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arXiv 2006.09254astro-ph.HEastro-ph.CO
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射电小晕中射电和X射线的联系:强子模型的意义

Radio and X-ray connection in radio mini-halos: implications for hadronic models

Alessandro Ignesti, Gianfranco Brunetti, Myriam Gitti, Simona Giacintucci

摘要:

在松弛星系团中观测到的射电微晕(MH)探测了数百kpc尺度上的相对论粒子的存在,超出了中央活动星系核直接影响的尺度,但产生相对论电子的机制的性质仍然存在争议。在这项工作中,我们探讨了在MH样品的ICM的热和非热组件之间的连接,我们研究了它的相对论电子的起源强子模型的影响。通过对射电和X射线表面亮度的逐点比较,研究了热与非热的联系。我们通过考虑蒙特卡罗链随机产生的网格的影响,扩展了通常应用于巨射电晕的方法。与通常观察到的巨型射电晕相反,我们发现我们样品中的迷你晕在射电和X射线之间具有超线性标度,这表明相对论电子和磁场的峰值分布。我们使用无线电和X射线的相关性来约束强子模型的物理参数,我们比较了模型的预测与当前的观察。具体来说,我们专注于一个模型,其中宇宙射线注入的中央活动星系核,他们产生的ICM的二次电子,我们假设的作用,湍流再加速是可以忽略不计的。这个模型允许我们把活动星系核的宇宙线亮度限制在$\sim10^{44-46}$ erg s $^{-1}$,中心磁场限制在10-40 $μ$ G.假设这些模型参数计算得到的$γ$射线通量不违反费米-LAT望远镜设定的$γ$射线漫发射上限。现在需要进一步的研究来探索这些大磁场与法拉第旋转研究的一致性,并研究次级电子和ICM湍流之间的相互作用。

英文摘要:

The radio mini halos (MH) observed in relaxed clusters probe the presence of relativistic particles on scales of hundreds of kpc, beyond the scales directly influenced by the central AGN, but the nature of the mechanism that produces the relativistic electrons is still debated. In this work we explore the connection between thermal and non-thermal components of the ICM in a sample of MH and we study its implications for hadronic models for the origin of the relativistic electrons. We studied the thermal and non-thermal connection by carrying out a point-to-point comparison of the radio and the X-ray surface brightness. We extended the method generally applied to giant radio halos by considering the effects of a grid randomly generated through a Monte Carlo chain. Contrary to what is generally observed for giant radio halos, we find that the mini-halos in our sample have super-linear scaling between radio and X-rays, which suggests a peaked distribution of relativistic electrons and magnetic field. We used the radio and X-ray correlation to constrain the physical parameters of a hadronic model and we compared the model predictions with current observations. Specifically, we focus on a model where cosmic rays are injected by the central AGN and they generate secondaries in the ICM, and we assume that the role of turbulent re-acceleration is negligible. This model allows us to constrain the AGN cosmic ray luminosity in the range $\sim10^{44-46}$ erg s$^{-1}$ and the central magnetic field in the range 10-40 $μ$G. The resulting $γ$-ray fluxes calculated assuming these model parameters do not violate the upper limits on $γ$-ray diffuse emission set by the Fermi-LAT telescope. Further studies are now required to explore the consistency of these large magnetic fields with Faraday rotation studies and to study the interplay between the secondary electrons and the ICM turbulence.

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