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天鹅座A射电叶非热X射线发射的证据

Evidence of non-thermal X-ray emission from radio lobes of Cygnus A

Y. Yaji, M. S. Tashiro, N. Isobe, M. Kino, K. Asada, H. Nagai, S. Koyama, M. Kusunose

摘要:

利用深钱德拉ACIS观测数据的天鹅座A,我们报告的非热X射线发射的证据,从无线电波瓣周围的丰富的集群内介质(ICM)。在0.7- 7 keV Chandra$ ACIS图像上观测到了与东西射电瓣有关的弥散X射线发射。波瓣光谱再现不仅是一个单一的温度Mekal模型,如周围的ICM组件,但也有一个额外的幂律(PL)模型。在1 keV下,东、西瓣PL分量的X射线通量密度分别为77.7^{+28.9}-31.9} nJy和52.4^{+42.9}-42.4} nJy,光子指数分别为1.69^{+0.07}-0.13}和1.84^{+2.90}-0.12}。非热成分被认为是通过逆康普顿(IC)过程产生的,这在射电瓣的X射线发射中经常看到。通过对射电观测数据的重新分析,多波长谱强有力地表明,IC X射线的种子光子源既包括宇宙微波背景辐射,也包括来自波瓣的同步辐射。导出的参数表明,在丰富的ICM环境下,天鹅座A叶的电子能量密度的磁场能量密度显着的优势。

英文摘要:

Using deep Chandra ACIS observation data for Cygnus A, we report evidence of non-thermal X-ray emission from radio lobes surrounded by a rich intra-cluster medium (ICM). The diffuse X-ray emission, which are associated with the eastern and western radio lobes, were observed in a 0.7--7 keV Chandra$ ACIS image. The lobe spectra are reproduced with not only a single-temperature Mekal model, such as that of the surrounding ICM component, but also an additional power-law (PL) model. The X-ray flux densities of PL components for the eastern and western lobes at 1 keV are derived as 77.7^{+28.9}_{-31.9} nJy and 52.4^{+42.9}_{-42.4} nJy, respectively, and the photon indices are 1.69^{+0.07}_{-0.13} and 1.84^{+2.90}_{-0.12}, respectively. The non-thermal component is considered to be produced via the inverse Compton (IC) process, as is often seen in the X-ray emission from radio lobes. From a re-analysis of radio observation data, the multiwavelength spectra strongly suggest that the seed photon source of the IC X-rays includes both cosmic microwave background radiation and synchrotron radiation from the lobes. The derived parameters indicate significant dominance of the electron energy density over the magnetic field energy density in the Cygnus A lobes under the rich ICM environment.

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