Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Scientific paper
2011-07-31
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
42 pages, 10 figures, 1 table, submitted to ApJ
Scientific paper
Broadband spectral energy distributions (SEDs) are complied from literature for 24 TeV BL Lac objects. Two SEDs, which are identified as low and high states with their flux densities at $1\ {\rm TeV}$ ($F_{1 TeV}$), are available for each of 11 objects. We fit the SEDs with the single-zone synchrotron + synchrotron-self-Compton (SSC) model and determine the physical parameters of the jets. The model well represents the SEDs, and the observed relation between two peak frequencies $\nu_{\rm s}$ and $\nu_{\rm c}$ also favors the model. It is found that the break of the electron spectrum ($\gamma_{\rm b}$) is different among sources, but magnetic field strength distributes narrowly in $0.1-0.6 $ G, indicating that the shocks in the jets are significantly different among sources and the magnetic field may be independent of the shocks. The ratio of $F_{1 TeV}$ is correlated with the ratio of the $\gamma_{\rm b}$ in the low and high states, indicating that the relativistic shocks in the jets may be responsible for the observed flux variations and the spectral shift. The ratio of the two peak luminosities $L_{\rm c}/L_{\rm s}$ is anti-correlated with $\nu_{\rm s}$ in the co-moving frame, which is possibly due to the Klein-Nishina effect. No excess in the GeV band due to the interaction between the TeV photons and the extragalactic background light is observed, implying that the strength of the intergalactic magnetic field would be much larger than $ 10^{-16}$ G. An anti-correlation between jet power and the mass of the central black hole is observed, i.e., $P_{\rm jet}\propto M^{-1}_{\rm BH}$, disfavoring the scenario of a pure accretion-driven jet. We suggest that the spin energy extraction may be significant for powering jets in these sources, implying that the black holes with smaller mass may spin more rapidly.
Bai Jin-Ming
Liang E.-W.
Zhang Jin
Zhang Shuang-Nan
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