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Constraints on the gamma-ray emission from the cluster-scale AGN outburst in the Hydra A galaxy cluster

A. Abramowski Fabio Acero 1 F. Aharonian A. G. Akhperjanian G. Anton S. Balenderan Agnès Balzer A. Barnacka Y. Becherini 2, 3 J. Becker K. Bernloehr E. Birsin J. Biteau 2 A. Bochow C. Boisson J. Bolmont 4 P. Bordas J. Brucker F. Brun 2 P. Brun T. Bulik I. Buesching S. Carrigan S. Casanova M. Cerruti P. M. Chadwick A. Charbonnier 4 R. C. G. Chaves A. Cheesebrough G. Cologna J. Conrad C. Couturier M. K. Daniel I. D. Davids B. Degrange 2 C. Deil H. J. Dickinson A. Djannati-Atai 5 W. Domainko L. O'C. Drury G. Dubus K. Dutson J. Dyks M. Dyrda K. Egberts P. Eger P. Espigat 3 L. Fallon S. Fegan 2 F. Feinstein 1 M. V. Fernandes A. Fiasson 6 G. Fontaine 2 A. Foerster M. Fuessling M. Gajdus Y. A. Gallant 1 T. Garrigoux H. Gast L. Gérard 3 B. Giebels 2 J. F. Glicenstein B. Glueck D. Goering M. -H. Grondin S. Haeffner J. D. Hague J. Hahn D. Hampf J. Harris M. Hauser S. Heinz G. Heinzelmann G. Henri G. Hermann A. Hillert J. A. Hinton W. Hofmann P. Hofverberg M. Holler D. Horns A. Jacholkowska 4 C. Jahn M. Jamrozy I. Jung M. A. Kastendieck K. Katarzynski U. Katz S. Kaufmann B. Khelifi 2 D. Klochkov W. Kluzniak T. Kneiske Nu. Komin 6 K. Kosack R. Kossakowski 6 F. Krayzel 6 H. Laffon 2 G. Lamanna 6 J. -P. Lenain D. Lennarz T. Lohse A. Lopatin C. -C. Lu V. Marandon A. Marcowith 1 J. Masbou 6 G. Maurin 6 N. Maxted M. Mayer T. J. L. Mccomb M. C. Medina J. Mehault 1 R. Moderski M. Mohamed Emmanuel Moulin C. L. Naumann 4 M. Naumann-Godo 3 M. de Naurois 2 D. Nedbal D. Nekrassov N. Nguyen B. Nicholas J. Niemiec S. J. Nolan S. Ohm E. de Ona Wilhelmi B. Opitz M. Ostrowski I. Oya M. Panter M. Paz Arribas N. W. Pekeur G. Pelletier J. Perez P. -O. Petrucci B. Peyaud S. Pita 3 G. Puehlhofer M. Punch 3 A. Quirrenbach M. Raue A. Reimer O. Reimer M. Renaud 1 R. de Los Reyes F. Rieger J. Ripken L. Rob S. Rosier-Lees 6 G. Rowell B. Rudak C. B. Rulten V. Sahakian D. A. Sanchez A. Santangelo R. Schlickeiser A. Schulz U. Schwanke S. Schwarzburg S. Schwemmer F. Sheidaei 3 J. L. Skilton H. Sol G. Spengler L. Stawarz R. Steenkamp C. Stegmann F. Stinzing K. Stycz I. Sushch A. Szostek J. -P. Tavernet 4 R. Terrier 3 M. Tluczykont K. Valerius C. van Eldik G. Vasileiadis 1 C. Venter A. Viana P. Vincent 4 H. J. Voelk F. Volpe S. Vorobiov 1 M. Vorster S. J. Wagner M. Ward R. White A. Wierzcholska M. Zacharias A. Zajczyk A. A. Zdziarski A. Zech H. -S. Zechlin M. O. Ali
1 LUPM - Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier
2 LLR - Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet
3 APC (UMR_7164) - AstroParticule et Cosmologie
4 LPNHE - Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Énergies
5 APC - AHE - APC - Astrophysique des Hautes Energies
APC (UMR_7164) - AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Dipartimento di Astronomia, Universita degli Studi di Bologna
6 LAPP - Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules
Abstract : In some galaxy clusters powerful AGN have blown bubbles with cluster scale extent into the ambient medium. The main pressure support of these bubbles is not known to date, but cosmic rays are a viable possibility. For such a scenario copious gamma-ray emission is expected as a tracer of cosmic rays from these systems. Hydra A, the closest galaxy cluster hosting a cluster scale AGN outburst, located at a redshift of 0.0538, is investigated for being a gamma-ray emitter with the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) array and the Fermi Large Area Telescope (Fermi-LAT). Data obtained in 20.2 hours of dedicated H.E.S.S. observations and 38 months of Fermi-LAT data, gathered by its usual all-sky scanning mode, have been analyzed to search for a gamma-ray signal. No signal has been found in either data set. Upper limits on the gamma-ray flux are derived and are compared to models. These are the first limits on gamma-ray emission ever presented for galaxy clusters hosting cluster scale AGN outbursts. The non-detection of Hydra A in gamma-rays has important implications on the particle populations and physical conditions inside the bubbles in this system. For the case of bubbles mainly supported by hadronic cosmic rays, the most favorable scenario, that involves full mixing between cosmic rays and embedding medium, can be excluded. However, hadronic cosmic rays still remain a viable pressure support agent to sustain the bubbles against the thermal pressure of the ambient medium. The largest population of highly-energetic electrons which are relevant for inverse-Compton gamma-ray production is found in the youngest inner lobes of Hydra A. The limit on the inverse-Compton gamma-ray flux excludes a magnetic field below half of the equipartition value of 16 muG in the inner lobes.
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A. Abramowski, Fabio Acero, F. Aharonian, A. G. Akhperjanian, G. Anton, et al.. Constraints on the gamma-ray emission from the cluster-scale AGN outburst in the Hydra A galaxy cluster. Astronomy and Astrophysics - A&A, EDP Sciences, 2012, 545, pp.A103. ⟨10.1051/0004-6361/201219655⟩. ⟨in2p3-00725521⟩

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