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河外磁场中星系际Gamma-Ray级联的半解析模型

Semi-Analytic Model for Intergalactic Gamma-Ray Cascades in Extragalactic Magnetic Fields

H. Huan, T. Weisgarber

摘要:

由河外源(如耀变体)发射的初级伽马射线将在星系际空间产生电磁级联。这些级联通过电子-正电子对的产生和宇宙背景辐射的逆康普顿散射进行,主要是宇宙微波背景(CMB)和河外背景光(EBL)场。河外磁场(EGMF)的存在可能会使电子-正电子对的轨道发生偏转,并散射级联光子,可能会在源周围产生晕圈,同时抑制探测器收集的级联通量。我们开发了一个半解析模型的级联过程,并将其应用于结合GeV-TeV的数据,从费米大面积望远镜(LAT)和地面切伦科夫望远镜的高频峰值Bl Lacertae对象(HBLs),比较观测结果与模型预测使用一个强大的统计框架。下限与不同的置信水平的EGMF来自这个过程中的场强进行了讨论,在各种假设下的源寿命。

英文摘要:

Primary gamma rays emitted by extragalactic sources, such as blazars, will generate electromagnetic cascades in intergalactic space. These cascades proceed via electron-positron pair production and inverse Compton scattering on cosmic background radiation, mainly the cosmic microwave background (CMB) and extragalactic background light (EBL) fields. The existence of an extragalactic magnetic field (EGMF) could deflect electron-positron pair trajectories and scatter the cascade photons, possibly creating a halo around the source while suppressing the cascade flux collected by a detector. We develop a semi-analytic model for the cascade process and apply it to combine GeV-TeV data on high-frequency-peaked Bl Lacertae objects (HBLs) from the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) and ground-based Cherenkov telescopes, comparing observation results with model predictions using a robust statistical framework. Lower limits with different confidence levels on the field strength of the EGMF derived from this procedure are discussed under various assumptions about the source livetime.

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