Leptonic or Hadronic Emission: The X-Ray Radiation Mechanism of Large-scale Jet Knots in 3C 273
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| 作者 | Wang, Zhen-Jie3; Zhang, Jin2; Sun, Xiao-Na1; Liang, En-Wei3 |
| 刊名 | ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
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| 出版日期 | 2020-04-01 |
| 卷号 | 893期号:1页码:11 |
| ISSN号 | 0004-637X |
| 关键词 | Galaxy jets Active galactic nuclei Non-thermal radiation sources X-ray active galactic nuclei |
| DOI | 10.3847/1538-4357/ab7d35 |
| 英文摘要 | A comprehensively theoretical analysis of the broadband spectral energy distributions (SEDs) of large-scale jet knots in 3C 273 is presented to reveal their X-ray radiation mechanism. We show that these SEDs cannot be explained with a single-electron population model when the Doppler boosting effect is either considered or not. By adding a more energetic electron (the leptonic model) or proton (the hadronic model) population, the SEDs of all knots are well represented. In the leptonic model, the electron population that contributes the X-ray emission is more energetic than the one responsible for the radio-optical emission by almost two orders of magnitude; the derived equipartition magnetic field strengths (B-eq) are similar to 0.1 mG. In the hadronic model, protons with energy similar to 20 PeV are required to interpret the observed X-rays; the B-eq values are several mG, larger than those in the leptonic model. Based on the fact that no resolved substructures are observed in these knots and the fast cooling time of the high-energy electrons does not easily explain the observed X-ray morphologies, we argue that the two distinct electron populations accelerated in these knots are unreasonable and their X-ray emission is attributed to the proton synchrotron radiation accelerated in these knots. In cases where these knots have relativistic motion toward the observer, the super-Eddington issue of the hadronic model can be avoided. Multiwavelength polarimetry and gamma-ray observations with high resolution may be helpful to discriminate these models. |
| WOS关键词 | ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI ; HOT-SPOTS ; SYNCHROTRON-RADIATION ; ENERGY-DISTRIBUTION ; DOPPLER FACTORS ; RADIO ; CHANDRA ; ACCELERATION ; GALAXIES ; CAVITIES |
| 资助项目 | National Natural Science Foundation of China[11973050] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[11573034] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[11533003] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[11851304] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[U1731239] ; Guangxi Natural Science Foundation[2017AD22006] ; Guangxi Natural Science Foundation[2018GXNSFGA281007] |
| WOS研究方向 | Astronomy & Astrophysics |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 出版者 | IOP PUBLISHING LTD |
| WOS记录号 | WOS:000528741600001 |
| 资助机构 | National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; Guangxi Natural Science Foundation ; Guangxi Natural Science Foundation ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; Guangxi Natural Science Foundation ; Guangxi Natural Science Foundation ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; Guangxi Natural Science Foundation ; Guangxi Natural Science Foundation ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; Guangxi Natural Science Foundation ; Guangxi Natural Science Foundation |
| 源URL | [http://ir.bao.ac.cn/handle/114a11/55080]  |
| 专题 | 中国科学院国家天文台 |
| 通讯作者 | Zhang, Jin |
| 作者单位 | 1.Nanjing Univ, Sch Astron & Space Sci, Nanjing 210093, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Natl Astron Observ, Key Lab Space Astron & Technol, Beijing 100012, Peoples R China 3.Guangxi Univ, Sch Phys Sci & Technol, Guangxi Key Lab Relativist Astrophys, Nanning 530004, Peoples R China |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Wang, Zhen-Jie,Zhang, Jin,Sun, Xiao-Na,et al. Leptonic or Hadronic Emission: The X-Ray Radiation Mechanism of Large-scale Jet Knots in 3C 273[J]. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL,2020,893(1):11. |
| APA | Wang, Zhen-Jie,Zhang, Jin,Sun, Xiao-Na,&Liang, En-Wei.(2020).Leptonic or Hadronic Emission: The X-Ray Radiation Mechanism of Large-scale Jet Knots in 3C 273.ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL,893(1),11. |
| MLA | Wang, Zhen-Jie,et al."Leptonic or Hadronic Emission: The X-Ray Radiation Mechanism of Large-scale Jet Knots in 3C 273".ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL 893.1(2020):11. |
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