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Bright X-Ray Flares from the BL Lac Object Markarian 421, Detected with MAXI in 2010 January and February

机译:BL Lac对象Markarian 421发出的明亮X射线耀斑,于2010年1月和2月用MAXI检测到

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StrongX-rayflaresfromtheblazarMrk421weredetectedin2010JanuaryandFebruarythrough7-monthmonitoringwiththeMAXIGSC.Themaximum2a€“10keVfluxintheJanuaryandFebruaryflareswasmeasuredtobe120$$pm$$10mCraband164$$pm$$17mCrab,respectively;thelatteristhehighestamongthosereportedfromtheobject.AcomparisonoftheMAXIandSwiftBATdatasuggestsaconvexX-rayspectrumwithanapproximatedphotonindexof$$Gamma$$$$gtrsim$$2.ThisspectrumisconsistentwithapicturethatMAXIisobservingnearthesynchrotronpeakfrequency.Thesourceexhibitedaspectralvariationduringtheseflares,slightlydifferentfromthoseinpreviousobservations,inwhichthepositivecorrelationbetweenthefluxandhardnesswaswidelyreported.ByequatingthehalvingdecaytimescaleintheJanuaryflare,$$t_{md}$$$$sim$$2.5$$ imes$$10$$^{4}$$s,tothesynchrotroncoolingtime,themagneticfieldwasevaluatedtobe$$B$$$$sim$$4.5$$ imes$$10$$^{-2}$$G($$delta/$$10)$$^{-1/3}$$,where$$delta$$isthejetbeamingfactor.Assumingthatthelightcrossingtimeoftheemissionregionisshorterthanthedoublingrisetime,$$t_{mr}$$$$lesssim$$2$$ imes$$10$$^{4}$$s,theregionsizewasroughlyestimatedas$$R$$$$$$6$$ imes$$10$$^{15}$$cm($$delta/$$10).Theseresultsareconsistentwithvaluespreviouslyreported.FortheFebruaryflare,therisetime,$$t_{mr}$$$$$$1.3$$ imes$$10$$^{5}$$s,givesalooseupperlimitonthesizeas$$R$$$$$$4$$ imes$$10$$^{16}$$cm$$(delta/10)$$,althoughthelongerdecaytime,$$t_{md}$$$$sim$$1.4$$ imes$$10$$^{5}$$s,indicates$$B$$$$sim$$1.5$$ imes$$10$$^{-2}$$G($$delta/$$10)$$^{-1/3}$$,whichisweakerthanthepreviousresults.Thiscouldbereconciledbyinvokingascenariothatthisflareisasuperpositionofunresolvedeventswithashortertimescale.
机译:StrongX-rayflaresfromtheblazarMrk421weredetectedin2010JanuaryandFebruarythrough7-monthmonitoringwiththeMAXIGSC.Themaximum2a€“10keVfluxintheJanuaryandFebruaryflareswasmeasuredtobe120 $$下午$$ 10mCraband164 $$下午$$ 17mCrab,分别; thelatteristhehighestamongthosereportedfromtheobject.AcomparisonoftheMAXIandSwiftBATdatasuggestsaconvexX-rayspectrumwithanapproximatedphotonindexof $$伽玛$$$$ gtrsim $$ 2.ThisspectrumisconsistentwithapicturethatMAXIisobservingnearthesynchrotronpeakfrequency.Thesourceexhibitedaspectralvariationduringtheseflares,slightlydifferentfromthoseinpreviousobservations,inwhichthepositivecorrelationbetweenthefluxandhardnesswaswidelyreported.ByequatingthehalvingdecaytimescaleintheJanuaryflare ,$$ t_ {md} $$$$ sim $$ 2.5 $$ imes $$ 10 $$ ^ {4} $$ s,到同步加速器冷却时间,磁场被评估为$$ B $$$ sim $ 4.5 $$ imes $$ 10 $$ ^ {-2} $$ G($$ delta / $$ 10)$$ ^ {-1/3} $$,其中$$ delta $$是喷射光束因子。假设发射区域的光交叉时间短于倍增时间,$$ t_ {mr} $$$$ lesssim $$ 2 $$ imes $$ 10 $$ ^ {4} $$ s,区域大小被粗略估计为$$ R $$$ $$ 6 $$ imes $$ 10 $$ ^ {15} $$ cm($ $ delta / $$ 10)。这些结果与先前报告的值一致。对于二月耀斑,时间,$$ t_ {mr} $$$$ $$ 1.3 $$ imes $$ 10 $$ {{5} $$ s,givesalooseupperlimitupthesizeas $$ R $$$$ $$ 4 $$ imes $$ 10 $$ ^ {16} $$ cm $$(delta / 10)$$,尽管更长的衰减时间,$$ t_ {md} $$$$ sim $ 1.4 $$ imes $$ 10 $$ ^ {5} $$ s,表示$$ B $$$$ simsim $ 1.5 $$ imes $$ 10 $$ ^ {-2} $$ G($$ delta / $$ 10)$$ ^ {-1/3 } $$,其结果比以前的结果要弱。这可以通过考虑在更短的时间范围内这种未解决事件的火炬叠加来解决。

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