TeV gamma-rays from UHECR interactions in AGN cores: Lessons from Centaurus A

Details TeV gamma-rays from UHECR interactions in AGN cores: Lessons from Centaurus A TeV gamma-rays from UHECR interactions in AGN cores: Lessons from Centaurus A

2010-02-26

arxiv.org/abs/1002.4874v2

PASA 27, 482-489 (2010)

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena

7 pages, 11 eps figures; v2: to appear in a special Cen A issue of PASA

Scientific paper

10.1071/AS09072

TeV gamma-rays have been observed from blazars as well as from radio galaxies like M87 and Cen A. In leptonic models, gamma-rays above the pair production threshold can escape from the ultra-relativistic jet, since large Lorentz factors reduce the background photon densities compared to those required for isotropic emission. Here we discuss an alternative scenario, where VHE photons are generated as secondaries from UHECR interaction in the AGN core. We show that TeV gamma-rays can escape from the core despite large IR and UV backgrounds. For the special case of Cen A, we study if the various existing observations from the far infra-red to the UHE range can be reconciled within this picture.

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