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| author | Plavin, A. V. Burenin, R. A. Kovalev, Y. Y. Lutovinov, A. A. Starobinsky, A. A. Troitsky, S. V. Zakharov, E. I. |
| author_facet | Plavin, A. V. Burenin, R. A. Kovalev, Y. Y. Lutovinov, A. A. Starobinsky, A. A. Troitsky, S. V. Zakharov, E. I. |
| contents | Bright blazars were found to be prominent neutrino sources, and a number of IceCube events were associated with them. Evaluating high-energy photon emission of such blazars is crucial for better understanding of the processes and regions where neutrinos are produced. Here, we focus on hard X-ray emission observed by the SRG/ART-XC telescope, by the Swift/BAT imager, and by the INTEGRAL/IBIS telescope. Their energy range ~10 keV is well-suited for probing photons that potentially participate in neutrino production by interacting with ultrarelativistic protons. We find that neutrino-associated blazars tend to demonstrate remarkably strong X-ray emission compared to other VLBI blazars in the sky. Both neutrinos and hard X-rays are found to come from blazars at cosmological distances z ~ 1, and are boosted by relativistic beaming that makes it possible to detect them on Earth. Our results suggest that neutrinos are produced within compact blazar jets, with target X-ray photons emitted from accelerated jet regions. |
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| publishDate | 2023 |
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| spellingShingle | Hard X-ray emission from blazars associated with high-energy neutrinos Plavin, A. V. Burenin, R. A. Kovalev, Y. Y. Lutovinov, A. A. Starobinsky, A. A. Troitsky, S. V. Zakharov, E. I. High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena Astrophysics of Galaxies Bright blazars were found to be prominent neutrino sources, and a number of IceCube events were associated with them. Evaluating high-energy photon emission of such blazars is crucial for better understanding of the processes and regions where neutrinos are produced. Here, we focus on hard X-ray emission observed by the SRG/ART-XC telescope, by the Swift/BAT imager, and by the INTEGRAL/IBIS telescope. Their energy range ~10 keV is well-suited for probing photons that potentially participate in neutrino production by interacting with ultrarelativistic protons. We find that neutrino-associated blazars tend to demonstrate remarkably strong X-ray emission compared to other VLBI blazars in the sky. Both neutrinos and hard X-rays are found to come from blazars at cosmological distances z ~ 1, and are boosted by relativistic beaming that makes it possible to detect them on Earth. Our results suggest that neutrinos are produced within compact blazar jets, with target X-ray photons emitted from accelerated jet regions. |
| title | Hard X-ray emission from blazars associated with high-energy neutrinos |
| topic | High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena Astrophysics of Galaxies |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.00960 |