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来自非blazar活动星系核的可变VHE gamma-ray发射

Variable VHE gamma-ray emission from non-blazar AGNs

F. M. Rieger, F. A. Aharonian

摘要:

M87观测到的来自非对齐活动星系核(AGN)的快变甚高能(VHE)γ射线对传统的理论加速和辐射模型提出了挑战。我们重新研究了吸积超大质量黑洞系统附近的旋转喷流磁层对粒子的离心加速,并分析了高度欠亮系统的能量约束。应用程序的条件下,预计将存在于射电星系M87,假设吸积到中央黑洞发生在对流为主(ADAF)模式。我们表明,对于一个高度欠光源,如M87,离心加速电子可能达到洛伦兹因子高达$γ\sim (10^7-10^8)$,允许逆康普顿(汤姆逊)向上散射的亚毫米盘光子TeV制度。康普顿化盘光子的上散射导致具有谱指数$α_c \simeq 1.2$的平坦TeV谱$L_ν \propto ν^{-α_c}$。特征变化时间尺度为$r_{\rm L}/c$量级,在M87的情况下,其对应于典型光圆柱半径为$r_{\rm L} \simeq 5 r_{\rm s}$的$\simeq 1.7$ d。因此,离心加速可以为M87中具有挑战性的VHE排放特征提供自然的解释。我们的研究结果表明,一些对流为主的吸积(非blazar)活动星系核很可能是可观测的VHE发射源。(节略)

英文摘要:

The observation of rapidly variable very high energy (VHE) gamma-rays from non-aligned active galactic nuclei (AGNs), as reported from M87, proves challenging for conventional theoretical acceleration and emission models. We re-examine the centrifugal acceleration of particles by rotating jet magnetospheres in the vicinity of accreting supermassive black hole systems and analyze the energy constraints imposed for highly underluminous systems. Applications are presented for conditions expected to be present in the radio galaxy M87, assuming accretion onto the central black hole to occur in an advection-dominated (ADAF) mode. We show that for a highly underluminous source like M87, centrifugally accelerated electrons may reach Lorentz factors up to $γ\sim (10^7-10^8)$, allowing inverse Compton (Thomson) upscattering of sub-mm disk photons to the TeV regime. Upscattering of Comptonized disk photons results in a flat TeV spectrum $L_ν \propto ν^{-α_c}$ with spectral index $α_c \simeq 1.2$. The characteristic variability time scale is of the order $r_{\rm L}/c$, which in the case of M87 corresponds to $\simeq 1.7$ d for a typical light cylinder radius of $r_{\rm L} \simeq 5 r_{\rm s}$. Centrifugal acceleration could thus provide a natural explanation for the challenging VHE emission features in M87. Our results suggest that some advection-dominated accreting (non-blazar) AGNs could well be observable VHE emitting sources. (abridged)

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