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宇宙对伽马射线比以前认为的更透明吗?

Is the Universe More Transparent to Gamma Rays Than Previously Thought?

Floyd W. Stecker, Sean T. Scully

摘要:

MAGIC合作最近报告了在1-2天的耀斑期间探测到强伽马射线blazar 3C 279。他们利用光谱观测得出了关于宇宙对高能伽马射线不透明度上限的结论,并暗示了河外中红外背景辐射的上限。本文研究了河外红外辐射吸收γ射线对该耀变体内禀光谱的影响,并与3C 279的观测结果进行了比较。我们发现我们以前的结果是一致的,与最近MAGIC集团的断言相反,即宇宙对\gray比我们的计算表明的更透明。我们的分析表明,在~80和~500 GeV之间的能量范围内,3C 279具有最佳拟合的本征谱,使用我们的快速演化模型的谱指数为~1.78,使用我们的基线模型的谱指数为~2.19。然而,我们也发现,在0.0至3.0的范围内的光谱指数几乎同样可以接受的最佳拟合光谱指数。假设该耀斑的内禀光谱指数与EGRET观测到的1991年3C 279耀斑的内禀光谱指数相同,即,2.02,位于我们的最佳拟合指数之间,我们估计MAGIC耀斑比15年前观察到的EGRET耀斑亮3倍。

英文摘要:

The MAGIC collaboration has recently reported the detection of the strong gamma-ray blazar 3C279 during a 1-2 day flare. They have used their spectral observations to draw conclusions regarding upper limits on the opacity of the Universe to high energy gamma-rays and, by implication, upper limits on the extragalactic mid-infrared background radiation. In this paper we examine the effect of gamma-ray absorption by the extragalactic infrared radiation on intrinsic spectra for this blazar and compare our results with the observational data on 3C279. We find agreement with our previous results, contrary to the recent assertion of the MAGIC group that the Universe is more transparent to \gray s than our calculations indicate. Our analysis indicates that in the energy range between ~80 and ~500 GeV, 3C279 has a best-fit intrinsic spectrum with a spectral index ~1.78 using our fast evolution model and ~2.19 using our baseline model. However, we also find that spectral indices in the range of 0.0 to 3.0 are almost as equally acceptable as the best fit spectral indices. Assuming the same intrinsic spectral index for this flare as for the 1991 flare from 3C279 observed by EGRET, viz., 2.02, which lies between our best fit indices, we estimate that the MAGIC flare was ~3 times brighter than the EGRET flare observed 15 years earlier.

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