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arXiv 1209.2291astro-ph.HE
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Blazar中的“平坦”宽线区和gamma-ray吸收

"Flat" broad line region and gamma-ray absorption in blazars

F. Tavecchio, G. Ghisellini

摘要:

研究了宽线区(BLR)的几何形状对平坦谱射电类星体(FSRQ)相对论性喷流中γ射线通过γγ \rightarrow e^{ \pm }过程的预期吸收的影响.我们认为“平”(或“盘”)BLR模型,并使用BLR光谱计算的光电离代码云,已经用于调查的发射和吸收的高能量光子FSRQ。我们描述了不同吸积盘光度、BLR孔径角(α,从赤道面测量)和高能光子初始注入八分之一$R_{\rm o}$时,过程的能量依赖光学深度τ(E)。我们特别研究了这些参数的变化如何影响在GeV能量的光谱断裂,预测如果发射发生在BLR。我们发现了断裂能和断裂后斜率之间的明确关系,两者都由α唯一确定。我们最终发现,即使是一个相当盘状的BLR(α \sim 25^ \circ)对应于重要的吸收(τ>1)的光子超过几十个GeV的BLR内产生的。因此,我们得出结论,从FSRQs检测到的VHE发射发生在BLR之外。

英文摘要:

We study the impact of the geometry of the broad line region (BLR) on the expected absorption, through the γγ\rightarrow e^{\pm} process, of gamma rays produced in the relativistic jet of flat spectrum radio quasars (FSRQ). We consider "flat" (or "disky") BLR models, and use BLR spectra calculated with the photoionization code CLOUDY, already used to investigate the emission and the absorption of high-energy photons in FSRQ. We characterize the energy-dependent optical depth of the process, τ(E), for different accretion disk luminosities, aperture angles of the BLR (α, as measured from the equatorial plane), and initial injection eighths of the high-energy photons, $R_{\rm o}$. We study in particular how the change of these parameters influences the spectral break at GeV energies, predicted if the emission occurs within the BLR. We found a well defined relation between the break energy and the post-break slope, both uniquely determined by α. We finally find that even a rather disk-like BLR (α\sim 25^\circ) corresponds to important absorption (τ>1) of photons above few tens of GeV produced within the BLR. We therefore conclude that the VHE emission detected from FSRQs occurs beyond the BLR.

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