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Abell 3376星系团的非热过程

Non-thermal processes in the cluster of galaxies Abell 3376

Anabella T. Araudo, Sofia A. Cora, Gustavo E. Romero

摘要:

我们模拟了Abell 3376星系团中相对论粒子与光子和物质相互作用的高能辐射。相对论粒子的存在是从最近在这个星团中发现的射电遗迹中推断出来的,它是双相反的巨型环状射电结构的最突出的例子之一。假设扩散激波加速发生在观测到射电遗迹的星系团区域,我们计算了最相关的非热过程,这是同步辐射,逆康普顿散射,相对论韧致辐射,和非弹性质子-质子碰撞的光谱能量分布。在我们的模型中,在高能量下的主要辐射成分是逆康普顿散射,其在~ 1 MeV和10 TeV之间的能量范围内可以达到亮度L ~ 9 × 10 ^{41} erg/s。强子相互作用对整体非热辐射的贡献很小,但在超高能量下占主导地位。星系团Abell 3376可能被HESS、GLAST卫星和未来计划中的切伦科夫阵列在伽马射线下探测到。

英文摘要:

We model the high-energy emission that results from the interaction of relativistic particles with photons and matter in the cluster of galaxies Abell 3376. The presence of relativistic particles is inferred from the recently found radio relics in this cluster, being one of the most prominent examples of double opposite, giant ringlike radio structures. Assuming that diffusive shock acceleration takes place in the cluster regions where radio relics are observed, we calculate the spectral energy distribution resulting from the most relevant non-thermal processes, which are synchrotron radiation, inverse Compton scattering, relativistic Bremsstrahlung, and inelastic proton-proton collisions. In the context of our model, the major radiative component at high energies is inverse Compton scattering, which could reach luminosities L ~ 9x10^{41} erg/s in the energy range between ~ 1 MeV and 10 TeV. Hadronic interactions would yield a minor contribution to the overall non-thermal emission, but would dominate at ultra-high energies. The cluster Abell 3376 might be detectable at gamma-rays by HESS, GLAST satellite and future planned Cherenkov arrays.

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