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光衰变过程作为VHE光子源的局限性

Limitations on the Photo-disintegration Process as a Source of VHE Photons

Felix Aharonian, Andrew M. Taylor

摘要:

我们考虑是否光致衰变是以往任何时候都能够提供一个有效的机制,从天体物理源的VHE $γ$ -射线发射的生产。我们发现,这个过程的效率总是小于一个因子$A/Z^{2}$($\sim 4/A$)比通过Bethe-Heitler对生产的核冷却。此外,对于光学薄到TeV发射的源,我们发现这个过程的效率可以不超过$3\times 10^{-5}(R_{\rm source}/R_{\rm Larmor})$,其中$R_{\rm source}$是源的大小和$R_{\rm Larmor}$是CR核拉莫尔半径。我们的结论是,这一过程是无法提供一个有效的机制VHE $γ$ -射线发射的天体物理源。

英文摘要:

We consider whether photo-disintegration is ever able to provide an effective mechanism for the production of VHE $γ$-ray emission from astrophysical sources. We find that the efficiency of this process is always smaller by a factor $A/Z^{2}$ ($\sim 4/A$) than that of nuclei cooling through Bethe-Heitler pair-production. Furthermore, for sources optically thin to TeV emission, we find that the efficiency of this process can be no more than $3\times 10^{-5}(R_{\rm source}/R_{\rm Larmor})$, where $R_{\rm source}$ is the source size and $R_{\rm Larmor}$ is the CR nuclei Larmor radius. We conclude that this process is unable to provide an effective mechanism for VHE $γ$-ray emission from astrophysical sources.

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