2012ApJ...752..157Z


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2012ApJ...752..157Z - Astrophys. J., 752, 157 (2012/June-3)

Radiation mechanisms and physical properties of GeV-TeV BL Lac objects.

ZHANG J., LIANG E.-W., ZHANG S.-N. and BAI J.M.

Abstract (from CDS):

BL Lac objects are the best candidates to study the jet properties since their spectral energy distributions (SEDs) are less contaminated by the emission from the accretion disk and external Compton processes. We compile the broadband SEDs observed with Fermi/LAT and other instruments from literature for 24 TeV BL Lac objects. Two SEDs, which are identified as a low or high state according to its flux density at 1 TeV, are available for each of 10 objects. These SEDs can be explained well with the synchrotron+synchrotron-self-Compton model. We constrain the magnetic field strength (B) and the Doppler factor (δ) of the radiation region by incorporating the χ2-minimization technique and the γ-ray transparency condition. Twenty-four out of the 34 SEDs can constrain B and δ in the 1σ significance level, and others only present the limits for both B and δ. The typical values of B and δ are 0.1-0.6 G and 10-35, respectively. The derived values of γb are significantly different among sources and even among the low and high states of a given source. Prominent flux variations with a clear spectral shift are observed, and a tentative correlation between the ratio of the flux density at 1 TeV and the ratio of γb in the low and high states is presented, likely indicating that the relativistic shocks for the electron acceleration may be responsible for the flux variations and the spectral shift. A weak anti-correlation between the jet power and the mass of the central black hole is observed, i.e., Pjet∝M–1BH, which disfavors the scenario of a pure accretion-driven jet. Implications for the blazar sequence and the intergalactic magnetic field from our results are also briefly discussed.

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Journal keyword(s): BL Lacertae objects: general - gamma rays: galaxies - radiation mechanisms: non-thermal

Simbad objects: 24

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Number of rows : 24
N Identifier Otype ICRS (J2000)
RA
ICRS (J2000)
DEC
Mag U Mag B Mag V Mag R Mag I Sp type #ref
1850 - 2026
#notes
1 PMN J0152+0146 BLL 01 52 39.6109440384 +01 47 17.385104112       11.8   ~ 155 1
2 3C 66A BLL 02 22 39.6114771888 +43 02 07.799534304   15.71 15.21 14.5   ~ 942 2
3 RX J0232.8+2017 BLL 02 32 48.6148874688 +20 17 17.486717388     18.00 13.96   ~ 387 1
4 QSO B0347-121 BLL 03 49 23.1862105584 -11 59 27.366035532   18.74 18.2 17.46   ~ 245 1
5 PKS J0550-3216 BLL 05 50 40.5705144672 -32 16 16.484718648   16.07 15.5     ~ 424 1
6 RX J0710.5+5908 BLL 07 10 30.0683697888 +59 08 20.371772544   17.38 16.52 15.1   ~ 249 1
7 8C 0716+714 BLL 07 21 53.4482942664 +71 20 36.363846516   15.5 15.50 14.27   ~ 1388 1
8 RX J0809.8+5218 BLL 08 09 49.1868285744 +52 18 58.249938744   16.11 15.59 14.6   ~ 302 1
9 RX J1015.0+4926 BLL 10 15 04.1396533776 +49 26 00.706055496   16.56 16.15 14.58   ~ 400 3
10 PMN J1103-2329 BLL 11 03 37.6150845072 -23 29 31.203773520   17.00 16.55 16.61   ~ 405 1
11 Z 184-50 BLL 11 04 27.3140835504 +38 12 31.798495872   13.50 12.90 8.31   ~ 2841 1
12 Z 334-43 BLL 11 36 26.4090783600 +70 09 27.309071232   15.16 14.49 10.51   ~ 394 1
13 PG 1218+304 BLL 12 21 21.9426947832 +30 10 37.158534012   16.50 15.85 15.7   ~ 497 1
14 7C 1219+2830 BLL 12 21 31.6904439888 +28 13 58.500308172   16.81 16.11 14.24   ~ 924 1
15 PG 1424+240 BLL 14 27 00.3917926224 +23 48 00.037510776 14.52 14.34 14.95 14.5   ~ 420 1
16 RX J1428.5+4240 BLL 14 28 32.6090008440 +42 40 21.048123396   16.95 16.45 14.4   ~ 549 1
17 PG 1553+113 BLL 15 55 43.0440048528 +11 11 24.365649948 14.91 14.72 14.57 13.99   ~ 672 1
18 Z 225-7 BLL 16 53 52.21668403 +39 45 36.6088754 14.09 14.15 13.29 8.26   ~ 2304 2
19 QSO B1959+650 BLL 19 59 59.8520303688 +65 08 54.652536492     12.8 11.21   ~ 699 2
20 PKS J2009-4849 BLL 20 09 25.3903899240 -48 49 53.725051056   15.75 12.81 11.41   ~ 604 1
21 PKS J2158-3013 BLL 21 58 52.0652249880 -30 13 32.118447792   13.36 13.09 12.62   ~ 1829 1
22 NAME BL Lac BLL 22 02 43.2913536816 +42 16 39.979416792   15.66 14.72     ~ 2397 1
23 QSO B2344+514 BLL 23 47 04.8372110928 +51 42 17.877513168     15.50 10.7   ~ 500 1
24 QSO B2356-309 BLL 23 59 07.9034996184 -30 37 40.671098544   18.414 16.44 16.795   ~ 318 2

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