Lower bounds are derived on the amplitude B of intergalactic magnetic fields (IGMFs) in the region between Galaxy and the blazar Mrk 421, from constraints on the delayed GeV pair-echo flux that are emitted by secondary e^-e^+ produced in γγinteractions between primary TeV gamma-rays and the cosmic infrared background. The distribution of galaxies mapped by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey shows that this region is dominated by a large intergalactic void. We utilize data from long-term, simultaneous GeV-TeV observations by the Fermi Large Area Telescope and the ARGO-YBJ experiment extending over 850 days. For an assumed value of B, we evaluate the daily GeV pair-echo flux expected from the TeV data, select the dates where this exceeds the Fermi 2-σsensitivity, compute the probability that this flux is excluded by the Fermi data for each date, and then combine the probabilities using the inverse normal method. Consequently, we exclude B < 10^{-20.5} G for a field coherence length of 1 kpc at 4- σlevel, as long as plasma instabilities are unimportant for cooling of the pair beam. This is much more significant than the 2-σbounds we obtained previously from observations of Mrk 501, by virtue of more extensive data from the ARGO-YBJ, as well as improved statistical analysis. Compared with most other studies of IGMF bounds, the evidence we present here for a non-zero IGMF is more robust as it does not rely on unproven assumptions on the primary TeV emission during unobserved periods.
Constraints on the intergalactic magnetic field from Fermi-LAT observations of GRB 221009A
University of Hamburg(汉堡大学);Kirchhoff-Institute for Physics, Heidelberg University(海德堡大学基尔霍夫物理研究所);INAF – Osservatorio di Astrofisica e Scienza dello Spazio di Bologna(博洛尼亚天文物理与空间科学国家研究所);Universitá di Trieste(的里雅斯特大学);Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Trieste(意大利国家核物理研究所的里雅斯特分部)
通过GRB 221009A的观测,研究利用费米- LAT数据对星际磁场进行限制,得出B < 2.5 x 10^{-17} G的约束。
Turbulent Transport of Galactic Magnetic Fields into Cosmic Voids: Insights from IllustrisTNG
Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University(名古屋大学大学院理学研究科);Kobayashi-Maskawa Institute for the Origin of Particles and the Universe, Nagoya University(名古屋大学小林-益川粒子宇宙起源研究所);Institute for Advanced Research, Nagoya University(名古屋大学高等研究院)
Pair echo model of CTAO/LST-1 signal from GRB 221009A
Université Paris Cité(巴黎西岱大学);CNRS, Astroparticule et Cosmologie(法国国家科学研究中心,亚原子粒子与宇宙学);Laboratory of Astrophysics, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne(洛桑联邦理工学院天体物理学实验室);Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, The University of Tokyo(东京大学宇宙射线研究所);Université Paris-Saclay(巴黎萨克雷大学);CEA, CNRS, AIM(法国原子能委员会,法国国家科学研究中心,天体物理学与分子生物学研究所);Gran Sasso Science Institute(格兰萨索科学研究所);Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Sez. Padova(意大利国家核物理研究所,帕多瓦分部);INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera(意大利国家天体物理研究所,布雷拉天文台)
Magnetic field spreading from stellar and galactic dynamos into the exterior
Nordita, KTH Royal Institute of Technology and Stockholm University(诺迪塔,皇家理工学院和斯德哥尔摩大学);The Oskar Klein Centre, Department of Astronomy, Stockholm University(奥斯卡·克莱因中心,天文学系,斯德哥尔摩大学);McWilliams Center for Cosmology & Department of Physics, Carnegie Mellon University(麦克威廉斯宇宙学中心与物理系,卡内基梅隆大学);School of Natural Sciences and Medicine, Ilia State University(自然科学与医学院,伊利亚州立大学);Oskar Klein Centre for Cosmoparticle Physics, Department of Physics, Stockholm University(宇宙粒子物理学奥斯卡·克莱因中心,物理系,斯德哥尔摩大学);Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Universita di Bologna(物理与天文系,博洛尼亚大学);INAF Istituto di Radioastronomia(意大利国家天体物理研究所射电天文台);Université Paris Cité, CNRS, Astroparticule et Cosmologie(巴黎西岱大学,法国国家科学研究中心,亚原子物理与宇宙学);Laboratory of Astrophysics, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne(天体物理学实验室,洛桑联邦理工学院)