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来自RBS 0970的甚高能量gamma-ray发射

Very High Energy gamma-ray emission from RBS 0970

Anthony M. Brown

摘要:

在这封信中,我报告费米大面积望远镜(LAT)探测到来自BL Lac天体RBS 0970的甚高能(VHE; E>100 GeV)伽马射线发射。5.3年的LAT观测揭示了在RBS 0970的0.1度内存在3个VHE光子事件,随后的未分组似然分析发现RBS 0970是6.5 σ置信水平的VHE光子源。E>1 GeV的通量,以月为单位,并没有显示RBS 0970伴随VHE光子发射的任何通量增亮。然而,对0.1-100 GeV通量的可能性分析,集中在VHE光子的检测上,在28天的周期内进行分组,显示最低能量VHE光子的发射与伽马射线光谱的硬化相吻合。有趣的是,同样的分析在最高能量VHE事件的发射期间没有发现RBS 0970的任何显著的伽马射线发射。RBS 0970作为VHE发射体的发现,结合光谱的变化,表明RBS 0970是一个很好的候选人,后续观测与地面伽玛射线天文台。

英文摘要:

In this letter I report the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) detection of Very High Energy (VHE; E>100 GeV) gamma-ray emission from the BL Lac object RBS 0970. 5.3 years of LAT observations revealed the presence of 3 VHE photon events within 0.1 degrees of RBS 0970, with a subsequent unbinned likelihood analysis finding RBS 0970 to be a source of VHE photons at the 6.5 sigma level of confidence. The E>1 GeV flux, binned in monthly periods, did not indicate any flux brightening of RBS 0970 accompanying the emission of the VHE photons. However, a likelihood analysis of the 0.1-100 GeV flux, binned in 28 day periods centered on detection of the VHE photons, revealed that the emission of the lowest energy VHE photons coincided with a hardening of the gamma-ray spectrum. Interestingly, the same analysis did not find any significant gamma-ray emission from RBS 0970 during the emission of the highest energy VHE event. The discovery of RBS 0970 as a VHE emitter, combined with the spectral variability, suggest RBS 0970 to be a good candidate for follow-up observations with ground-based gamma-ray observatories.

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