Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2008-01-18
Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.387:1745-1754,2008
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
10 pages, 13 figures. Accepted for publication in MNRAS
Scientific paper
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13364.x
We study the spectral energy distribution of gamma rays and neutrinos in the precessing microquasar SS433 as a result of pp interactions within its dark jets. Gamma-ray absorption due to interactions with matter of the extended disk and of the star is found to be important, as well as absorption caused by the UV and mid-IR radiation from the equatorial envelopment. We analyze the range of precessional phases for which this attenuation is at a minimum and the chances for detection of a gamma-ray signal are enhanced. The power of relativistic protons in the jets, a free parameter of the model, is constrained by HEGRA data. This imposes limits on the gamma-ray fluxes to be detected with instruments such as GLAST, VERITAS and MAGIC II. A future detection of high energy neutrinos with cubic kilometer telescopes such as IceCube would also yield important information about acceleration mechanisms that may take place in the dark jets. Overall, the determination of the ratio of gamma-ray to neutrino flux will result in a key observational tool to clarify the physics of heavy jets.
Christiansen Hugo R.
Reynoso Matias M.
Romero Gustavo E.
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