Acceleration and transport of relativistic electrons in the jets of the microquasar SS 433
Author:
, Aharonian F.12, Benkhali F. Ait3, Aschersleben J.4, Ashkar H.5, Backes M.67, Martins V. Barbosa8, Batzofin R.9, Becherini Y.1011, Berge D.812, Bernlöhr K.2, Bi B.13, Böttcher M.7, Boisson C.14, Bolmont J.15, de Lavergne M. de Bony16, Borowska J.12, Bouyahiaoui M.2, Breuhaus M.2, Brose R.1, Brown A. M.17, Brun F.18, Bruno B.19, Bulik T.20, Burger-Scheidlin C.1, Caroff S.16, Casanova S.21, Cecil R.22, Celic J.19, Cerruti M.10, Chand T.7, Chandra S.7, Chen A.23, Chibueze J.7, Chibueze O.7, Cotter G.17, Dai S.24, Mbarubucyeye J. Damascene8, Djannati-Ataï A.10, Dmytriiev A.7, Doroshenko V.13, Egberts K.9, Einecke S.25, Ernenwein J.-P.26, Filipovic M.24, Fontaine G.5, Füßling M.8, Funk S.19, Gabici S.10, Ghafourizadeh S.3, Giavitto G.8, Glawion D.19, Glicenstein J.-F.18, Grolleron G.15, Haerer L.2, Hinton J. A.2, Hofmann W.2, Holch T. L.8, Holler M.27, Horns D.2, Jamrozy M.28, Jankowsky F.3, Jardin-Blicq A.29, Joshi V.19, Jung-Richardt I.19, Kasai E.6, Katarzyński K.30, Khatoon R.7, Khélifi B.10, Klepser S.8, Kluźniak W.31, Komin Nu.23, Kosack K.18, Kostunin D.8, Kundu A.7, Lang R. G.19, Le Stum S.26, Leitl F.19, Lemière A.10, Lenain J.-P.15, Leuschner F.13, Lohse T.12, Luashvili A.14, Lypova I.3, Mackey J.1, Malyshev D.13, Malyshev D.19, Marandon V.18, Marchegiani P.23, Marcowith A.32, Martí-Devesa G.27, Marx R.3, Mehta A.8, Mitchell A.19, Moderski R.31, Mohrmann L.2, Montanari A.3, Moulin E.18, Murach T.8, Nakashima K.19, de Naurois M.5, Niemiec J.21, Noel A. Priyana28, Ohm S.8, Olivera-Nieto L.2, de Ona Wilhelmi E.8, Ostrowski M.28, Panny S.27, Panter M.2, Parsons R. D.12, Peron G.10, Prokhorov D. A.33, Pühlhofer G.13, Punch M.10, Quirrenbach A.3, Reichherzer P.18, Reimer A.27, Reimer O.27, Ren H.2, Renaud M.32, Reville B.2, Rieger F.2, Rowell G.25, Rudak B.31, Ricarte H. Rueda18, Ruiz-Velasco E.2, Sahakian V.34, Salzmann H.13, Santangelo A.13, Sasaki M.19, Schäfer J.19, Schüssler F.18, Schwanke U.12, Shapopi J. N. S.6, Sol H.14, Specovius A.19, Spencer S.19, Stawarz L.28, Steenkamp R.6, Steinmassl S.2, Steppa C.9, Streil K.19, Sushch I.7, Suzuki H.35, Takahashi T.36, Tanaka T.35, Taylor A. M.8, Terrier R.10, Tsirou M.8, Tsuji N.37, Unbehaun T.19, van Eldik C.19, Vecchi M.4, Veh J.19, Venter C.7, Vink J.33, Wach T.19, Wagner S. J.3, Werner F.2, White R.2, Wierzcholska A.21, Wong Yu Wun19, Zacharias M.37, Zargaryan D.1, Zdziarski A. A.31, Zech A.14, Zouari S.10, Żywucka N.7
Affiliation:
1. Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Dublin D02 XF86, Ireland. 2. Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg D-69117, Germany. 3. Landessternwarte, Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg D-69117, Germany. 4. Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, University of Groningen, Groningen 9747 AD, Netherlands. 5. Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, École Polytechnique, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Palaiseau F-91128, France. 6. Department of Physics, University of Namibia, Windhoek 10005, Namibia. 7. Centre for Space Research, North-West University, Potchefstroom 2520, South Africa. 8. Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, Zeuthen D-15738, Germany. 9. Institut für Physik und Astronomie, Universität Potsdam, Potsdam 14476, Germany. 10. Laboratoire Astroparticule et Cosmologie, Université de Paris, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Paris F-75013, France. 11. Department of Physics and Electrical Engineering, Linnaeus University, Växjö 351 95, Sweden 12. Institut für Physik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin D-12489, Germany. 13. Institut für Astronomie und Astrophysik, Universität Tübingen, Tübingen D-72076, Germany. 14. Laboratoire Univers et Théories, Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris Sciences et Lettres, CNRS, Université de Paris, Meudon 92190, France. 15. Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Diderot, Université Paris Cité, Institut national de physique nucléaire et de physique des particules, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Paris F-75252, France. 16. Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Institut national de physique nucléaire et de physique des particules, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, Annecy 74000, France. 17. Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3RH, UK. 18. Institute for Research on the Fundamental Laws of the Universe, Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette F-91191, France. 19. Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen D-91058, Germany. 20. Astronomical Observatory, The University of Warsaw, Warsaw 00-478, Poland. 21. Instytut Fizyki Jdrowej, Polska Akademia Nauk, Kraków 31-342, Poland. 22. Institut für Experimentalphysik, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg D-22761, Germany. 23. School of Physics, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2050, South Africa. 24. School of Science, Western Sydney University, Penrith NSW 2751, Australia. 25. School of Physical Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide 5005, Australia. 26. Centre de Physique des Particules de Marseille, Aix Marseille Université, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Institut national de physique nucléaire et de physique des particules, Marseille 13288, France. 27. Institut für Astro- und Teilchenphysik, Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck, Innsbruck A-6020, Austria. 28. Obserwatorium Astronomiczne, Uniwersytet Jagielloński, Kraków 30-244, Poland. 29. Laboratoir de de Physique des deux Infinis, Université Bordeaux, CNRS, Gradignan F-33170, France. 30. Institute of Astronomy, Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun 87-100, Poland. 31. Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw 00-716, Poland. 32. Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier, Université Montpellier, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Institut national de physique nucléaire et de physique des particules, Montpellier F-34095, France. 33. Gravitation and Astroparticle Physics Amsterdam, Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam 1098 XH, Netherlands. 34. Yerevan Physics Institute, Yerevan 375036, Armenia. 35. Department of Physics, Konan University, Higashinada-ku Kobe 658-8501, Japan, Japan. 36. Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe, The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa Chiba 277-8583, Japan. 37. The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), Wako Saitama 351-0198, Japan.
Abstract
SS 433 is a microquasar, a stellar binary system that launches collimated relativistic jets. We observed SS 433 in gamma rays using the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) and found an energy-dependent shift in the apparent position of the gamma-ray emission from the parsec-scale jets. These observations trace the energetic electron population and indicate that inverse Compton scattering is the emission mechanism of the gamma rays. Our modeling of the energy-dependent gamma-ray morphology constrains the location of particle acceleration and requires an abrupt deceleration of the jet flow. We infer the presence of shocks on either side of the binary system, at distances of 25 to 30 parsecs, and that self-collimation of the precessing jets forms the shocks, which then efficiently accelerate electrons.
Publisher
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Subject
Multidisciplinary
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