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2006年PKS 2155-304的一次壮观的VHE Gamma-Ray爆发

A Spectacular VHE Gamma-Ray Outburst from PKS 2155-304 in 2006

W. Benbow, C. Boisson, L. Costamante, O. de Jager, G. Dubus, D. Emmanoulopoulos, B. Giebels, S. Pita, M. Punch, C. Raubenheimer, M. Raue, H. Sol, S. Wagner

摘要:

自2002年以来,已经用高能立体系统(HESS)监测了高频峰值BL Lac PKS 2155-304的VHE(>100 GeV)伽马射线通量。在2006年7月28日凌晨探测到一次极端的伽马射线爆发(MJD 53944)。在这次爆发中观测到的200 GeV以上的平均通量是蟹状星云在相同阈值以上观测到的通量的7倍。峰值通量测量一分钟的时间尺度分辨率在两倍以上的平均值。在傅立叶功率谱中可以看到高达~600 s的变化,并且观察到在~200秒的时间尺度上变化的良好分辨的爆发。数据中没有明显的光谱变异性迹象。假设发射区的大小与一个质量约为10^9太阳质量的黑洞的史瓦西半径相当,则需要大于100的多普勒因子来适应观测到的变化时间尺度。

英文摘要:

Since 2002 the VHE (>100 GeV) gamma-ray flux of the high-frequency peaked BL Lac PKS 2155-304 has been monitored with the High Energy Stereoscopic System (HESS). An extreme gamma-ray outburst was detected in the early hours of July 28, 2006 (MJD 53944). The average flux above 200 GeV observed during this outburst is ~7 times the flux observed from the Crab Nebula above the same threshold. Peak fluxes are measured with one-minute time scale resolution at more than twice this average value. Variability is seen up to ~600 s in the Fourier power spectrum, and well-resolved bursts varying on time scales of ~200 seconds are observed. There are no strong indications for spectral variability within the data. Assuming the emission region has a size comparable to the Schwarzschild radius of a ~10^9 solar mass black hole, Doppler factors greater than 100 are required to accommodate the observed variability time scales.

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