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Modeling the non-flaring VHE emission from M87 as detected by the HAWC gamma ray observatory

  • the HAWC Collaboration
    ,
  • Fernando Ureña-Mena(Author)
    ,
  • Alberto Carramiñana(Author)
    ,
  • Anna Lia Longinotti(Author)
    ,
  • Daniel Rosa-González(Author)
    ,
  • A. U. Abeysekara(Author)
  • Instituto Nacional de Astrofisica Optica y Electronica
    ,
  • Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
    ,
  • University of Utah
    ,
  • Los Alamos National Laboratory
    ,
  • Universidad Autonoma de Chiapas
    ,
  • Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolas de Hidalgo
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Abstract

M87 is a giant radio galaxy located in the Virgo Cluster, known to be a very high energy (VHE) gamma-ray source. As radio galaxies are considered the misaligned low-redshift counterparts of blazars, they are excellent laboratories for testing AGN emission models. M87 has been detected and monitored by Fermi-LAT and several atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes. Recently, the HAWC Collaboration presented marginal evidence of 4.5 year TeV gamma-ray emission from this object. The HAWC data has the potential to constrain the average VHE emission of sources of complex behavior, like M87, for which the physical origin of the VHE gamma-ray emission is still uncertain. We fitted a lepto-hadronic scenario to the broadband spectral energy distribution of M87 to model its non-flaring VHE emission using HAWC data.

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Research Output:
Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
Conference contribution

Original language

English

Publication milestones

  • Published - 18/03/2022

Publication status

Published - 18/03/2022

Volume

395

Publication series

  • Publisher name: Sissa Medialab Srl
    Publication series name: Proceedings of Science

Publication IDs

  • Scopus: 85145006528

Host publication title

Modeling the non-flaring VHE emission from M87 as detected by the HAWC gamma ray observatory

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Related Event

Title

37th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2021

Event type

Conference

Date

12/07/2021 - 23/07/2021

Location

Virtual, BerlinGermany

Funding Details

We acknowledge the support from: the US National Science Foundation (NSF); the US Department of Energy Office of High-Energy Physics; the Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) program of Los Alamos National Laboratory; Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACyT), México, grants 271051, 232656, 260378, 179588, 254964, 258865, 243290, 132197, A1-S-46288, A1-S-22784, cátedras 873, 1563, 341, 323, Red HAWC, México; DGAPA-UNAM grants IG101320, IN111716-3, IN111419, IA102019, IN110621, IN110521; VIEP-BUAP; PIFI 2012, 2013, PROFOCIE 2014, 2015; the University of Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation; the Institute of Geophysics, Planetary Physics, and Signatures at Los Alamos National Laboratory; Polish Science Centre grant, DEC-2017/27/B/ST9/02272; Coordinación de la Investigación Científica de la Universidad Michoacana; Royal Society - Newton Advanced Fellowship 180385; General-itat Valenciana, grant CIDEGENT/2018/034; Chulalongkorn University’s CUniverse (CUAASC) grant; Coordinación General Académica e Innovación (CGAI-UdeG), PRODEP-SEP UDG-CA-499; Institute of Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR), University of Tokyo, H.F. acknowledges support by NASA under award number 80GSFC21M0002. We also acknowledge the significant contributions over many years of Stefan Westerhoff, Gaurang Yodh and Arnulfo Zepeda Dominguez, all deceased members of the HAWC collaboration. Thanks to Scott Delay, Luciano Díaz and Eduardo Murrieta for technical support. We acknowledge the support from: the US National Science Foundation (NSF); the US Department of Energy Office of High-Energy Physics; the Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) program of Los Alamos National Laboratory; Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACyT), México, grants 271051, 232656, 260378, 179588, 254964, 258865, 243290, 132197, A1-S-46288, A1-S-22784, cátedras 873, 1563, 341, 323, Red HAWC, México; DGAPA-UNAM grants IG101320, IN111716-3, IN111419, IA102019, IN110621, IN110521; VIEP-BUAP; PIFI 2012, 2013, PROFOCIE 2014, 2015; the University of Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation; the Institute of Geophysics, Planetary Physics, and Signatures at Los Alamos National Laboratory; Polish Science Centre grant, DEC-2017/27/B/ST9/02272; Coordinación de la Investigación Científica de la Universidad Michoacana; Royal Society - Newton Advanced Fellowship 180385; Generalitat Valenciana, grant CIDEGENT/2018/034; Chulalongkorn University's CUniverse (CUAASC) grant; Coordinación General Académica e Innovación (CGAI-UdeG), PRODEP-SEP UDG-CA-499; Institute of Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR), University of Tokyo, H.F. acknowledges support by NASA under award number 80GSFC21M0002. We also acknowledge the significant contributions over many years of Stefan Westerhoff, Gaurang Yodh and Arnulfo Zepeda Dominguez, all deceased members of the HAWC collaboration. Thanks to Scott Delay, Luciano Díaz and Eduardo Murrieta for technical support.
FundersFunding numbers
CUAASC
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Chulalongkorn University's CUniverse
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Chulalongkorn University's CUniverse
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Coordinación General Académica e Innovación
PRODEP-SEP UDG-CA-499
Coordinación de la Investigación Científica de la Universidad Michoacana
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Institute of Geophysics
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Planetary Physics
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Polish Science Centre
DEC-2017/27/B/ST9/02272
US Department of Energy Office of High-Energy Physics
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University of Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
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VIEP-BUAP
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NSF
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NASA
80GSFC21M0002
NASA
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LDRD
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LANL
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Royal Society
180385
Royal Society
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CONACYT
271051, A1-S-46288, 254964, 258865, A1-S-22784, 260378, 132197, 179588, 232656, 243290
CONACYT
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GVA
CIDEGENT/2018/034
GVA
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University of Tokyo
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DGAPA, UNAM
IN111419, IG101320, IN111716-3, IN110621, IA102019, IN110521
DGAPA, UNAM
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