Tachyonic spectral map of a binary pulsar

Tomaschitz, Roman

doi:10.1016/j.physleta.2007.01.084

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“…Superluminal synchrotron radiation from ultra-relativistic electrons orbiting in magnetic fields was investigated in ref. [29]. In the zero-magnetic-field limit, the averaged tachyonic synchrotron densities converge to the densities (1).…”

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Tachyonic γ-ray cascades from BL Lacertae objects

Tomaschitz

2009

Europhys. Lett.

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Evidence for superluminal radiation from TeV blazars is pointed out. Spectral fits of the BL Lacertae objects W Comae, 1ES 2344 + 514, PG 1553 + 113, and 1ES 0806 + 524 are performed with tachyonic γ-ray cascades generated by the thermal electron plasma in the galactic nuclei. The transversal and longitudinal radiation components as well as the thermodynamic parameters of the ultra-relativistic electron populations are extracted from the spectral maps based on EGRET, VERITAS, MAGIC, and HESS flux data. An extended spectral plateau typical for tachyonic γ-ray spectra emerges in the MeV and low GeV range, terminating in exponential decay without a power law crossover. Thermal tachyonic cascade spectra are also predicted for Fermi blazars. By comparing to other TeV γ-ray sources such as Galactic supernova remnants and pulsar wind nebulae as well as active galactic nuclei, the curvature in the high-energy spectral slopes of BL Lacertae objects is shown to be intrinsic, i.e. uncorrelated with distance.

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Tachyonic γ-ray cascades from BL Lacertae objects

Tomaschitz

2009

Europhys. Lett.

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“…and electric fine structure constants) of the tachyon flux is absorbed by the detector, which requires a rescaling of the electron count n 1 , so that the actual number of radiating electrons is n e 1 := n 1 α e /α q ≈ 7.3 × 10 10 n 1 . We thus find the electron count to be n e 1 ≈ 5.75 × 10 49n 1 d 2 [kpc], wheren 1 defines the tachyonic flux amplitude extracted from the spectral fit [20]. This renormalized count n e 1 is to be identified with the particle number N in the thermodynamic variables of the electron plasma.…”

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Tachyonic γ -ray wideband of an ultra-relativistic electron plasma: Spectral fitting with Fermi power-law densities

Tomaschitz¹

2008

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

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“…1 is to be compared to the spectral maps of the Galactic γ-ray binaries in refs. [13,15], the binary pulsar PSR B1259 − 63 and microquasar LS 5039, whose spectral slopes are even more strongly curved than of the quasar 3C 279 at z ≈ 0.538. We may also compare the spectral map of this quasar to the γ-ray wideband of the Galactic center [21], and conclude that the curvature of these spectra is uncorrelated with distance.…”

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“…The negative mass-square refers to the radiation field rather than the current, in contrast to the traditional approach assuming superluminal source particles emitting electromagnetic radiation [8,9], and causes striking differences compared to electrodynamics. Apart from the superluminal speed of the tachyonic quanta, the radiation is partially longitudinally polarized, the gauge freedom is broken, and freely propagating charges can radiate superluminal quanta [10][11][12][13].…”

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Polarization of superluminal γ-rays: Tachyonic flare spectra of quasar 3C 279

Tomaschitz

2008

Europhys. Lett.

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The polarization of superluminal radiation is studied, based on the tachyonic Maxwell equations for Proca fields with negative mass-square. The cross-sections for the scattering of transversal and longitudinal tachyons by electrons are derived. The polarized superluminal flux vectors of dipole currents are calculated, and the power transversally and longitudinally radiated is obtained. Specifically, the polarization of the γ-ray spectrum of quasar 3C 279 is studied. Two flare spectra of this blazar at redshift 0.538 are fitted with tachyonic cascades generated by the thermal electron plasma in the active galactic nucleus. The transversal and longitudinal radiation components and the thermodynamic parameters of the ultra-relativistic plasma are extracted from the spectral map. An extended spectral plateau typical for tachyonic γ-ray spectra emerges in the MeV and low GeV range. The curvature of the adjacent GeV spectral slope is shown to be intrinsic, caused by the Boltzmann factor of the electron plasma rather than by intergalactic absorption.

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Tachyonic spectral map of a binary pulsar

Cited by 12 publications

References 31 publications

Tachyonic γ-ray cascades from BL Lacertae objects

Tachyonic γ-ray cascades from BL Lacertae objects

Tachyonic γ -ray wideband of an ultra-relativistic electron plasma: Spectral fitting with Fermi power-law densities

Polarization of superluminal γ-rays: Tachyonic flare spectra of quasar 3C 279

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