G.M. Madejski
First NuSTAR observations of the BL Lac-type blazar PKS 2155-304: constraints on the jet content and distribution of radiating particles
Madejski, G.M.; Nalewajko, K.; Madsen, K.K.; Chiang, J.; Baloković, M.; Paneque, D.; Furniss, A.K.; Hayashida, M.; Urry, C.M.; Sikora, M.; Ajello, M.; Blandford, R.D.; Harrison, F.A.; Sanchez, D.; Giebels, B.; Stern, D.; Alexander, D.M.; Barret, D.; Boggs, S.E.; Christensen, F.E.; Craig, W.W.; Forster, K.; Giommi, P.; Grefenstette, B.; Hailey, C.; Hornstrup, A.; Kitaguchi, T.; Koglin, J.E.; Mao, P.H.; Miyasaka, H.; Mori, K.; Perri, M.; Pivovaroff, M.J.; Puccetti, S.; Rana, V.; Westergaard, N.J.; Zhang, W.W.; Zoglauer, A.
Authors
K. Nalewajko
K.K. Madsen
J. Chiang
M. Baloković
D. Paneque
A.K. Furniss
M. Hayashida
C.M. Urry
M. Sikora
M. Ajello
R.D. Blandford
F.A. Harrison
D. Sanchez
B. Giebels
D. Stern
Professor David Alexander d.m.alexander@durham.ac.uk
Professor
D. Barret
S.E. Boggs
F.E. Christensen
W.W. Craig
K. Forster
P. Giommi
B. Grefenstette
C. Hailey
A. Hornstrup
T. Kitaguchi
J.E. Koglin
P.H. Mao
H. Miyasaka
K. Mori
M. Perri
M.J. Pivovaroff
S. Puccetti
V. Rana
N.J. Westergaard
W.W. Zhang
A. Zoglauer
Abstract
We report the first hard X-ray observations with NuSTAR of the BL Lac-type blazar PKS 2155-304, augmented with soft X-ray data from XMM-Newton and γ-ray data from the Fermi Large Area Telescope, obtained in 2013 April when the source was in a very low flux state. A joint NuSTAR and XMM spectrum, covering the energy range 0.5–60 keV, is best described by a model consisting of a log-parabola component with curvature $\beta ={0.3}_{-0.1}^{+0.2}$ and a (local) photon index 3.04 ± 0.15 at photon energy of 2 keV, and a hard power-law tail with photon index 2.2 ± 0.4. The hard X-ray tail can be smoothly joined to the quasi-simultaneous γ-ray spectrum by a synchrotron self-Compton component produced by an electron distribution with index p = 2.2. Assuming that the power-law electron distribution extends down to γ min = 1 and that there is one proton per electron, an unrealistically high total jet power of L p ~ 1047 erg s−1 is inferred. This can be reduced by two orders of magnitude either by considering a significant presence of electron–positron pairs with lepton-to-proton ratio ${n}_{{\rm{e}}+{\rm{e}}-}/{n}_{{\rm{p}}}\sim 30$, or by introducing an additional, low-energy break in the electron energy distribution at the electron Lorentz factor γ br1 ~ 100. In either case, the jet composition is expected to be strongly matter-dominated.
Citation
Madejski, G., Nalewajko, K., Madsen, K., Chiang, J., Baloković, M., Paneque, D., …Zoglauer, A. (2016). First NuSTAR observations of the BL Lac-type blazar PKS 2155-304: constraints on the jet content and distribution of radiating particles. Astrophysical Journal, 831(2), Article 142. https://doi.org/10.3847/0004-637x/831/2/142
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Aug 29, 2016 |
Online Publication Date | Nov 3, 2016 |
Publication Date | Nov 3, 2016 |
Deposit Date | Jun 21, 2017 |
Publicly Available Date | Jul 3, 2017 |
Journal | Astrophysical Journal |
Print ISSN | 0004-637X |
Electronic ISSN | 1538-4357 |
Publisher | American Astronomical Society |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 831 |
Issue | 2 |
Article Number | 142 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.3847/0004-637x/831/2/142 |
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