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Blazar Mrk 421长期GeV-TeV光变曲线的星系际空洞磁场下限

Lower Bounds on Magnetic Fields in Intergalactic Voids from Long-Term GeV-TeV Light Curves of the Blazar Mrk 421

Keitaro Takahashi, Masaki Mori, Kiyotomo Ichiki, Susumu Inoue, Hajime Takami

摘要:

从TeV γ射线与宇宙红外背景的γγ相互作用中产生的次级e^-e^+辐射的延迟GeV对回波通量的约束条件出发,导出了银河系与耀变体Mrk 421之间区域星系际磁场(IGMF)振幅B的下限。斯隆数字巡天绘制的星系分布图显示,这一区域主要是一个巨大的星系间空洞。我们利用的数据,从长期的,同时GeV-TeV的观测费米大面积望远镜和ARGO-YBJ实验延长超过850天。对于一个假设的B值,我们评估TeV数据中预期的每日GeV对回波通量,选择超过费米2-σ灵敏度的日期,计算每个日期的费米数据排除该通量的概率,然后使用逆正态方法组合概率。因此,只要等离子体不稳定性对电子对的冷却并不重要,那么在4- σ能级上,当场相干长度为1 kpc时,我们排除了B < 10^{-20.5} G的可能性。这比我们以前从Mrk 501的观测中获得的2-σ界限要重要得多,这是由于ARGO-YBJ的更广泛的数据以及改进的统计分析。与大多数其他IGMF界限的研究相比,我们在这里提出的非零IGMF的证据是更强大的,因为它不依赖于未经证实的假设在未观测期间的主要TeV排放。

英文摘要:

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.

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