Intergalactic magnetism in a γ -ray beam as a model of Porphyrion
2025 (English)In: Astronomy and Astrophysics, ISSN 0004-6361, E-ISSN 1432-0746, Vol. 696, article id L8Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
We estimate the magnetic field in the jets of the recently discovered 7 Mpc long Porphyrion system. We used nondetection of the system in gamma-rays to derive a lower bound on the co-moving magnetic field strength at the level of 10 nG (comoving). This value is consistent with recent estimates of magnetic fields in the filaments of the large-scale structure.We discuss the possibility that instead of being the extreme case of a radio jet formation scenario, Porphyrion actually traces a very high-energy -ray beam emitted by an active galactic nucleus. In such a model, jets do not need to spread into the voids of the large-scale structure to appear straight on a very large distance range, and several anomalies of the standard radio jet scenarios can be solved at once.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
EDP Sciences , 2025. Vol. 696, article id L8
Keywords [en]
Galaxies: active, Galaxies: jets, Gamma rays: galaxies, Large-scale structure of Universe, Magnetic fields, Radio lines: galaxies
National Category
Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-362528DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202453099Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-105002282104OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-362528DiVA, id: diva2:1952976
Note
QC 20250428
2025-04-162025-04-162025-04-28Bibliographically approved