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来自活跃和死亡TeV耀变体的度尺度GeV "喷流"

Degree-scale GeV "jets" from active and dead TeV blazars

A. Neronov, D. Semikoz, M. Kachelriess, S. Ostapchenko, A. Elyiv

摘要:

我们发现,图像的TeV耀变体在GeV的能量带应该包含,随着点样源,度尺度的喷气式扩展。这些GeV的扩展是由TeV伽马射线与河外背景光相互作用引发的电磁级联以及级联电子/正电子在河外磁场(EGMF)中偏转的结果。利用蒙特卡罗模拟,我们研究了TeV耀变体的GeV波段模拟图像的度标度扩展的光谱和时间特性。我们表明,这种度尺度扩展的亮度分布可以用来推断在过去的1E7年,即在一个时间尺度相当于父活动星系核的寿命的主TeV伽马射线源的光变曲线。这意味着度尺度的喷流类GeV的排放不仅可以在已知的活跃TeV blazar附近检测到,而且可以从“TeV blazar残余物”中检测到,这些残余物的中央发动机在一千万年前关闭。由于GeV "喷流"的亮度分布取决于EGMF的强度和结构,它们的观测提供了关于EGMF的额外信息。

英文摘要:

We show that images of TeV blazars in the GeV energy band should contain, along with point-like sources, degree-scale jet-like extensions. These GeV extensions are the result of electromagnetic cascades initiated by TeV gamma-rays interacting with extragalactic background light and the deflection of the cascade electrons/positrons in extragalactic magnetic fields (EGMF). Using Monte-Carlo simulations, we study the spectral and timing properties of the degree-scale extensions in simulated GeV band images of TeV blazars. We show that the brightness profile of such degree-scale extensions can be used to infer the lightcurve of the primary TeV gamma-ray source over the past 1e7 yr, i.e. over a time scale comparable to the life-time of the parent active galactic nucleus. This implies that the degree-scale jet-like GeV emission could be detected not only near known active TeV blazars, but also from "TeV blazar remnants", whose central engines were switched off up to ten million years ago. Since the brightness profile of the GeV "jets" depends on the strength and the structure of the EGMF, their observation provides additionally information about the EGMF.

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