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Blazar的费米观测:对Gamma-ray产生的启示

Fermi Observations of Blazars: Implications for Gamma-ray Production

Juri Poutanen, Boris E. Stern

摘要:

费米伽马射线太空望远镜大面积望远镜(Fermi/LAT)探测到的最明亮的耀变体在几个GeV的光谱中显示出显着的断裂。通过在宽线区(BLR)产生的He Ⅱ和H Ⅰ莱曼复合连续体(LyC)上产生光子-光子对,吸收$γ$ -射线,可以很好地再现断裂的锐度和位置。使用138周的LAT观测最明亮的GeV blazar 3C 454.3,我们发现了一个幂律依赖的峰值能量的流量和发现流量和反相关的He ii LyC的柱密度,这是负责吸收的>2.5 GeV的光子在这个对象。吸收的强度和可变性意味着γ射线发射区的位置接近BLR的高电离部分的边界,并在流量增加时远离黑洞。GeV的突破与TeV范围内的一些强大的耀变体的检测相结合,对BLR的大小提出了强有力的限制。在~100和~400 GeV处,由于巴耳末线和帕邢线的吸收,切伦科夫望远镜阵列可以探测到额外的光谱断裂。

英文摘要:

The brightest blazars detected by the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope Large Area Telescope (Fermi/LAT) show significant breaks in their spectra at a few GeV. The sharpness and the position of the breaks can be well reproduced by absorption of $γ$-rays via photon--photon pair production on He ii and H i Lyman recombination continua (LyC) produced in the broad-line region (BLR). Using 138 weeks of LAT observations of the brightest GeV blazar 3C 454.3 we find a power-law dependence of the peak energy on flux and discover anti-correlation between flux and the column density of the He ii LyC which is responsible for absorption of the >2.5 GeV photons in this object. The strength and the variability of the absorption implies the location of the gamma-ray emitting zone close to the boundary of the high-ionization part of the BLR and moving away from the black hole when the flux increases. A combination of the GeV breaks with the detection of a few powerful blazars in the TeV range puts strong constraints on the BLR size. Additional spectral breaks at ~100 and ~400 GeV due to absorption by the Balmer and Paschen lines could be detected by the Cherenkov Telescope Array.

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