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2023MNRAS.522.5402H - Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 522, 5402-5414 (2023/July-2)

Signatures of wakefield acceleration in astrophysical jets via gamma-rays and UHECRs.

HUXTABLE G.B., ELTAWIL N., FENG W.-X., PLAYER G., WANG W., TAJIMA T. and EBISUZAKI T.

Abstract (from CDS):

We present six case studies from a comprehensive mass range (1-109 M⊙) of astrophysical objects, each of which possess jets, emit high-energy gamma radiation and in some instances spatially identifiable ultra-high-energy cosmic rays (UHECRs). All sources are strong candidates for UHECR emission, if not already known to emit them. We surmise that wakefield acceleration in conjunction with the magnetorotational instability of the accretion disc explains both structural properties of the jets and details in their emission signals, such as correlations in neutrino and gamma-ray bursts, and in the case of blazars, anticorrelations in flux and spectral index. Furthermore, our model predicts an upper bound for the energy of UHECRs emitted from a source given the mass of its central compact object and total jet luminosity. To provide context for our model predictions, we quantitatively compare them with observational data, however, we have not accounted for the GZK limit and assumed universal values for several model parameters (e.g. jet-spreading index, p) that likely differ between sources. Since the accretion and acceleration mechanisms are independent of mass, aside from determining maximum values, blazars (∼109 M⊙), radio galaxies ($\sim 10^8\, {\rm M}_{\odot }$ ), Seyfert galaxies ($\sim 10^6 \, {\rm M}_{\odot }$ ), starburst galaxies ($\sim 10^{3}\, {\rm M}_{\odot }$ ), even microquasars (1-10 M⊙) interestingly exhibit the same physics. Other radiation bands, such as X-ray, ultraviolet, or radio, may harbour additional information, but we chose not to focus on them for brevity. However, such an endeavour may open the door to a new multimessenger approach for understanding these objects.

Abstract Copyright: © 2023 The Author(s) Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Royal Astronomical Society

Journal keyword(s): accretion, accretion discs - neutrinos - cosmic rays - galaxies: jets - quasars: general - gamma-rays: general

CDS comments: In Conclusion, 3C453.4 is a misprint for 3C 454.3.

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