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半人马座A的γ射线

Gamma Rays from Centaurus A

Nayantara Gupta

摘要:

半人马座A,宇宙射线加速器,距离我们几兆秒差距,可能是最近的极高能量宇宙射线的来源之一。我们调查是否目前可从半人马座A的GeV-TeV能带的伽马射线数据可以解释只有质子质子相互作用。我们表明,对于一个单一的幂律质子谱,$γ$ -射线生产的机制,而不是质子-质子相互作用,需要在这个射电星系内解释EGRET观测到的伽马射线通量,上限由H.E.S.S./ CANGAROO-III和皮埃尔·俄歇实验观测到的相关极高能宇宙射线事件。今后,如果有更好的$γ$射线数据,同时用$γ$射线和宇宙射线探测器进行观测,就有可能对不同来源进行更详细的研究。

英文摘要:

Centaurus A, the cosmic ray accelerator a few Mpc away from us is possibly one of the nearest sources of extremely high energy cosmic rays. We investigate whether the gamma ray data currently available from Centaurus A in the GeV-TeV energy band can be explained with only proton proton interactions. We show that for a single power law proton spectrum, mechanisms of $γ$-ray production other than proton proton interactions are needed inside this radio-galaxy to explain the gamma ray flux observed by EGRET, upper limits by H.E.S.S./CANGAROO-III and the correlated extremely energetic cosmic ray events observed by the Pierre Auger experiment. In future with better $γ$-ray data, simultaneous observation with $γ$-ray and cosmic ray detectors, it would be possible to carry out such studies on different sources in more detail.

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