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Gamma-Ray大面积空间望远镜可以探测到多少射电类星体?

How many radio-loud quasars can be detected by the Gamma-Ray Large Area Space Telescope?

Xinwu Cao, J. M. Bai

摘要:

在统一方案中,射电类星体和FR II射电星系来自相同的母体,但从不同的角度来看。基于活动星系核(AGN)γ射线辐射的康普顿化模型,利用平谱射电类星体(FSRQ)的亮度函数(LF)估算了射电类星体和FR II射电星系的数量。我们发现,如果康普顿化的软种子光子来自喷注之外的区域,GLAST将探测到约1200个射电类星体。我们还考虑了同步加速器自康普顿化(SSC)模型,并发现它不太可能负责伽马射线辐射的射电类星体。我们发现没有FR II射电星系将被GLAST探测到。我们的结果表明,大多数射电活动星系核将被GLAST检测到的FSRQ(约99%的外部康普顿化模型,EC模型),而其余的(约1%)将是陡谱射电类星体(SSRQ)。这意味着FSRQ仍然是识别伽马射线活动星系核的好候选者,即使是GLAST源。计算了所有射电类星体和FR II射电星系对河外γ射线背景的贡献,约占河外γ射线背景的30%。

英文摘要:

In the unification scheme, radio quasars and FR II radio galaxies come from the same parent population, but viewed at different angles. Based on the Comptonization models for the gamma-ray emission from active galactic nuclei (AGNs), we estimate the number of radio quasars and FR II radio galaxies to be detected by the Gamma-Ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) using the luminosity function (LF) of their parent population derived from the flat-spectrum radio quasar (FSRQ) LF. We find that ~1200 radio quasars will be detected by GLAST, if the soft seed photons for Comptonization come from the regions outside the jets. We also consider the synchrotron self-Comptonization (SSC) model, and find it unlikely to be responsible for gamma-ray emission from radio quasars. We find that no FR II radio galaxies will be detected by GLAST. Our results show that most radio AGNs to be detected by GLAST will be FSRQs (~99 % for the external Comptonization model, EC model), while the remainder (~1 %) will be steep-spectrum radio quasars (SSRQs). This implies that FSRQs will still be good candidates for identifying gamma-ray AGNs even for the GLAST sources. The contribution of all radio quasars and FR II radio galaxies to the extragalactic gamma-ray background (EGRB) is calculated, which accounts for ~30 % of the EGRB.

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