Modelling the steady state spectral energy distribution of the BL-Lac Object PKS 2155-30.4 using a selfconsistent SSC model

In this paper we present a fully selfconsistent SSC model with particle acceleration due to shock and stochastic acceleration (Fermi-I and Fermi-II-Processes respectively) to model the quiescent spectral energy distribution (SED) observed from PKS 2155. The simultaneous August/September 2008 multiwa...

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Veröffentlicht in:Astrophysics and space sciences transactions 2010, Vol.6 (1), p.1-7
Hauptverfasser: Weidinger, M., Rüger, M., Spanier, F.
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:In this paper we present a fully selfconsistent SSC model with particle acceleration due to shock and stochastic acceleration (Fermi-I and Fermi-II-Processes respectively) to model the quiescent spectral energy distribution (SED) observed from PKS 2155. The simultaneous August/September 2008 multiwavelength data of H.E.S.S., Fermi, RXTE/SWIFT and ATOM give new constraints to the high-energy peak in the SED concerning its curvature. We find that, in our model, a monoenergetic injection of electrons at γ 0 =910 into the model region, which are accelerated by Fermi-I- and Fermi-II-processes while suffering synchrotron and inverse Compton losses, finally leads to the observed SED of PKS 2155-30.4 shown in H.E.S.S. and Fermi-LAT collaborations (2009). In contrast to other SSC models our parameters arise from the jet's microphysics and the spectrum is evolving selfconsistently from diffusion and acceleration. The γ 0 -factor can be interpreted as two counterstreaming plasmas due to the motion of the blob at a bulk factor of Γ=58 and opposed moving upstream electrons at moderate Lorentz factors with an average of γu ≈8.
ISSN:1810-6536
1810-6528
1810-6536
DOI:10.5194/astra-6-1-2010