A Bayesian Approach to Modelling Multi-Messenger Emission from Blazars using Lepto-Hadronic Kinetic Equations [HEAP]

http://arxiv.org/abs/2006.01543


Abstract Blazar TXS 0506+056 is the main candidate for a coincident neutrino and gamma-ray flare event. In this paper, we compose a detailed kinetic lepto-hadronic emission model capable of producing a photon and neutrino spectrum given a set of parameters. Our model includes a range of large-scale geometries and both dynamical and steady-state injection models for electrons and protons. We link this model with a Markov Chain Monte Carlo sampler to obtain a powerful statistical tool that allows us to both fit the Spectral Energy Distribution and study the probability density functions and correlations of the parameters. Assuming a fiducial neutrino flux, we demonstrate how multi-messenger observations can be modelled jointly in a Bayesian framework. We find the best parameters for each of the variants of the model tested and report on their cross-correlations. Additionally, we confirm that reproducing the neutrino flux of TXS 0506+056 requires an extreme proton to electron ratio either in the local acceleration process or from external injection.

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B. Jiménez-Fernández and H. Eerten
Wed, 3 Jun 20
60/83

Comments: 26 pages, 19 figures, submitted to MNRAS, under review