Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2005-10-27
Astrophys.J.634:L33-L36,2005
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
accepted to ApJ Letters
Scientific paper
10.1086/498714
M87 has been recently shown to be a TeV source which is likely to be variable. Based on this, and on contemporaneous optical and X-ray monitoring, we argue that the source of the TeV emission is the core of M87 and not one of two jet knots (HST-1 and A) with X-ray brightness comparable to that of the core. We model the TeV emission in the core as inverse Compton (IC) emission from the base of the jet. Homogeneous models fail to reproduce the spectral energy distribution (SED) and, in particular, the TeV flux. They also fail to comply with the unified scheme of BL Lacertae (BL) objects and FR I radio galaxies. A jet that decelerates from a Lorentz factor Gamma ~ 20 down to Gamma \~ 5 over a length of ~ 0.1 pc reproduces the observed SED of the M87 core, and, when aligned to the line of sight, produces a SED similar to those of TeV BLs. The TeV flux in the decelerating jet model is successfully reproduced as upstream Compton (UC) scattering, a recently identified emission mechanism, in which energetic electrons of the upstream faster flow upscatter the low energy photons produced in the slower downstream part of the flow.
Georganopoulos Markos
Kazanas Demosthenes
Perlman Eric Steven
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