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平谱射电类星体的gamma-ray耀斑之间的等待时间和对发射过程的约束

Waiting times between gamma-ray flares of Flat Spectrum Radio Quasars, and constraints on emission processes

Luigi Pacciani

摘要:

负责伽马射线耀斑活动的物理场景及其平谱射电类星体的位置仍然存在争议。研究耀斑间等待时间(连续活动峰之间的时间间隔)的统计分布可以提供有关耀斑时间分布的信息,并约束γ射线发射的物理机制。我们采用扫描统计驱动聚类方法(iSRS)来识别FERMI-LAT数据中的耀斑状态,并确定活动峰的时间。结果如下:耀斑等待时间可用泊松过程描述,它由一组重叠的耀斑爆发组成,平均爆发持续时间约为0.6年,平均爆发率为1.3/年。对于低于1d主机帧的等待时间,我们发现了一个重要的相关第二人口,快速组件,主要来自CTA 102数据。CTA 102的快速分量的显著检测周期与Jorstad等人(2017); Casadio等人(2019)报告的无线电中超光速K1特征与C1固定特征的交叉时间一致。结论:为了使Jorstad等人(2017); Casadio等人(2019)提出的机制与爆发活动相一致,我们必须假设等离子体流的典型长度约为2 pc(在流参考系中)到达爆发激波。否则,等待时间的分布可以解释为起源于相对论等离子体沿着喷流移动约30- 50秒差距(假设洛伦兹因子=10),偶尔产生伽马射线耀斑。在磁场重联情况下,重联事件或等离子体注入重联部位应该是间歇性的。仅在少数有利的情况下可以分辨单个胞浆团(Christie等人,2019年);他们可以负责快速组件。

英文摘要:

The physical scenario responsible for gamma-ray flaring activity and its location for Flat Spectrum Radio Quasars is still debated. The study of the statistical distribution of waiting-times between flares (the time intervals between consecutive activity peaks) can give information on the distribution of flaring times, and constrain the physical mechanism responsible for gamma-ray emission. We adopt here a Scan-Statistic driven clustering method (iSRS) to recognize flaring states within the FERMI-LAT data, and identify the time of activity-peaks. Results: Flares waiting times can be described with a poissonian process, consisting of a set of overlapping bursts of flares, with an average burst duration of about 0.6 year, and average rate of 1.3/y . For waiting times below 1d host-frame we found a statistically-relevant second population, the fast-component, mainly from CTA 102 data. The period of conspicuous detection of the fast component for CTA 102 coincides with the crossing-time of the superluminal K1 feature with the C1 stationary feature in radio reported in Jorstad et al. (2017); Casadio et al. (2019). Conclusions: To reconcile the mechanism proposed in Jorstad et al. (2017); Casadio et al. (2019) with the bursting-activity, we have to assume that plasma streams with a typical length of about 2pc (in the stream reference-frame) reach the recollimation-shock. Otherwise, the distribution of waiting-times can be interpreted as originating from relativistic-plasma moving along the jet for a deprojected length of about 30-50pc (assuming a Lorentz-factor=10), that sporadically produces gamma-ray flares. In magnetic-reconnection scenario, reconnection events or plasma injection to the reconnection-sites should be intermittent. Individual plasmoids can be resolved in a few favourable cases only (Christie et al., 2019); they could be responsible for the fast component.

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