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M87喷流中的超光速射电特征和TeV Gamma-ray耀斑发射的位置

Superluminal Radio Features in the M87 Jet and the Site of Flaring TeV Gamma-ray Emission

C. C. Cheung, D. E. Harris, L. Stawarz

摘要:

超光速运动是活动星系核中射电喷流的一个共同特征。传统上,可变发射被假定为起源于中心附近的超大质量黑洞的喷流发射在秒差距尺度或更小。在这里,我们报告的超光速无线电功能的发现内一个独特的耀斑X射线发射区的喷流附近的射电星系M87的甚长基线阵列。这表明,这两个现象学的标志-超光速运动和高能量的可变性-是相关的,我们把这个活动更远(>=120 pc)的"中央引擎“在M87比以前认为的相对论性喷流来源。我们认为最近H.E.S.S.实验起源于这种可变的超光速结构,从而提供了至关重要的洞察生产区域的伽马射线发射在更遥远的blazar。

英文摘要:

Superluminal motion is a common feature of radio jets in powerful gamma-ray emitting active galactic nuclei. Conventionally, the variable emission is assumed to originate near the central supermassive black-hole where the jet is launched on parsec scales or smaller. Here, we report the discovery of superluminal radio features within a distinct flaring X-ray emitting region in the jet of the nearby radio galaxy M87 with the Very Long Baseline Array. This shows that these two phenomenological hallmarks -- superluminal motion and high-energy variability -- are associated, and we place this activity much further (>=120 pc) from the ``central engine'' in M87 than previously thought in relativistic jet sources. We argue that the recent excess very high-energy TeV emission from M87 reported by the H.E.S.S. experiment originates from this variable superluminal structure, thus providing crucial insight into the production region of gamma-ray emission in more distant blazars.

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