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2010年1月和2月用MAXI探测到的BL Lac天体Mrk 421的明亮X射线耀斑

Bright X-ray flares from the BL Lac object Mrk 421, detected with MAXI in 2010 January and February

Naoki Isobe, Kousuke Sugimori, Nobuyuki Kawai, Yoshihiro Ueda, Hitoshi Negoro, Mutsumi Sugizaki, Masaru Matsuoka, Arata Daikyuji, Satoshi Eguchi, Kazuo Hiroi, M… 展开作者

Naoki Isobe, Kousuke Sugimori, Nobuyuki Kawai, Yoshihiro Ueda, Hitoshi Negoro, Mutsumi Sugizaki, Masaru Matsuoka, Arata Daikyuji, Satoshi Eguchi, Kazuo Hiroi, Masaki Ishikawa, Ryoji Ishiwata, Kazuyoshi Kawasaki, Masashi Kimura, Mitsuhiro Kohama, Tatehiro Mihara, Sho Miyoshi, Mikio Morii, Yujin E. Nakagawa, Satoshi Nakahira, Motoki Nakajima, Hiroshi Ozawa, Tetsuya Sootome, Motoko Suzuki, Hiroshi Tomida, Hiroshi Tsunemi, Shiro Ueno, Takayuki Yamamoto, Kazutaka Yamaoka, Atsumasa Yoshida, the MAXI team

摘要:

2010年1月和2月,通过MAXI GSC的7个月监测,发现了来自blazar Mrk 421的强X射线耀斑。在1月和2月的耀斑中,测量到的最大2 - 10 keV通量分别为120 +- 10 mCrab和164 +- 17 mCrab,后者是该天体报告的最高通量。MAXI和Swift BAT数据的比较表明,凸X射线光谱的近似光子指数约为2。这个光谱与MAXI在同步加速器峰值频率附近观察到的图像一致。在这些耀斑期间,源表现出光谱变化,与以前的观测略有不同,其中流量和硬度之间的正相关性被广泛报道。通过将1月耀斑中的减半衰变时间尺度$t_{\rm d} \sim 2.5 \times 10^{4}$ s与同步加速器冷却时间相等,磁场被评估为B = 0.045 G $(δ/10)^{-1/3}$,其中$δ$是喷流聚束因子。假设发射区域的光交叉时间短于倍增上升时间$t_{\rm r} \lesssim 2 \times 10^{4}$ s,则区域尺寸粗略估计为$ R < 6 \times 10^{15}$ cm $(δ/10)$。这些数值与先前报告的数值一致。对于二月的耀斑,上升时间$t_{\rm r} < 1.3 \times 10^{5}$ s给出了一个宽松的上限大小为$ R < 4 \times 10^{16}$ cm $(δ/10)$,尽管较长的衰减时间$t_{\rm d} \sim 1.4 \times 10^{5}$ s表明B = 0.015 G $(δ/10)^{-1/3}$,这比以前的结果弱。这可以通过调用一个场景来协调,即该爆发是具有较短时间尺度的未解决事件的叠加。

英文摘要:

Strong X-ray flares from the blazar Mrk 421 were detected in 2010 January and February through the 7 month monitoring with the MAXI GSC. The maximum 2 -- 10 keV flux in the January and February flares was measured as 120 +- 10 mCrab and 164 +- 17 mCrab respectively; the latter is the highest among those reported from the object. A comparison of the MAXI and Swift BAT data suggests a convex X-ray spectrum with an approximated photon index of about 2. This spectrum is consistent with a picture that MAXI is observing near the synchrotron peak frequency. The source exhibited a spectral variation during these flares, slightly different from those in the previous observations, in which the positive correlation between the flux and hardness was widely reported. By equating the halving decay timescale in the January flare, $t_{\rm d} \sim 2.5 \times 10^{4}$ s, to the synchrotron cooling time, the magnetic field was evaluated as B = 0.045 G $(δ/10)^{-1/3}$, where $δ$ is the jet beaming factor. Assuming that the light crossing time of the emission region is shorter than the doubling rise time, $t_{\rm r} \lesssim 2 \times 10^{4}$ s, the region size was roughly estimated as $ R < 6 \times 10^{15}$ cm $(δ/10)$. These are consistent with the values previously reported. For the February flare, the rise time, $t_{\rm r} < 1.3 \times 10^{5}$ s, gives a loose upper limit on the size as $ R < 4 \times 10^{16}$ cm $(δ/10)$, although the longer decay time $t_{\rm d} \sim 1.4 \times 10^{5}$ s, indicates B = 0.015 G $(δ/10)^{-1/3}$, which is weaker than the previous results. This could be reconciled by invoking a scenario that this flare is a superposition of unresolved events with a shorter timescale.

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