通过HAWC发现来自静止太阳的马射线
A Albert1, R Alfaro2, C Alvarez3
1Physics Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87544, USA.
Physical review letters
|August 18, 2023
概括
高海拔水切伦科夫天文台检测到来自太阳的特拉伏特 (TeV) 马射线流.
科学领域:
- 天体物理学 天体物理学
- 太阳物理 太阳物理
- 高能天体物理学 高能天体物理学
背景情况:
- 之前使用费米-LAT的观测检测到来自太阳盘的明亮,硬的GeV辐射.
- 理论上,这种辐射源于银河系宇宙射线与太阳大气相互作用.
- 精确的机制,特别是太阳磁场的作用,仍然不清楚.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究太阳盘在TeV能量下的高能马射线辐射.
- 为了描述这种辐射的频谱和可变性.
- 测试太阳大气中粒子相互作用的现有理论模型.
主要方法:
- 分析了来自高海拔水切伦科夫 (HAWC) 观测站6.1年的数据.
- 来自太阳盘的统计学上显著 (6.3σ) TeV 马射线流的检测.
- 对0.52.6 TeV的马射线辐射进行光谱分析.
主要成果:
- 首次检测到来自太阳盘的TeV马射线流.
- 频谱是由一个功率定律和特定参数 (A 和 γ) 描述的.
- 观察到TeV马射线流和太阳活动之间存在显著的反对应关系.
结论:
- 该HAWC检测将之前的GeV观测扩展到更高的能量.
- 观测到的TeV辐射很可能源于涉及银河系宇宙射线的哈德龙过程.
- 当前的模型无法完全解释观察到的现象,突出需要进一步的理论发展和观察.
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