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arXiv 2005.00300astro-ph.GAastro-ph.HE
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中微子耀变体TXS ~0506+056的秒差距尺度喷流

The parsec-scale jet of the neutrino-emitting blazar TXS~0506+056

Xiaofeng Li, Tao An, Prashanth Mohan, Marcello Giroletti

摘要:

最近,冰立方合作探测到了甚高能量(VHE)中微子,并将它们与耀变体\txs{}联系起来,提出了VHE中微子与这个和其他单个耀变体的可能联系。甚长基线干涉测量(VLBI)是迄今为止唯一能够以毫弧秒分辨率(秒差距尺度)成像最内部喷流的技术,高能发射可能来自于此。在这里,我们报告的无线电特性的秒差距尺度喷流在\txs{}来自多历元多频VLBI档案数据的分析。射流束的半张角约为3.8 \degr,射流倾斜角约为20 \degr。整个喷流结构呈螺旋形轨迹,进动周期为5- 6年,可能源于秒差距尺度的不稳定性。计算的聚束参数(多普勒增强因子,体洛伦兹因子)建议适度的相对论性喷流。pc尺度的磁场强度估计的背景下,核心的移动和变化,并在0.2 - 0.7 G的范围内,在一般协议。在耀斑爆发前的平静期,它从一个相对较大的值开始下降。这表明磁场能量密度到粒子能量密度的转换有助于在射流底部加速注入的粒子并导致可变的冲击发射。中微子事件可能与高能粒子注入喷流的开始有关。这种情况下,然后支持的VHE中微子和$γ$射线发射由于一个共同的空间起源的lepto-hadronic起源。

英文摘要:

Recently the IceCube collaboration detected very high energy (VHE) neutrinos and associated them with the blazar \txs{}, raising a possible association of VHE neutrinos with this and other individual blazars. Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) is so far the only technique enabling the imaging of the innermost jet at milli-arcsec resolution (parsec scale), where the high energy emission possibly originates from. Here, we report on the radio properties of the parsec scale jet in \txs{} derived from the analysis of multi-epoch multi-frequency archive VLBI data. The half opening angle of the jet beam is about 3.8\degr, and the jet inclination angle is about 20\degr. The overall jet structure shows a helical trajectory with a precessing period of 5--6 years, likely originating from instabilities operating at parsec scales. The calculated beaming parameters (Doppler boosting factor, bulk Lorentz factor) suggest a moderately relativistic jet. The pc-scale magnetic field strength is estimated in the contexts of core-shift and variability, and is in general agreement in the range of 0.2 - 0.7 G. And it is found to decrease from a relatively larger value during the quiescent period before the ongoing flare. This suggests a conversion of magnetic field energy density to particle energy density that help accelerate injected particles at the jet base and result in variable shocked emission. The neutrino event could be associated with the onset of energetic particle injection into the jet. This scenario then supports the lepto-hadronic origin of the VHE neutrinos and $γ$-ray emission owing to a co-spatial origin.

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