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Account of the baryonic feedback effect in gamma-ray measurements of intergalactic magnetic fields

Bondarenko, K.  
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Boyarsky, A.
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Korochkin, A.
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April 13, 2022
Astronomy & Astrophysics

Aims. Intergalactic magnetic fields in the voids of the large-scale structure can be probed via measurements of secondary gamma-ray emission from gamma-ray interactions with extragalactic background light. Lower bounds on the magnetic field in the voids were derived from the nondetection of this emission. It is not clear a priori what kind of magnetic field is responsible for the suppression of the secondary gamma-ray flux: a cosmological magnetic field that might be filling the voids, or the field spread by galactic winds driven by star formation and active galactic nuclei. Methods. We used IllustrisTNG cosmological simulations to study the effect of magnetized galactic wind bubbles on the secondary gamma-ray flux. Results. We show that within the IllustrisTNG model of baryonic feedback, galactic wind bubbles typically provide energy-independent secondary flux suppression at a level of about 10%. The observed flux suppression effect has to be due to the cosmological magnetic field in the voids. This might not be the case for the special case when the primary gamma-ray source has a hard intrinsic gamma-ray spectrum that peaks in the energy range above 50 TeV. In this case, the observational data may be strongly affected by the magnetized bubble that is blown by the source host galaxy.

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research article
DOI
10.1051/0004-6361/202141595
Web of Science ID

WOS:000782291700004

Author(s)
Bondarenko, K.  
Boyarsky, A.
Korochkin, A.
Neronov, A.
Semikoz, D.
Sokolenko, A.
Date Issued

2022-04-13

Published in
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Volume

660

Start page

A80

Subjects

Astronomy & Astrophysics

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Astronomy & Astrophysics

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magnetic fields

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intergalactic medium

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gamma rays

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general

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ism

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jets and outflows

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magnetohydrodynamics (mhd)

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extragalactic background light

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simulating galaxy formation

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illustristng simulations

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REVIEWED

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May 9, 2022
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