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kpc尺度AGN喷流的γ射线缺失:IC/CMB模型的检验

Missing Gamma-Rays from kpc-scale AGN Jets: A Test of the IC/CMB Model

Eileen T. Meyer, Markos Georganopoulos, William B. Sparks, Leith Godfrey, Eric Perlman

摘要:

在强大的类星体喷流中,X射线发射的物理起源一直是一个长期存在的谜团。虽然这些喷流在亚pc尺度上开始时是高度相对论性的流动,但我们没有任何直接测量它们在kpc尺度上的速度,在kpc尺度上,距离核心的巨大距离需要原位粒子加速。如果喷流在kpc尺度上保持高度相对论性,那么X射线可能是由于CMB光子的逆康普顿上散射。然而,IC/CMB的解释预测了高水平的伽马射线发射,这应该是费米/LAT检测。我们已经搜索并排除了这种发射在一个高水平的显着性为众所周知的源3C 273和PKS 0637-752,这表明X射线是同步加速器,虽然未知的来源。费米最近的这些结果也表明,在强大的类星体中,kpc尺度的喷流比IC/CMB模型假设的要慢得多。我将讨论这些发现对强大类星体的能量和辐射输出的惊人影响,以及它们对环境的影响。

英文摘要:

The physical origin of the X-ray emission in powerful quasar jets has been a long-standing mystery. Though these jets start out on the sub-pc scale as highly relativistic flows, we do not have any direct measurement of their speeds on the kpc scale, where the vast distances from the core necessitate in situ particle acceleration. If the jets remain highly relativistic on kpc scales, then the X-rays could be due to inverse-Compton upscattering of CMB photons. However, the IC/CMB explanation predicts a high level of gamma-ray emission, which should be detectible by the Fermi/LAT. We have searched for and ruled out this emission at a high level of significance for the well-known sources 3C 273 and PKS 0637-752, suggesting the X-rays are synchrotron, though of unknown origin. These recent results with Fermi also suggest that the kpc-scale jets in powerful quasars are significantly slower than have been presumed under the IC/CMB model. I will discuss the surprising implications of these findings for the energetics and radiative output of powerful quasars as well as their impact on their environment.

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