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射电星系中央引擎中极高能Gamma-Ray发射区的射电成像

Radio Imaging of the Very-High-Energy Gamma-Ray Emission Region in the Central Engine of a Radio Galaxy

The VERITAS Collaboration, the VLBA 43 GHz M 87 Monitoring Team, the H. E. S. S. Collaboration, the MAGIC Collaboration

摘要:

物质在大质量黑洞上的吸积被认为是在许多活动星系核(AGN)中发现的相对论等离子体喷流的来源。虽然有些活动星系核会将粒子加速到超过10^12电子伏特(eV)的能量,并且是甚高能量(VHE)伽马射线辐射的明亮来源,但VHE辐射的来源仍然未知。在这里,我们报告的射电星系M87的无线电和VHE观测,揭示了一个非常强大的VHE伽马射线耀斑伴随着从其核心的无线电通量的强烈增加的时期。这些结果意味着带电粒子在黑洞附近被加速到非常高的能量。

英文摘要:

The accretion of matter onto a massive black hole is believed to feed the relativistic plasma jets found in many active galactic nuclei (AGN). Although some AGN accelerate particles to energies exceeding 10^12 electron Volts (eV) and are bright sources of very-high-energy (VHE) gamma-ray emission, it is not yet known where the VHE emission originates. Here we report on radio and VHE observations of the radio galaxy M87, revealing a period of extremely strong VHE gamma-ray flares accompanied by a strong increase of the radio flux from its nucleus. These results imply that charged particles are accelerated to very high energies in the immediate vicinity of the black hole.

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