Transitive X-ray spectrum and PeV gamma-ray cutoff in the M87 JET: Electron "Pevatron"

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 654, Issue 2 I, 2007, Pages 885-896

  Honda, Mitsuru ^a   Honda, Yasuko S ^b  

^a Institute for Global Science   (Japan)

^b KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acceleration of particles; Galaxies: individual (M87); Galaxies: jets; Gamma rays: theory; Magnetic fields; Radiation mechanisms: nonthermal

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846543237     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/509060     Document Type: Article

References (65)

1. Achterberg, A., Gallant, Y. A., Kirk, J. G., & Guthmann, A. W. 2001, MNRAS, 328, 393
2. Aharonian, F. 2001, in Proc. 27th Int. Cosmic Ray Conf. (Hamburg), 250
3. Aharonian, F., et al. 2003, A&A, 403, L1
4. Bai, J. M., & Lee, M. G. 2001, ApJ, 549, L173
5. Beilicke, M., et al. 2005, in Proc. 29th Int. Cosmic Ray Conf. (Pune), 4, 299
6. Biermann, P. L., & Strittmatter, P. A. 1987, ApJ, 322, 643
7. Biretta, J. A., Stem, C. P, & Harris, D. E. 1991, AJ, 101, 1632
8. Biretta, J. A., Zhou, F., & Owen, F. N. 1995, ApJ, 447, 582
9. Capetti, A., Macchetto, F. D., Sparks, W. B., & Biretta, J. A. 1997, A&A, 317, 637
10. Carilli, C. L., & Barthel, P. D. 1996, A&A Rev., 7, 1
11. Coppi, P. S., & Aharonian, F. A. 1997, ApJ, 487, L9
12. Matteo, T., Allen, S. W., Fabian, A. C., Wilson, A. S., & Young, A. J. 2003, ApJ, 582, 133
13. Fleishman, G. D. 2006, MNRAS, 365, L11
14. Gould, R. J., & Schréder, G. 1966, Phys. Rev. Lett., 16, 252
15. Heinz, S., & Begelman, M. C. 1997, ApJ, 490, 653
16. Hofmann, W. 2001, in Proc. 27th Int. Cosmic Ray Conf. (Hamburg), 2785
17. Honda, M., & Honda, Y. S. 2002, ApJ, 569, L39
18. _. 2004a, ApJ, 617, L37
19. _. 2005a, ApJ, 633, 733
20. Honda, M., Meyer-ter-Vehn, J., & Pukhov, A. 2000a, Phys. Plasmas, 7, 1302
21. _. 2000b, Phys. Rev. Lett., 85, 2128
22. Honda, Y. S., & Honda, M. 2004b, ApJ, 613, L25
23. _. 2005b, MNRAS, 362, 833
24. Jokipii, J. R. 1987, ApJ, 313, 842
25. Kardashev, N. S. 1962, Soviet Astron.-AJ, 6, 317
26. Kataoka, J., et al. 2001, ApJ, 560, 659
27. Keel, W. C. 1988, ApJ, 329, 532
28. Kneiske, T. M., Bretz, T., Mannheim, K., & Hartmann, D. H. 2004, A&A, 413, 807
29. Kneiske, T. M., & Mannheim, K. 2005, in Proc. 29th Int. Cosmic Ray Conf. (Pune), 4, 1
30. Le Bohec, S., et al. 2004, ApJ, 610, 156
31. Lobanov, A., Hardee, P., & Eilek, J. 2003, NewA Rev., 47, 629
32. Longair, M. S. 1992, High Energy Astrophysics, Vol. 1: Particles, Photons and Their Detection (Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press)
33. _. 1994, High Energy Astrophysics, Vol. 2: Stars, the Galaxy and the Interstellar Medium (Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press)
34. Marshall, H. L., Miller, B. P., Davis, D. S., Perlman, E. S., Wise, M., Canizares, C. R., & Harris, D. E. 2002, ApJ, 564, 683
35. McEnery, J. E., Moskalenko, I. V., & Ormes, J. F. 2004, in Cosmic Gamma-Ray Sources, ed. K. S. Cheng & G. E. Romero (Dordrecht: Kluwer), 361
36. Meisenheimer, K., Röser, H.-J., & Schlötelburg, M. 1996, A&A, 307, 61
37. Montgomery, D., & Liu, C. S. 1979, Phys. Fluids, 22, 866
38. Nikishov, A. I. 1962, Sov. Phys.-JETP, 14, 393
39. Ostrowski, M. 2000, MNRAS, 312, 579
40. Owen, F. N., Eilek, J. A., & Keel, W. C. 1990, ApJ, 362, 449
41. Owen, F. N., Hardee, P. E., & Cornwell, T. J. 1989, ApJ, 340, 698
42. Pérez-Fournon, I., Colina, L., González-Serrano, J. I., & Biermann, P. L. 1988, ApJ, 329, L81
43. Perlman, E. S., Biretta, J. A., Sparks, W. B., Macchetto, F. D., & Leahy, J. P. 2001, ApJ, 551, 206
44. Perlman, E. S., Biretta, J. A., Zhou, F., Sparks, W. B., & Macchetto, F. D. 1999, AJ, 117, 2185
45. Perlman, E. S., & Wilson, A. S. 2005, ApJ, 627, 140
46. Protheroe, R. J., Donea, A.-C., & Reimer, A. 2003, Astropart. Phys., 19, 559
47. Protheroe, R. J., & Meyer, H. 2000, Phys. Lett. B, 493, 1
48. Reid, M. J., Biretta, J. A., Junor, W., Muxlow, T. W. B., & Spencer, R. E. 1989, ApJ, 336, 112
49. Reimer, A., Protheroe, R. J., & Donea, A.-C. 2004, A&A, 419, 89
50. Reimer, O., Pohl, M., Sreekumar, P., & Mattox, J. R., 2003, ApJ, 588, 155
51. Schlickeiser, R. 2002, Cosmic Ray Astrophysics (Berlin: Springer)
52. Silva, L. O., Fonseca, R. A., Tonge, J. W., Dawson, J. M., Mori, W. B., & Medvedev, M. V. 2003, ApJ, 596, L121 Sreekumar, P., et al. 1998, ApJ, 494, 523
53. Stawarz, Ł., Aharonian, F., Kataoka, J., Ostrowski, M., Siemiginowska. A., & Sikora, M. 2006a, MNRAS, 370, 981
54. Stawarz, Ł., Kneiske, T. M., & Kataoka, J. 2006b, ApJ, 637, 693
55. Stawarz, Ł., Sikora, M., & Ostrowski, M. 2003, ApJ, 597, 186
56. Stiavelli, M., Møller, P., & Zeilinger, W. W. 1991, Nature, 354, 132
57. Stiavelli, M., Peletier, R. F., & Carollo, C. M. 1997, MNRAS, 285, 181
58. Strong, A. W., Moskalenko, I. V., & Reimer, O. 2004, ApJ, 613, 956
59. Takahashi, T., et al. 2004, Proc. SPIE, 5488, 549
60. Tonry, J. L. 1991, ApJ, 373, L1
61. Toptygin, I. N., & Fleishman, G. D. 1987, Ap&SS, 132, 213
62. Tsvetanov, Z. I., Hartig, G. F., Ford, H. C., Dopita, M. A., Kriss, G. A., Pei, Y. C., Dressel, L. L., & Harms, R. J. 1998, ApJ, 493, L83
63. Vainio, R. 1999, in Plasma Turbulence and Energetic Particles in Astrophysics, ed. M. Ostrowski & R. Schlickeiser (Kraków: Obs. Astron.), 232
64. Wei, M. S., et al. 2004, Phys. Rev. E, 70, 056412
65. Wilson, A. S., & Yang, Y. 2002, ApJ, 568, 133