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用ARGO-YBJ探测器观测到的2008年Mrk421的Gamma ray耀斑

Gamma ray flares from Mrk421 in 2008 observed with the ARGO-YBJ detector

G. Aielli et al.

摘要:

2008年,耀变体Markarian 421进入了非常活跃的阶段,是天空中TeV能量最亮的光源之一,经常出现耀斑现象。利用位于羊八井(海拔4300 m,中国西藏),我们监测的源在γ射线能量E > 0.3 TeV的全年。观测到的通量是可变的,最强的耀斑在3月和6月,与X射线增强的活动。虽然在特定的事件中,TeV的通量可能比蟹状星云的通量大好几倍,但从第41天到第180天的平均辐射几乎是蟹状星云的两倍,当能量E > 1 TeV时,积分通量为(3.6 +-0.6)10^-11光子cm^-2 s^-1,之后有所下降。本文着重分析了6月上半月发生的耀斑。这一时期已经从光学到100 MeV的伽马射线进行了深入的研究,部分达到TeV的能量,因为月光阻碍了切伦科夫望远镜在发射最强烈部分的观测。我们的数据完成了这些观测,在6月11日至13日检测到一个统计显著性为3.8标准差的信号,对应于一个伽马射线通量,大约是蟹状星云1 TeV以上的6倍。重建的差分光谱,校正星系际吸收,可以表示为一个指数α = -2.1延伸到几个TeV的幂律。光谱斜率是完全一致的,与以前的观测报告的通量和光谱指数之间的相关性,这表明这种属性是保持在不同的时代和特征的源排放过程。

英文摘要:

In 2008 the blazar Markarian 421 entered a very active phase and was one of the brightest sources in the sky at TeV energies, showing frequent flaring episodes. Using the data of ARGO-YBJ, a full coverage air shower detector located at Yangbajing (4300 m a.s.l., Tibet, China), we monitored the source at gamma ray energies E > 0.3 TeV during the whole year. The observed flux was variable, with the strongest flares in March and June, in correlation with X-ray enhanced activity. While during specific episodes the TeV flux could be several times larger than the Crab Nebula one, the average emission from day 41 to 180 was almost twice the Crab level, with an integral flux of (3.6 +-0.6) 10^-11 photons cm^-2 s^-1 for energies E > 1 TeV, and decreased afterwards. This paper concentrates on the flares occurred in the first half of June. This period has been deeply studied from optical to 100 MeV gamma rays, and partially up to TeV energies, since the moonlight hampered the Cherenkov telescope observations during the most intense part of the emission. Our data complete these observations, with the detection of a signal with a statistical significance of 3.8 standard deviations on June 11-13, corresponding to a gamma ray flux about 6 times larger than the Crab one above 1 TeV. The reconstructed differential spectrum, corrected for the intergalactic absorption, can be represented by a power law with an index alpha = -2.1 extending up to several TeV. The spectrum slope is fully consistent with previous observations reporting a correlation between the flux and the spectral index, suggesting that this property is maintained in different epochs and characterizes the source emission processes.

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