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闪耀耀变体PKS 1222+216的gamma-ray发射的起源

On the origin of the gamma-ray emission from the flaring blazar PKS 1222+216

F. Tavecchio, J. Becerra-Gonzalez, G. Ghisellini, A. Stamerra, G. Bonnoli, L. Foschini, L. Maraschi

摘要:

平谱射电类星体PKS 1222+216是在费米望远镜上的LAT发出警报后,在一个高度活跃的伽马射线阶段,由MAGIC在非常高能量的伽马射线波段探测到的。其相对较硬的光谱没有截止,加上观察到的时间尺度上的变化约10分钟的挑战标准的排放模型。如果发射起源于位于BLR内部的相对论性喷流的一部分,由于对产生过程,预计会严重吸收几十GeV以上的伽马射线。这些观测结果表明,存在一个非常紧凑的(R_b ~5 x 10^{14} cm)和非常快的斑点,位于BLR半径之外,负责快速变化的高能量通量。然而,LAT记录的GeV通量的长期(天-周)相干演化表明,也可能有来自另一个更大的发射区的实质性贡献。我们模拟了PKS 1222+216在MAGIC探测时期的光谱能量分布,假设了三种不同的情况:(1)一个区域模型,只考虑来自BLR外部的紧凑斑点的发射;(2)考虑紧凑的斑点加上位于BLR外部的填充整个射流横截面的发射区域的两区模型和(3)一个两区模型与BLR内的射流发射区。我们发现,在所有的情况下,从紧凑的斑点的高能量发射占主导地位的逆康普顿散射的红外热辐射的尘埃环面。这两个区域都是物质主导的,坡印廷通量可以忽略不计。这些结果不利于模型,其中紧凑的斑点是重联事件内的喷射或“针”的高能电子的结果。相反,观测框架和我们的辐射模型可以与射流重新准直并集中在距离中央BH很远的地方的情况兼容。

英文摘要:

The flat spectrum radio quasar PKS 1222+216 was detected in the very high energy gamma-ray band by MAGIC during a highly active gamma-ray phase following an alert by the LAT onboard Fermi. Its relatively hard spectrum without a cut off, together with the observed variability on timescale of ~10 min challenges standard emission models. If the emission originates in a portion of the relativistic jet located inside the BLR, severe absorption of gamma rays above few tens of GeV is expected due to the pair production process. These observations imply the existence of a very compact (R_b ~5 x 10^{14} cm) and very fast blob located far beyond the BLR radius, responsible for the rapidly varying high energy flux. However the long term (days-weeks) coherent evolution of the GeV flux recorded by LAT indicates that there could be also the substantial contribution from another larger emission region. We model the spectral energy distribution of PKS 1222+216 during the epoch of the MAGIC detection assuming three different scenarios,: (1) a one-zone model considering only the emission from a compact blob outside the BLR; (2) a two-zone model considering the compact blob plus an emitting region filling the whole jet cross-section located outside the BLR and (3) a two zone model with the jet emitting region inside the BLR. We find that in all cases the high-energy emission from the compact blob is dominated by the inverse Compton scattering of the IR thermal radiation of the dusty torus. Both regions are matter dominated, with a negligible Poynting flux. These results disfavor models in which the compact blob is the result of reconnection events inside the jet or "needles" of high-energy electrons. Instead, the observational framework and our radiative models could be compatible with scenarios in which the jet is re-collimated and focussed at large distances from the central BH.

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