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H.E.S.S. 与 Fermi-LAT 重新观测星暴星系 NGC 253

高能天体物理现象 2018-09-26 v1

摘要

(节选)背景。NGC 253 是迄今为止发现的仅有的两个从数百 MeV 到多 TeV 能量发射 γ\gamma 射线的星暴星系之一。对甚高能(VHE)(E >> 100 GeV)和高能(HE)(E >> 60 MeV)光谱的精确测量,对于研究潜在的粒子加速器以及宇宙射线相互作用与传输至关重要。目的。H.E.S.S. 于 2012 年发表的 NGC 253 VHE γ\gamma 射线发射测量受到较大系统不确定性的限制。本文在 HE 和 VHE γ\gamma 射线能段对 NGC 253 的 γ\gamma 射线谱进行了测量研究。方法。使用更新的校准与分析链重新分析了 H.E.S.S. 观测数据。FermiFermi-LAT 分析采用了使用 pass 8 处理的 8 年以上的数据。利用 NAIMA 从 HE--VHE 联合 γ\gamma 射线谱中评估了宇宙射线粒子群体。结果。VHE γ\gamma 射线能谱的最佳拟合为幂律谱,其在 1 TeV 处的流量归一化为 (1.34±0.14stat±0.27sys)×1013cm2s1TeV1(1.34\,\pm\,0.14^{\mathrm{stat}}\,\pm\,0.27^{\mathrm{sys}}) \times 10^{-13} \mathrm{cm^{-2} s^{-1} TeV^{-1}} —— 比 Abramowski 等人 (2012) 获得的值高约 40\%,但与之相符。谱指数 Γ=2.39±0.14stat±0.25sys\Gamma = 2.39 \pm 0.14^{\mathrm{stat}} \pm 0.25^{\mathrm{sys}} 略软于但与先前测量结果一致。在能量高于 \sim3 GeV 时,HE 谱与延伸至 H.E.S.S. 测量的 VHE 能谱部分的幂律谱一致。结论。测试了星暴核的两种模型,其中星暴核中的气体充当强子宇宙射线的靶物质。在这两种模型中,在考虑测量不确定性的情况下,NGC\,253 作为量能器的水平估计在 fcal=0.1f_{\rm cal} = 0.111 的范围内。

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@article{arxiv.1806.03866,
  title  = {The starburst galaxy NGC 253 revisited by H.E.S.S. and Fermi-LAT},
  author = {H. E. S. S. Collaboration and H. Abdalla and F. Aharonian and F. Ait Benkhali and E. O. Angüner and M. Arakawa and C. Arcaro and C. Armand and M. Arrieta and M. Backes and M. Barnard and Y. Becherini and J. Becker Tjus and D. Berge and S. Bernhard and K. Bernlöhr and R. Blackwell and M. Böttcher and C. Boisson and J. Bolmont and S. Bonnefoy and P. Bordas and J. Bregeon and F. Brun and P. Brun and M. Bryan and M. Büchele and T. Bulik and T. Bylund and M. Capasso and S. Caroff and A. Carosi and S. Casanova and M. Cerruti and N. Chakraborty and S. Chandra and R. C. G. Chaves and A. Chen and S. Colafrancesco and B. Condon and I. D. Davids and C. Deil and J. Devin and P. de Wilt and L. Dirson and A. Djannati-Ataï and A. Dmytriiev and A. Donath and L. O'C. Drury and J. Dyks and K. Egberts and G. Emery and J. -P. Ernenwein and S. Eschbach and S. Fegan and A. Fiasson and G. Fontaine and S. Funk and M. Füßling and S. Gabici and Y. A. Gallant and T. Garrigoux and F. Gaté and G. Giavitto and D. Glawion and J. F. Glicenstein and D. Gottschall and M. -H. Grondin and J. Hahn and M. Haupt and G. Heinzelmann and G. Henri and G. Hermann and J. A. Hinton and W. Hofmann and C. Hoischen and T. L. Holch and M. Holler and D. Horns and D. Huber and H. Iwasaki and A. Jacholkowska and M. Jamrozy and D. Jankowsky and F. Jankowsky and L. Jouvin and I. Jung-Richardt and M. A. Kastendieck and K. Katarzyński and M. Katsuragawa and U. Katz and D. Kerszberg and D. Khangulyan and B. Khélifi and J. King and S. Klepser and W. Kluźniak and N. Komin and K. Kosack and S. Krakau and M. Kraus and P. P. Krüger and G. Lamanna and J. Lau and J. Lefaucheur and A. Lemière and M. Lemoine-Goumard and J. -P. Lenain and E. Leser and T. Lohse and M. Lorentz and R. López-Coto and I. Lypova and D. Malyshev and V. Marandon and A. Marcowith and C. Mariaud and G. Martí-Devesa and R. Marx and G. Maurin and P. J. Meintjes and A. M. W. Mitchell and R. Moderski and M. Mohamed and L. Mohrmann and E. Moulin and T. Murach and S. Nakashima and M. de Naurois and H. Ndiyavala and F. Niederwanger and J. Niemiec and L. Oakes and P. O'Brien and H. Odaka and S. Ohm and M. Ostrowski and I. Oya and M. Padovani and M. Panter and R. D. Parsons and C. Perennes and P. -O. Petrucci and B. Peyaud and Q. Piel and S. Pita and V. Poireau and A. Priyana Noel and D. A. Prokhorov and H. Prokoph and G. Pühlhofer and M. Punch and A. Quirrenbach and S. Raab and R. Rauth and A. Reimer and O. Reimer and M. Renaud and F. Rieger and L. Rinchiuso and C. Romoli and G. Rowell and B. Rudak and E. Ruiz-Velasco and V. Sahakian and S. Saito and D. A. Sanchez and A. Santangelo and M. Sasaki and R. Schlickeiser and F. Schüssler and A. Schulz and U. Schwanke and S. Schwemmer and M. Seglar-Arroyo and M. Senniappan and A. S. Seyffert and N. Shafi and I. Shilon and K. Shiningayamwe and R. Simoni and A. Sinha and H. Sol and F. Spanier and A. Specovius and M. Spir-Jacob and Ł. Stawarz and R. Steenkamp and C. Stegmann and C. Steppa and I. Sushch and T. Takahashi and J. -P. Tavernet and T. Tavernier and A. M. Taylor and R. Terrier and L. Tibaldo and D. Tiziani and M. Tluczykont and C. Trichard and M. Tsirou and N. Tsuji and R. Tuffs and Y. Uchiyama and D. J. van der Walt and C. van Eldik and C. van Rensburg and B. van Soelen and G. Vasileiadis and J. Veh and C. Venter and A. Viana and P. Vincent and J. Vink and F. Voisin and H. J. Völk and T. Vuillaume and Z. Wadiasingh and S. J. Wagner and P. Wagner and R. M. Wagner and R. White and A. Wierzcholska and A. Wörnlein and R. Yang and D. Zaborov and M. Zacharias and R. Zanin and A. A. Zdziarski and A. Zech and F. Zefi and A. Ziegler and J. Zorn and N. Żywucka},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1806.03866},
  year   = {2018}
}

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Accepted by A&A, 8 pages, 2 figures, 2 tables