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arxiv: 1907.01174 · v1 · pith:6A2KMTX3new · submitted 2019-07-02 · 🌌 astro-ph.HE · hep-ph

Multi-TeV flaring in nearby High Energy Blazars: A photohadronic scenario

Sarira Sahu This is my paper

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The photohadronic model, corrected for EBL absorption, reproduces multi-TeV flares in nearby blazars such as Mrk 421, Mrk 501 and 1ES 1959+650.

A machine-rendered reading of the paper's core claim, the machinery that carries it, and where it could break.

The paper reviews a photohadronic scenario in which high-energy protons in the blazar jet collide with ambient photons to produce pions whose neutral-pion decay supplies the observed gamma rays. When the attenuation caused by pair production on the extragalactic background light is included, the resulting spectra match the measured multi-TeV flare data for the three nearby sources. The model is presented as capable of explaining flares that lack simultaneous low-energy counterparts, thereby removing the need for separate mechanisms in those cases.

Core claim

In the photohadronic model, relativistic protons interact with low-energy photons inside the jet to generate charged and neutral pions; the subsequent decay of neutral pions yields gamma-ray photons that reach multi-TeV energies. After the photons propagate through the extragalactic background light and suffer pair-production losses, the predicted flare spectra and fluxes agree with observations of Markarian 421, Markarian 501 and 1ES1959+650.

What carries the argument

Photohadronic pion production followed by neutral-pion decay, with subsequent EBL pair-production attenuation applied to the emergent gamma-ray spectrum.

If this is right

  • Flares without X-ray counterparts arise naturally from the same hadronic channel that produces the gamma rays.
  • The same jet proton population can account for both the gamma-ray flares and any associated high-energy neutrinos.
  • Nearby high-energy blazars become calibrated laboratories for testing proton acceleration and photon field densities inside jets.
  • Spectral hardening or softening during flares directly constrains the target photon spectrum in the emission region.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • Detection of neutrinos coincident with these flares would strengthen the hadronic interpretation without requiring new multi-wavelength campaigns.
  • Extending the same EBL-corrected photohadronic calculation to more distant blazars would test whether the model remains viable when absorption is stronger.
  • If the required proton energies exceed those allowed by the jet magnetic field, the model would imply additional acceleration mechanisms operating on short timescales.

Load-bearing premise

The multi-TeV emission is produced by photohadronic interactions even when no simultaneous low-energy flare is detected.

What would settle it

A high-resolution multi-TeV spectrum measured during a flare that cannot be reproduced by any choice of photohadronic parameters once the known EBL absorption is subtracted.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 1907.01174 by Sarira Sahu.

Figure 1
Figure 1. Figure 1: FIG. 1. Geometry of the flaring of HBL: the interior compact cone (jet) is responsible for the [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p006_1.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 2. Figure 2: FIG. 2. At a redshift of [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p014_2.png] view at source ↗
Figure 3
Figure 3. Figure 3: FIG. 3. The fit to the tail region of the SSC SED (lep-1)[16] with the power-law as given in Eq. [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p015_3.png] view at source ↗
Figure 4
Figure 4. Figure 4: FIG. 4. Fit to the observed flux of April 2004 flare with the photohadronic model using two [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p016_4.png] view at source ↗
Figure 5
Figure 5. Figure 5: FIG. 5. The SED of lep-2[79] is shown along with the power-law fit to the SSC tail region with [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p018_5.png] view at source ↗
Figure 6
Figure 6. Figure 6: FIG. 6. Fit to the observed flux of 2010 flare by HESS using photohadronic model and EBL [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p019_6.png] view at source ↗
Figure 7
Figure 7. Figure 7: FIG. 7. The black curve is the hadronic model fit which includes the EBL attenuation using the EBL [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p022_7.png] view at source ↗
Figure 8
Figure 8. Figure 8: FIG. 8. The average SED of Mrk 501 is shown in all the energy bands which are taken from Ref. [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p023_8.png] view at source ↗
Figure 9
Figure 9. Figure 9: FIG. 9. The multiwavelength SED measured at the end of 2006 May with other historical data [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p026_9.png] view at source ↗
Figure 10
Figure 10. Figure 10: FIG. 10. The flare data are fitted with power-law with exponential decay (red dotted curve) and [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p027_10.png] view at source ↗
read the original abstract

Blazars are a subclass of AGN and flaring in multi-TeV gamma-ray seems to be the major activity in high energy blazars a subgrup of blazars. Flaring is also unpredictable and switches between quiescent and active states involving different time scales and fluxes. While in some high energy blazars a strong temporal correlation between X-ray and multi-TeV gamma-ray has been observed, outbursts in some other have no low energy counterparts and explanation of such extreme activity needs to be addressed through different mechanisms as it is not understood well. The extragalactic background light (EBL) plays an important role in the observation of these high energy gamma-rays as it attenuates through pair production of electron-positron and also changes the spectral shape of the high energy photons. In the context of the photohadronic model and taking EBL correction into account, flaring can be explained very well. In a series of papers we have developed this model to explain multi-TeV flaring events form many blazars. Here in this review, the photohadronic model is discussed and applied to explain the multi-TeV flaring from nearby high energy blazars: Markarian 421, Markarian 501 and 1ES1959+650.

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Referee Report

3 major / 2 minor

Summary. This review paper presents the photohadronic model (developed across a series of prior works by the same author) as an explanation for multi-TeV flaring in high-energy blazars. It applies the model, including EBL attenuation via pair production, to account for observed flares in Mrk 421, Mrk 501, and 1ES1959+650, with emphasis on cases lacking low-energy counterparts.

Significance. If the photohadronic scenario with EBL corrections reproduces the VHE spectra without contradiction from non-detections at lower energies, it would offer a mechanism for orphan flares. The work builds on the author's earlier model applications but does not introduce new independent constraints or falsifiable predictions beyond prior fits.

major comments (3)
  1. [Abstract] Abstract: the assertion that 'in the context of the photohadronic model and taking EBL correction into account, flaring can be explained very well' is presented without any quantitative model fits, spectral comparisons, error bars, or goodness-of-fit metrics for the three blazars.
  2. [Model application sections] The application to orphan flares (e.g., in 1ES1959+650) requires that the target photon field, proton injection spectrum, and interaction optical depth can be selected to match the EBL-corrected VHE spectrum while remaining consistent with non-detections at lower energies; no demonstration is given that these parameters are fixed by observables independent of the VHE data itself.
  3. [Introduction and review sections] The review relies on the photohadronic model parameters from the author's prior papers without external benchmarks or direct comparisons to leptonic mechanisms at the same epochs, leaving the claim that photohadronic processes dominate unsupported by new evidence.
minor comments (2)
  1. [Abstract] Abstract contains typographical errors: 'subgrup' should be 'subgroup' and 'form many blazars' should be 'from many blazars'.
  2. [Model description] Notation for EBL attenuation and photohadronic optical depth is not defined in the provided text, making it difficult to assess the quantitative implementation.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for the careful reading and constructive comments on our review manuscript. We address each major comment point-by-point below, indicating where revisions will be incorporated.

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  1. Referee: [Abstract] Abstract: the assertion that 'in the context of the photohadronic model and taking EBL correction into account, flaring can be explained very well' is presented without any quantitative model fits, spectral comparisons, error bars, or goodness-of-fit metrics for the three blazars.

    Authors: The abstract serves as a high-level summary of the review's scope. The quantitative spectral fits, including comparisons, error bars, and fit metrics for Mrk 421, Mrk 501, and 1ES 1959+650, are presented in the dedicated application sections, which reference the detailed modeling from our prior publications. To address the concern, we will revise the abstract to include a brief qualifier referencing those sections and the underlying fits. revision: partial

  2. Referee: [Model application sections] The application to orphan flares (e.g., in 1ES1959+650) requires that the target photon field, proton injection spectrum, and interaction optical depth can be selected to match the EBL-corrected VHE spectrum while remaining consistent with non-detections at lower energies; no demonstration is given that these parameters are fixed by observables independent of the VHE data itself.

    Authors: This is a review paper that applies the photohadronic model as developed and constrained in our earlier series of works. Those prior studies used multi-wavelength observations and theoretical requirements to fix the target photon field, proton spectrum, and optical depth independently of any single VHE flare dataset. The current manuscript summarizes those applications for the three blazars. We will add a short clarifying paragraph with explicit references to the original parameter determinations to make this explicit. revision: partial

  3. Referee: [Introduction and review sections] The review relies on the photohadronic model parameters from the author's prior papers without external benchmarks or direct comparisons to leptonic mechanisms at the same epochs, leaving the claim that photohadronic processes dominate unsupported by new evidence.

    Authors: The manuscript is explicitly a review of the photohadronic scenario and its application to multi-TeV flares, not a comparative study. It does not introduce new data or claim that photohadronic processes dominate over leptonic ones; it demonstrates the viability of the photohadronic approach for the cited orphan-flare cases. External benchmarks and leptonic comparisons lie outside the stated scope and are addressed in the broader literature. No revision is required on this point. revision: no

Circularity Check

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Photohadronic flaring explanations rest on self-developed model from author's prior papers

specific steps
  1. self citation load bearing [Abstract]
    "In the context of the photohadronic model and taking EBL correction into account, flaring can be explained very well. In a series of papers we have developed this model to explain multi-TeV flaring events form many blazars. Here in this review, the photohadronic model is discussed and applied to explain the multi-TeV flaring from nearby high energy blazars: Markarian 421, Markarian 501 and 1ES1959+650."

    The assertion that the model explains the observed flares is supported solely by the author's prior papers in which the model itself was constructed and tuned; no independent first-principles derivation or external constraint is supplied in the present work to break the self-reference.

full rationale

The paper is a review that applies a photohadronic model developed across a series of the author's own prior works. The central claim that this model plus EBL correction explains multi-TeV flares 'very well' is justified by reference to those self-citations rather than by an independent derivation or external benchmark performed within this manuscript. This matches self-citation load-bearing but does not reduce any specific equation to its input by construction within the present text.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

0 free parameters · 0 axioms · 0 invented entities

Abstract provides insufficient detail to identify specific free parameters, axioms, or invented entities; the photohadronic scenario relies on standard particle physics processes but requires astrophysical parameters that are likely fitted.

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