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Title: Jet emission in young radio sources: A Fermi large area telescope gamma-ray view

Abstract

We investigate the contribution of the beamed jet component to the high-energy emission in young and compact extragalactic radio sources, focusing for the first time on the γ-ray band. We derive predictions on the γ-ray luminosities associated with the relativistic jet assuming a leptonic radiative model. The high-energy emission is produced via Compton scattering by the relativistic electrons in a spherical region at the considered scales (≲10 kpc). Simulations show a wide range of γ-ray luminosities, with intensities up to ∼10{sup 46}-10{sup 48} erg s{sup –1} depending on the assumed jet parameters. We find a highly linear relation between the simulated X-ray and γ-ray luminosities that can be used to select candidates for γ-ray detection. We compare the simulated luminosity distributions in the radio, X-ray, and γ-ray regimes with observations for the largest sample of X-ray-detected young radio quasars. Our analysis of ∼4-yr Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) data does not yield any statistically significant detections. However, the majority of the model-predicted γ-ray fluxes for the sample are near or below the current Fermi-LAT flux threshold and compatible with the derived upper limits. Our study gives constraints on the minimum jet power (L {sub jet,} {sub kin}/L {sub disk} >more » 0.01) of a potential jet contribution to the X-ray emission in the most compact sources (≲ 1 kpc) and on the particle-to-magnetic field energy density ratio that are in broad agreement with equipartition assumptions.« less

Authors:
;  [1];  [2];  [3];  [4]
  1. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden St., Cambridge, MA 02138 (United States)
  2. Department of Physics, Broida Hall, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93107 (United States)
  3. Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, JAXA, 3-1-1 Yoshinodai, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5210 (Japan)
  4. Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (SISSA), via Bonomea, 265-34136 Trieste (Italy)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22348231
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Astrophysical Journal
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 780; Journal Issue: 2; Other Information: Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0004-637X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
79 ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; COMPTON EFFECT; DETECTION; DISTRIBUTION; EMISSION; ENERGY DENSITY; GALAXIES; GAMMA RADIATION; LIMITING VALUES; LUMINOSITY; MAGNETIC FIELDS; QUASARS; RELATIVISTIC RANGE; SPHERICAL CONFIGURATION; TELESCOPES; X RADIATION

Citation Formats

Migliori, G., Siemiginowska, A., Kelly, B. C., Stawarz, Ł., Celotti, A., and Begelman, M. C., E-mail: migliori@cfa.harvard.edu. Jet emission in young radio sources: A Fermi large area telescope gamma-ray view. United States: N. p., 2014. Web. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/780/2/165.
Migliori, G., Siemiginowska, A., Kelly, B. C., Stawarz, Ł., Celotti, A., & Begelman, M. C., E-mail: migliori@cfa.harvard.edu. Jet emission in young radio sources: A Fermi large area telescope gamma-ray view. United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/780/2/165
Migliori, G., Siemiginowska, A., Kelly, B. C., Stawarz, Ł., Celotti, A., and Begelman, M. C., E-mail: migliori@cfa.harvard.edu. 2014. "Jet emission in young radio sources: A Fermi large area telescope gamma-ray view". United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/780/2/165.
@article{osti_22348231,
title = {Jet emission in young radio sources: A Fermi large area telescope gamma-ray view},
author = {Migliori, G. and Siemiginowska, A. and Kelly, B. C. and Stawarz, Ł. and Celotti, A. and Begelman, M. C., E-mail: migliori@cfa.harvard.edu},
abstractNote = {We investigate the contribution of the beamed jet component to the high-energy emission in young and compact extragalactic radio sources, focusing for the first time on the γ-ray band. We derive predictions on the γ-ray luminosities associated with the relativistic jet assuming a leptonic radiative model. The high-energy emission is produced via Compton scattering by the relativistic electrons in a spherical region at the considered scales (≲10 kpc). Simulations show a wide range of γ-ray luminosities, with intensities up to ∼10{sup 46}-10{sup 48} erg s{sup –1} depending on the assumed jet parameters. We find a highly linear relation between the simulated X-ray and γ-ray luminosities that can be used to select candidates for γ-ray detection. We compare the simulated luminosity distributions in the radio, X-ray, and γ-ray regimes with observations for the largest sample of X-ray-detected young radio quasars. Our analysis of ∼4-yr Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) data does not yield any statistically significant detections. However, the majority of the model-predicted γ-ray fluxes for the sample are near or below the current Fermi-LAT flux threshold and compatible with the derived upper limits. Our study gives constraints on the minimum jet power (L {sub jet,} {sub kin}/L {sub disk} > 0.01) of a potential jet contribution to the X-ray emission in the most compact sources (≲ 1 kpc) and on the particle-to-magnetic field energy density ratio that are in broad agreement with equipartition assumptions.},
doi = {10.1088/0004-637X/780/2/165},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22348231}, journal = {Astrophysical Journal},
issn = {0004-637X},
number = 2,
volume = 780,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Jan 10 00:00:00 EST 2014},
month = {Fri Jan 10 00:00:00 EST 2014}
}