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从Markarian 421的X射线耀斑发现高置信度软滞后

Discovery of a high confidence soft lag from an X-ray flare of Markarian 421

You-Hong Zhang, Zheng-Tian Hou, Li Shao, Peng Zhang

摘要:

利用2005年11月9-10日进行的60 ks长的XMM-牛顿观测,给出了X射线和TeV亮耀变体Mrk 421的X射线变率特性。源经历了一个明显的耀斑,其中带间的时间滞后确定了一个非常高的置信水平。软(0.6-0.8 keV)X射线变化滞后硬(4-10 keV)变化1.09 ks,并且软滞后随光子能量差的增加而增加。与能量相关的软滞后可以很好地拟合为导致观测到的X射线发射的相对论电子分布的与能量相关的冷却时标之差,这将发射区的磁场强度和多普勒因子限制在Bδ^(1/3)~1.78 Gauss。

英文摘要:

We present the X-ray variability properties of the X-ray and TeV bright blazar Mrk 421 with a ~60 ks long XMM-Newton observation performed on November 9-10, 2005. The source experienced a pronounced flare, of which the inter-band time lags were determined with a very high confidence level. The soft (0.6-0.8 keV) X-ray variations lagged the hard (4-10 keV) ones by 1.09 ks, and the soft lag increases with increasing difference in the photon energy. The energy-dependent soft lags can be well fitted with the difference of the energy-dependent cooling timescales of the relativistic electron distribution responsible for the observed X-ray emission, which constrains the magnetic field strength and Doppler factor of the emitting region to be Bδ^(1/3)~1.78 Gauss.

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