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73 - Y. Fukazawa , S. Tokuda , R. Itoh 2015
We performed a systematic X-ray study of eight nearby $gamma$-ray bright radio galaxies with {em Suzaku} for understanding the origin of their X-ray emissions. The {em Suzaku} spectra for five of those have been presented previously, while the remain ing three (M,87, PKS,0625$-$354, and 3C,78) are presented here for the first time. Based on the Fe-K line strength, X-ray variability, and X-ray power-law photon indices, and using additional information on the [O III] line emission, we argue for a jet origin of the observed X-ray emission in these three sources. We also analyzed five years of {em Fermi} Large Area Telescope (LAT) GeV gamma-ray data on PKS,0625$-$354 and 3C,78 to understand these sources within the blazar picture. We found significant $gamma$-ray variability in the former object. Overall, we note that the {em Suzaku} spectra for both PKS,0625$-$354 and 3C,78 are rather soft, while the LAT spectra are unusually hard when compared with other $gamma$-ray detected low-power (FR,I) radio galaxies. We demonstrate that the constructed broad-band spectral energy distributions of PKS,0625$-$354 and 3C,78 are well described by a one-zone synchrotron/synchrotron self-Compton model. The results of the modeling indicate lower bulk Lorentz factors compared to those typically found in other BL Lac objects, but consistent with the values inferred from modeling other LAT-detected FR,I radio galaxies. Interestingly, the modeling also implies very high peak ($sim 10^{16}$,Hz) synchrotron frequencies in the two analyzed sources, contrary to previously-suggested scenarios for FR I/BL Lac unification. We discuss the implications of our findings in the context of the FR,I/BL Lac unification schemes.
We observed a nearby radio galaxy, the Centaurus A (Cen A), three times with Suzaku in 2009, and measured the wide-band X-ray spectral variability more accurately than the previous measurements. The Cen A was in the active phase in 2009, and the flux became higher by a factor of 1.5--2.0 and the spectrum became harder than that in 2005. The Fe-K line intensity increased by 20--30% from 2005 to 2009. The correlation of the count rate between the XIS 3--8 keV and PIN 15--40 keV band showed a complex behavior with a deviation from a linear relation. The wide-band X-ray continuum in 2--200 keV can be fitted with an absorbed powerlaw model plus a reflection component, or a powerlaw with a partial covering Compton-thick absorption. The difference spectra between high and low flux periods in each observation were reproduced by a powerlaw with a partial covering Compton-thick absorption. Such a Compton-thick partial covering absorber was for the first time observed for the Cen A. The powerlaw photon index of the difference spectra in 2009 is almost the same as that of the time-averaged spectra in 2005, but steeper by $sim0.2$ than that of the time-averaged spectra in 2009. This suggests an additional hard powerlaw component with a photon index of $<1.6$ in 2009. This hard component could be a lower part of the inverse-Compton-scattered component from the jet, whose gamma-ray emission has recently been detected with the Fermi/LAT.
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