centre Region, to be called the Galactic Centre Ridge (GCR). Protons are favoured over electrons because the mG magnetic fields in the Region will attenuate energetic electrons severely. Prominent features are the need for 'anomalous diffusion' of the protons in the whole region and the adoption of low efficiency for SNR acceleration in the high density regions. The latter is related by us to the well-known low 'cosmic ray gradient' in the Galaxy. A corroborating feature is the close correlation of inferred cosmic ray intensity with the smoothed intensity of 5 GHZ radio radiation. We attribute this to the presence of the SNR in the GCR.

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