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利用强星团类星体H1821 +643的Chandra透射光栅光谱对轻类轴粒子的新约束

New constraints on light Axion-Like Particles using Chandra Transmission Grating Spectroscopy of the powerful cluster-hosted quasar H1821+643

Júlia Sisk Reynés, James H. Matthews, Christopher S. Reynolds, Helen R. Russell, Robyn N. Smith, M. C. David Marsh

摘要:

类轴子粒子(Axion-Like Particles,ALP)被几种超越标准模型的理论预言,特别是弦论。在存在垂直于传播方向的外部磁场的情况下,ALP可以耦合到光子。因此,如果通过磁化等离子体观察X射线源,例如星系团中的发光类星体,我们可以预期光子ALP振荡很好地描述了光谱失真。利用$571 \ \mathrm{ks}$结合高、低能透射光栅(HETG/LETG)Chandra对强射电宁静类星体H1821+643进行了观测,该类星体位于红移为$0.3$的冷核星系团中.该光谱由双幂律连续谱和典型的1型活动星系核(AGN)的宽$+$窄铁谱线发射很好地描述,其余的光谱特征为$< 2.5\%$。使用基于细胞的方法来描述湍流集群磁场,我们比较我们的光谱与光子ALP混合曲线为500场实现假设的热磁压力比保持不变的维里半径。在$99.7\%$可信度和使用$β= 100$时,我们排除了大多数ALP肿块$< 10^{-12} \ \mathrm{eV}$的所有耦合$g_\mathrm{aγ} > 6.3 \times 10^{-13} \ {\mathrm{GeV}}^{-1}$。我们的研究结果是适度更敏感的约束ALP比以前最好的结果从钱德拉观测英仙座集群,虽然与一个较少的约束场模型。我们反映了光明的活动星系核嵌入在丰富的集群,特别是与即将到来的雅典娜任务的ALP研究的光明的未来。

英文摘要:

Axion-Like Particles (ALPs) are predicted by several Beyond the Standard Model theories, in particular, string theory. In the presence of an external magnetic field perpendicular to the direction of propagation, ALPs can couple to photons. Therefore, if an X-ray source is viewed through a magnetised plasma, such as a luminous quasar in a galaxy cluster, we may expect spectral distortions that are well described by photon-ALP oscillations. We present a $571 \ \mathrm{ks}$ combined High and Low Energy Transmission Grating (HETG/LETG) Chandra observation of the powerful radio-quiet quasar H1821+643, hosted by a cool-core cluster at redshift $0.3$. The spectrum is well described by a double power-law continuum and broad$+$narrow iron line emission typical of type-1 Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN), with remaining spectral features $< 2.5\%$. Using a cell-based approach to describe the turbulent cluster magnetic field, we compare our spectrum with photon-ALP mixing curves for 500 field realisations assuming that the thermal-to-magnetic pressure ratio remains constant up to the virial radius. At $99.7\%$ credibility and taking $β= 100$, we exclude all couplings $g_\mathrm{aγ} > 6.3 \times 10^{-13} \ {\mathrm{GeV}}^{-1}$ for most ALP masses $< 10^{-12} \ \mathrm{eV}$. Our results are moderately more sensitive to constraining ALPs than the best previous result from Chandra observations of the Perseus cluster, albeit with a less constrained field model. We reflect on the promising future of ALP studies with bright AGN embedded in rich clusters, especially with the upcoming Athena mission.

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