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2006年TeV Blazar Mrk 421 X射线光变的Suzaku宽波段分析

Suzaku Wide Band Analysis of the X-ray Variability of TeV Blazar Mrk 421 in 2006

Masayoshi Ushio, Takaaki Tanaka, Grzegorz Madejski, Tadayuki Takahashi, Masaaki Hayashida, Jun Kataoka, Daniel Mazin, Stefan Rügamer, Rie Sato, Masahiro Teshima… 展开作者

Masayoshi Ushio, Takaaki Tanaka, Grzegorz Madejski, Tadayuki Takahashi, Masaaki Hayashida, Jun Kataoka, Daniel Mazin, Stefan Rügamer, Rie Sato, Masahiro Teshima, Stefan Wagner, Yuichi Yaji

摘要:

本文介绍了2006年4月28日利用朱雀卫星对TeV耀变体Mrk 421的X射线观测结果。在观测期间,Mrk 421正在经历一次大耀斑,X射线通量是可变的,在大约6小时内从7.8x10 ^{-10} erg/s/cm ^2下降了约50%,然后增加了约35%。由于Suzaku的宽带通和高灵敏度,我们测量了0.4- 60 keV波段的光谱演化,数据段短至~1 ksec。数据显示偏离简单的幂律模型,但也有明显的光谱变化。的时间分辨光谱拟合的同步加速器模型,其中观察到的光谱是由于在均匀磁场辐射的电子的指数截止幂律分布,该模型是优于一个破碎的幂律。作为另一种情况下,我们分离的频谱分为“稳定”和“可变”的组成部分,减去在最低流量期间的频谱从其他数据段。在这种情况下,差异(“可变”)光谱都很好地描述了一个打破幂律模型与光子指数伽玛~ 1.6,打破能量epsilon_{brk} ~ 3 keV的另一个光子指数伽玛~ 2.1以上的突破能量,不同的只是通过归一化,而“稳定”的组成部分的光谱是最好的描述同步加速器模型。我们认为快速变化的分量是由于相对局部的冲击(费米I)的加速,而缓慢变化(“稳定”)的分量是由于位于沿喷流更大的距离,或由于其他加速过程,如随机加速磁湍流(费米II)在更广泛的区域的冲击叠加。

英文摘要:

We present the results of X-ray observations of the well-studied TeV blazar Mrk 421 with the Suzaku satellite in 2006 April 28. During the observation, Mrk 421 was undergoing a large flare and the X-ray flux was variable, decreasing by ~ 50 %, from 7.8x10^{-10} to 3.7x10^{-10} erg/s/cm^2 in about 6 hours, followed by an increase by ~ 35 %. Thanks to the broad bandpass coupled with high-sensitivity of Suzaku, we measured the evolution of the spectrum over the 0.4--60 keV band in data segments as short as ~1 ksec. The data show deviations from a simple power law model, but also a clear spectral variability. The time-resolved spectra are fitted by a synchrotron model, where the observed spectrum is due to a exponentially cutoff power law distribution of electrons radiating in uniform magnetic field; this model is preferred over a broken power law. As another scenario, we separate the spectrum into "steady" and "variable" components by subtracting the spectrum in the lowest-flux period from those of other data segments. In this context, the difference ("variable") spectra are all well described by a broken power law model with photon index Gamma ~ 1.6, breaking at energy epsilon_{brk} ~ 3 keV to another photon index Gamma ~ 2.1 above the break energy, differing from each other only by normalization, while the spectrum of the "steady" component is best described by the synchrotron model. We suggest the rapidly variable component is due to relatively localized shock (Fermi I) acceleration, while the slowly variable ("steady") component is due to the superposition of shocks located at larger distance along the jet, or due to other acceleration process, such as the stochastic acceleration on magnetic turbulence (Fermi II) in the more extended region.

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