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TeV BL Lac天体的X射线光谱演变:用BeppoSAX、XMM-牛顿和SWIFT卫星进行的11年观测

X-ray spectral evolution of TeV BL Lac objects: eleven years of observations with BeppoSAX, XMM-Newton and SWIFT satellites

F. Massaro, A. Tramacere, A. Cavaliere, M. Perri, P. Giommi

摘要:

在TeV能量的$γ$射线中发现的许多河外源都是BL Lac天体。特别是,它们属于“高频峰值BL Lac”(HBL)的子类,因为它们的光谱能量分布在X射线带中表现出第一个峰值。仔细观察,它们的X射线光谱似乎通常弯曲成对数抛物线形状。在先前对Mrk 421的研究中,在光谱参数之间发现了两种相关性。一个是高度$S_p$随着第一个峰的位置$E_p$而增加;这被解释为相对论电子同步辐射的特征。另一个是曲率参数$b$随着$E_p$的增加而减小;这指向发射电子的统计/随机加速过程。我们分析了几个TeV HBL的X射线谱,以确定它们在$E_p-S_p$和$E_p-b$平面上的行为,并将它们与Mrk 421进行比较。我们对15个BL Lacs样品进行了X射线光谱分析。我们报告了在1996年6月29日至1997年4月7日期间用\sax、\xmm和\swf卫星获得的整套观测结果。我们集中在五个源(PKS 0548-322,1H 1426+418,Mrk 501,1 ES 1959+650,PKS 2155 -304),其X射线观测保证详细搜索相关性或趋势。在我们的数据库中,我们发现五个来源中的四个,即PKS 0548-322,1H 1426+418,Mrk 501和1 ES 1959+650,在$E_p-S_p$平面上遵循与Mrk 421相似的趋势,而PKS 2155-304不同。对于$E_p-b$平面,所有TeV HBL都遵循类似的行为。Mrk 421所表现出的趋势似乎是几个TeV的HBL共享的,例如,以保证讨论从X射线光谱演变到TeV发射的预测。

英文摘要:

Many of the extragalactic sources detected in $γ$ rays at TeV energies are BL Lac objects. In particular, they belong to the subclass of ``high frequency peaked BL Lacs" (HBLs), as their spectral energy distributions exhibit a first peak in the X-ray band. At a closer look, their X-ray spectra appear to be generally curved into a log-parabolic shape. In a previous investigation of Mrk 421, two correlations were found between the spectral parameters. One involves the height $S_p$ increasing with the position $E_p$ of the first peak; this was interpreted as a signature of synchrotron emission from relativistic electrons. The other involves the curvature parameter $b$ decreasing as $E_p$ increases; this points toward statistical/stochastic acceleration processes for the emitting electrons. We analyse X-ray spectra of several TeV HBLs to pinpoint their behaviours in the $E_p-S_p$ and $E_p-b$ planes and to compare them with Mrk 421. We perfom X-ray spectral analyses of a sample of 15 BL Lacs. We report the whole set of observations obtained with the \sax, \xmm and \swf satellites between 29/06/96 and 07/04/07. We focus on five sources (PKS 0548-322, 1H 1426+418, Mrk 501, 1ES 1959+650, PKS2155-304) whose X-ray observations warrant detailed searching of correlations or trends. Within our database, we find that four out of five sources, namely PKS 0548-322, 1H 1426+418, Mrk 501 and 1ES 1959+650, follow similar trends as Mrk 421 in the $E_p-S_p$ plane, while PKS 2155-304 differs. As for the $E_p-b$ plane, all TeV HBLs follow a similar behaviour. The trends exhibited by Mrk 421 appear to be shared by several TeV HBLs, such as to warrant discussing predictions from the X-ray spectral evolution to that of TeV emissions.

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