Sensitivity of the Cherenkov Telescope Array for probing cosmology and fundamental physics with gamma-ray propagation

被引：60

作者：

Abdalla, H. ^{[1
]}

Abe, H. ^{[2
]}

Acero, F. ^{[3
]}

Acharyya, A. ^{[4
]}

Adam, R. ^{[5
]}

Agudo, I ^{[6
]}

Aguirre-Santaella, A. ^{[7
,8
]}

Alfaro, R. ^{[9
]}

Alfaro, J. ^{[10
]}

Alispach, C. ^{[11
]}

Aloisio, R. ^{[12
,13
]}

Batista, R. Alves ^{[14
]}

Amati, L. ^{[15
]}

Amato, E. ^{[16
]}

Ambrosi, G. ^{[17
,18
]}

Anguner, E. O. ^{[19
]}

Araudo, A. ^{[20
,21
]}

Armstrong, T. ^{[19
]}

Arqueros, F. ^{[22
,23
]}

Arrabito, L. ^{[24
]}

Asano, K. ^{[2
]}

Ascasibar, Y. ^{[7
,8
]}

Ashley, M. ^{[25
]}

Backes, M. ^{[26
]}

Balazs, C. ^{[27
]}

Balbo, M. ^{[28
]}

Balmaverde, B. ^{[29
]}

Baquero Larriva, A. ^{[22
,23
]}

Martins, V. Barbosa ^{[30
]}

Barkov, M. ^{[31
]}

Baroncelli, L. ^{[15
]}

de Almeida, U. Barres ^{[32
]}

Barrio, J. A. ^{[22
,23
]}

Batista, P-, I ^{[30
]}

Becerra Gonzalez, J. ^{[33
,34
]}

Becherini, Y. ^{[35
]}

Beck, G. ^{[36
]}

Tjus, J. Becker ^{[37
]}

Belmont, R. ^{[3
]}

Benbow, W. ^{[38
]}

Bernardini, E. ^{[30
]}

Berti, A. ^{[39
]}

Berton, M. ^{[40
]}

Bertucci, B. ^{[17
,18
]}

Beshley, V ^{[41
]}

Bi, B. ^{[42
]}

Biasuzzi, B. ^{[43
]}

Biland, A. ^{[44
]}

Bissaldi, E. ^{[45
,46
]}

Biteau, J. ^{[43
]}

机构：

[1] North West Univ, Ctr Space Res, ZA-2520 Potchefstroom, South Africa

[2] Univ Tokyo, Inst Cosm Ray Res, 5-1-5 Kashiwa No Ha, Kashiwa, Chiba 2778582, Japan

[3] Univ Paris Saclay, AIM, Univ Paris Diderot, CEA Paris Saclay,IRFU DAp,CEA,CNRS,Sorbonne Paris, Bat 709, F-91191 Gif Sur Yvette, France

[4] Univ Durham, Ctr Adv Instrumentat, Dept Phys, South Rd, Durham DH1 3LE, England

[5] Ecole Polytech, Lab Leprince Ringuet, Inst Polytech Paris, UMR 7638,CNRS IN2P3, F-91128 Palaiseau, France

[6] CSIC, Inst Astrofis Andalucia, Glorieta Astron S-N, Granada 18008, Spain

[7] Univ Autonoma Madrid, Inst Fis Teor UAM CSIC, C Nicolas Cabrera 13-15,Campus Cantoblanco UAM, Madrid 28049, Spain

[8] Univ Autonoma Madrid, Dept Fis Teor, C Nicolas Cabrera 13-15,Campus Cantoblanco UAM, Madrid 28049, Spain

[9] Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Ciudad De Mxico 04510, Mexico

[10] Pontificia Univ Catolica Chile, Av Libertador Bernardo OHiggins 340, Santiago, Chile

[11] Univ Geneva, Dept Phys Nucl & Corpusculaire, 24 Rue Gen Dufour, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland

[12] Univ Aquila, Dipartimento Sci Fis & Chim, Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Via Vetoio 1,Viale Crispi 7, I-67100 Laquila, Italy

[13] Gran Sasso Sci Inst, Via Vetoio 1,Viale Crispi 7, I-67100 Laquila, Italy

[14] Univ Sao Paulo, Inst Astron Geofis & Ciencias Atmosfer, Cidade Univ,R Matao 1226, BR-05508090 Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil

[15] Osservatorio Astrofis & Sci Spazio Bologna, INAF, Via Piero Gobetti 93-3, I-40129 Bologna, Italy

[16] Osserv Astrofis Arcetri, INAF, Largo E Fermi 5, I-50125 Florence, Italy

[17] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Perugia, Via A Pascoli, I-06123 Perugia, Italy

[18] Univ Perugia, Via A Pascoli, I-06123 Perugia, Italy

[19] Aix Marseille Univ, CPPM, CNRS IN2P3, 163 Ave Luminy, F-13288 Marseille 09, France

[20] Czech Acad Sci, FZU, Inst Phys, Na Slovance 1999-2, Prague 18221 8, Czech Republic

[21] Czech Acad Sci, Astron Inst, Bocni II 1401, Prague 14100, Czech Republic

[22] Univ Complutense Madrid, EMFTEL Dept, E-28040 Madrid, Spain

[23] Univ Complutense Madrid, IPARCOS, E-28040 Madrid, Spain

[24] Univ Montpellier, Lab Univers & Particules Montpellier, CNRS IN2P3, Pl Eugene Bataillon, F-34095 Montpellier 5, France

[25] Univ New South Wales, Sch Phys, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia

[26] Univ Namibia, Dept Phys, 340 Mandume Ndemufayo Ave,Pioneerspk, Windhoek, Namibia

[27] Monash Univ, Sch Phys & Astron, Melbourne, Vic 3800, Australia

[28] Univ Geneva, Dept Astron, Chemin Ecogia 16, CH-1290 Versoix, Switzerland

[29] Osservatorio Astrofis Torino, INAF, Str Osservatorio 20, I-10025 Pino Torineseto, TO, Italy

[30] DESY, Platanenallee 6, D-15738 Zeuthen, Germany

[31] Inst Phys & Chem Res, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 3510198, Japan

[32] Ctr Brasileiro Pesquisas Fis, Rua Xavier Sigaud 150, BR-22290180 Rio De Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

[33] Univ La Laguna, Inst Astrofis Canarias, Tenerife, Spain

[34] Univ La Laguna, Dept Astrofis, Tenerife, Spain

[35] Linnaeus Univ, Dept Phys & Elect Engn, S-35195 Vaxjo, Sweden

[36] Univ Witwatersrand, 1 Jan Smuts Ave, ZA-2000 Johannesburg, South Africa

[37] Ruhr Univ Bochum, Lehrstuhl Plasma Astroteilchenphys 4, Inst Theoret Phys, Univ Str 150, D-44801 Bochum, Germany

[38] Ctr Astrophys Harvard & Smithsonian, 60 Garden St, Cambridge, MA 02180 USA

[39] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Torino, Via P Giuria 1, I-10125 Turin, Italy

[40] Univ Turku, Finnish Ctr Astron, ESO, FI-20014 Turku, Finland

[41] NASU, Pidstryhach Inst Appl Problems Mech & Math, 3B Naukova St, UA-79060 Lvov, Ukraine

[42] Univ Tubingen, Inst Astron & Astrophys, Sand 1, D-72076 Tubingen, Germany

[43] Univ Paris, Lab Phys Infinis 2, Irene Joliot Curie, IN2P3,CNRS,Univ Paris Saclay, 15 Rue Georges Clemenceau, F-91406 Orsay, France

[44] Swiss Fed Inst Technol, Inst Particle Phys, Schafmattstr 20, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland

[45] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Bari, Via Orabona 4, I-70124 Bari, Italy

[46] Politecn Bari, Via Orabona 4, I-70124 Bari, Italy

[47] Barcelona Inst Sci & Technol, Inst Fis Altes Energies IFAE, Campus UAB, Bellaterra 08193, Barcelona, Spain

[48] Osservatorio Astron Palermo GS Vaiana, INAF, Piazza Parlamento 1, I-90134 Palermo, Italy

[49] PSL Univ, Observ Paris, CNRS, LUTH,GEPI, 5 Pl Jules Janssen, F-92190 Meudon, France

[50] PSL Univ, Observ Paris, CNRS, LERMA, 5 Pl Jules Janssen, F-92190 Meudon, France

来源：

JOURNAL OF COSMOLOGY AND ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS | 2021年 / 02期

基金：

瑞士国家科学基金会; 芬兰科学院; 美国国家科学基金会; 澳大利亚研究理事会; 英国科学技术设施理事会; 瑞典研究理事会; 加拿大自然科学与工程研究理事会; 新加坡国家研究基金会; 巴西圣保罗研究基金会;

关键词：

active galactic nuclei; gamma ray experiments; axions; extragalactic magnetic fields; EXTRAGALACTIC BACKGROUND LIGHT; BL-LACERTAE OBJECTS; INTERGALACTIC MAGNETIC-FIELDS; ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI; LARGE-AREA TELESCOPE; HIGH-ENERGY PHOTONS; ALL-SKY SURVEY; OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY; RADIO-SOURCES; LAC OBJECTS;

D O I：

10.1088/1475-7516/2021/02/048

中图分类号：

P1 [天文学];

学科分类号：

0704 ;

摘要：

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA), the new-generation ground-based observatory for gamma-ray astronomy, provides unique capabilities to address significant open questions in astrophysics, cosmology, and fundamental physics. We study some of the salient areas of gamma-ray cosmology that can be explored as part of the Key Science Projects of CTA, through simulated observations of active galactic nuclei (AGN) and of their relativistic jets. Observations of AGN with CTA will enable a measurement of gamma-ray absorption on the extragalactic background light with a statistical uncertainty below 15% up to a redshift z = 2 and to constrain or detect gamma-ray halos up to intergalactic-magnetic-field strengths of at least 0.3 pG. Extragalactic observations with CTA also show promising potential to probe physics beyond the Standard Model. The best limits on Lorentz invariance violation from gamma-ray astronomy will be improved by a factor of at least two to three. CTA will also probe the parameter space in which axion-like particles could constitute a significant fraction, if not all, of dark matter. We conclude on the synergies between CTA and other upcoming facilities that will foster the growth of gamma-ray cosmology.

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