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耀变体中非常快速的TeV变化的意义

Implications of very rapid TeV variability in blazars

Mitchell C. Begelman, Andrew C. Fabian, Martin J. Rees

摘要:

我们讨论了快速(几分钟)变化的TeV流量的耀变体,这已被观察到最近与HESS和MAGIC望远镜的影响。在PKS 2155-304和Mrk 501中看到的变化时间尺度比在黑洞视界处推断的光穿越时间短得多,这表明变化涉及流出喷流内小区域内的增强发射。这种增强可能是由流出底部的部分黑洞磁层的耗散引发的,也可能是由喷流本身的不稳定性引发的。通过考虑观测到的耀斑的能量,以及TeV光子逃逸而不产生对的要求,我们推断喷流中的体洛伦兹因子必须>50。发射区到中心黑洞的距离不太受约束。我们讨论了多波长观测的可能后果。

英文摘要:

We discuss the implications of rapid (few-minute) variability in the TeV flux of blazars, which has been observed recently with the HESS and MAGIC telescopes. The variability timescales seen in PKS 2155-304 and Mrk 501 are much shorter than inferred light-crossing times at the black hole horizon, suggesting that the variability involves enhanced emission in a small region within an outflowing jet. The enhancement could be triggered by dissipation in part of the black hole's magnetosphere at the base of the outflow, or else by instabilities in the jet itself. By considering the energetics of the observed flares, along with the requirement that TeV photons escape without producing pairs, we deduce that the bulk Lorentz factors in the jets must be >50. The distance of the emission region from the central black hole is less well-constrained. We discuss possible consequences for multi-wavelength observations.

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