Contribution from blazar cascade emission to the extragalactic gamma-ray background: what role does the extragalactic magnetic field play?

被引：10

作者：

Yan, Dahai ^{[1
]}

Zeng, Houdun ^{[1
]}

Zhang, Li ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Yunnan Univ, Dept Phys, Kunming, Peoples R China

来源：

MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY | 2012年 / 422卷 / 02期

基金：

中国国家自然科学基金;

关键词：

magnetic fields; galaxies: active; galaxies: luminosity function; gamma-rays: diffuse background; ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI; LUMINOSITY FUNCTION; RADIO GALAXIES; TEV BLAZARS; X-RAY; LIGHT; CONSTRAINTS; CONNECTION; RADIATION; UNIVERSE;

D O I：

10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.20752.x

中图分类号：

P1 [天文学];

学科分类号：

0704 ;

摘要：

We estimate the contribution to the extragalactic gamma-ray background (EGRB) from both intrinsic and cascade emissions produced by blazars, using a simple semi-analysis method for two models of the blazar gamma-ray luminosity function (GLF). For the cascade emission, we consider two possible contributions: in case I, the flux of the cascade emission is lower than the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) sensitivity, which is independent of the extragalactic magnetic field (EGMF); in case II, the flux of the cascade emission is larger than the Fermi LAT sensitivity, but the emission angle is larger than the LAT point-spread-function angle, which depends on the EGMF. Our results indicate the following. (i) The blazar contribution to the EGRB is dominant, although it depends on the GLF model and the EGMF. (ii) The EGMF plays an important role in estimating the contribution from the cascade emission produced by blazars, so the contribution from the cascade emission will significantly alter the EGRB spectrum when the strength of the EGMF is large enough (i.e. B-EGMF > 10(-12) G). (iii) Because the cascade emission in case II reaches saturation when the strength of the EGMF is similar to 10(-11) G, it is very possible that the contribution from the cascade emission produced by blazars can be considered as another method to probe the upper limit of the strength of the EGMF.

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页码：1779 / 1784

页数：6

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