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由费米LAT观测到的M31星系周围的Gamma-ray晕

Gamma-ray halo around the M31 galaxy as seen by the Fermi LAT

M. S. Pshirkov, V. V. Vasiliev, K. A. Postnov

摘要:

星系形成理论预言了旋涡星系周围存在扩展的气体晕。如果在距离星系几十kpc的地方有10-100 nG的磁场,那么也可能存在扩展星系宇宙线(CR)晕。银河系的CR可以与稀薄的热晕气体相互作用,产生可观测到的伽马射线。我们已经在M31星系周围进行了伽马射线晕的搜索-M31星系是最近的大型螺旋星系。我们对近7年的费米LAT数据的分析揭示了M31周围存在空间扩展的漫发射过剩。数据可以用最简单的均匀亮圆形态拟合。对于光子通量为$\sim (3.2\pm1.0)\times 10^{-9} ~\mathrm{cm^{-2}s^{-1}}$、光度为$(4.0\pm1.5)\times 10^{38} ~\mathrm{erg~s^{-1}}$、能量范围为0.3- 100 GeV的$0.9^{\circ}$晕(12 kpc),最佳拟合值为4.7 $σ$。我们的结果还暗示了来自M31星系$(3.3 \pm 1.0) \times 10^{-10}~\mathrm{cm^{-2}s^{-1}}$盘的低水平的通量。相应的伽马射线光度$5\times10^{37} ~\mathrm{erg~s^{-1}}$比银河系的光度小好几倍。这种差异可以用M31较低的恒星形成率来解释:CR较少,ISM湍流水平较低,这反过来又导致CR包含时间较短。

英文摘要:

Theories of galaxy formation predict the existence of extended gas halo around spiral galaxies. If there are 10-100 nG magnetic fields at several ten kpc distances from the galaxies, extended galactic cosmic ray (CR) haloes could also exist. Galactic CRs can interact with the tenuous hot halo gas to produce observable gamma-rays. We have performed search for a gamma-ray halo around the M31 galaxy -- the closest large spiral galaxy. Our analysis of almost 7 years of the Fermi LAT data revealed the presence of a spatially extended diffuse emission excess around M31. The data can be fitted using the simplest morphology of a uniformly bright circle. The best fit gave a 4.7$σ$ significance for a $0.9^{\circ}$ (12 kpc) halo with a photon flux of $\sim (3.2\pm1.0)\times 10^{-9} ~\mathrm{cm^{-2}s^{-1}}$ and a luminosity of $(4.0\pm1.5)\times 10^{38} ~\mathrm{erg~s^{-1}}$ in the energy range 0.3--100 GeV. Our results also imply a low level of the flux from the disc of the M31 galaxy $(3.3 \pm 1.0) \times 10^{-10}~\mathrm{cm^{-2}s^{-1}}$. The corresponding gamma-ray luminosity, $5\times10^{37} ~\mathrm{erg~s^{-1}}$ is several times smaller than the luminosity of the Milky Way. This difference could be explained by a lower star formation rate in M31: there are less CRs and the level of the ISM turbulence is lower, which in turn leads to a shorter time of CR containment.

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