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通过VHE观测探究活动星系核X射线结的IC/CMB解释

Probing IC/CMB Interpretation for the X-ray knots of AGN through VHE observations

Amal A. Rahman, S. Sahayanathan, Malik Zahoor, P. A Subha

AI总结:

本研究针对活动星系核千秒差距喷流的硬X射线辐射,通过解析方法估算IC/CMB模型参数并外推至甚高能波段,预测了18个X射线结的VHE伽马射线辐射,以供CTAO观测检验。

摘要:

从活动星系核的千秒差距尺度喷流中探测到硬X射线谱(光谱指数<2),无法用负责射电/光学辐射的电子分布的同步辐射机制来解释。其他解释包括宇宙微波背景光子的逆康普顿散射(IC/CMB)或第二电子种群的同步辐射。当X射线辐射被解释为IC/CMB过程时,康普顿谱通常在GeV能量处达到峰值,许多源被预测为Fermi候选源。Fermi未在某些星系中探测到显著伽马射线流量,这不利于高能辐射的IC/CMB解释。我们将此研究扩展到预测由IC/CMB模型产生的甚高能(VHE)伽马射线辐射,该辐射可通过切伦科夫望远镜阵列观测台(CTAO)进行探测。决定宽带光谱能量分布的模型参数使用发射率函数的解析近似进行估算。将辐射模型外推至VHE能量,然后与CTAO灵敏度进行比较。在本研究中,我们选择了18个具有较硬X射线谱的结,这些结曾被建议使用IC/CMB模型解释X射线辐射。

英文摘要:

Detection of hard X-ray spectrum (spectral index < 2) from the kilo-parsec scale jet of active galactic nuclei cannot be accounted to the synchrotron emission mechanism from the electron distribution responsible for the radio/optical emission. Alternate explanations are the inverse Compton scattering of cosmic microwave background photons (IC/CMB) or synchrotron emission from a second electron population. When the X-ray emission is interpreted as IC/CMB process, the Compton spectrum often peaks at GeV energy and many sources were predicted to be the Fermi candidate sources. The absence of significant gamma ray flux from some of these galaxies by Fermi disfavored the IC/CMB interpretation of the high energy emission. We extend this study to predict the very high energy (VHE) gamma ray emission due to IC/CMB model which can be investigated by Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory (CTAO). The model parameters deciding the broadband spectral energy distribution are estimated using analytical approximation of the emissivity functions. The emission model is extrapolated to VHE energy and then compared with the CTAO sensitivity. For this particular study, we have selected 18 knots with harder X-ray spectrum and for which the IC/CMB model for X-ray emission was suggested.

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