A self-consistent leptonic-hadronic interpretation of the electromagnetic and neutrino emissions from blazar TXS 0506+056
Abstract
The potential association between the blazar TXS 0506+056 and the neutrino event IceCube-170922A provides a unique opportunity to study the possible physical connection between high-energy photons and neutrinos. We explore the correlated electromagnetic and neutrino emissions of blazar TXS 0506+056 by a self-consistent leptonic-hadronic model, taking into account particle stochastic acceleration and all relevant radiative processes self-consistently. The electromagnetic and neutrino spectra of blazar TXS 0506+056 are reproduced by the proton synchrotron and hybrid leptonic-hadronic models based on the proton-photon interactions. It is found that the hybrid leptonic-hadronic model can be used to better explain the observed X-ray and $\gamma$ -ray spectra of blazar TXS 0506+056 than the proton synchrotron model. Moreover, the predicted neutrino spectrum of the hybrid leptonic-hadronic model is closer to the observed one compared to the proton synchrotron model. We suggest that the hybrid leptonic-hadronic model is more favored if the neutrino event IceCube-170922A is associated with the blazar TXS 0506+056.
- Publication:
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Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan
- Pub Date:
- April 2020
- DOI:
- 10.1093/pasj/psz142
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1912.07448
- Bibcode:
- 2020PASJ...72...20C
- Keywords:
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- BL Lacertae objects: individual (TXS 0506+056);
- galaxies: active;
- gamma-rays: galaxies;
- neutrinos;
- radiation mechanisms: non-thermal;
- Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
- E-Print:
- Accepted by PASJ