Evidence for the Secondary Emission as the Origin of Hard Spectra in TeV Blazars

Abstract

We develop a model for a possible origin of hard very high energy spectra from a distant blazar. In the model, both the primary photons produced in the source and secondary photons produced outside the source contribute to the observed high energy $\gamma$-rays emission. That is, the primary photons are produced in the source through the synchrotron self-Compton (SSC) process, and the secondary photons are produced outside the source through high energy protons interaction with the background photons along the line of sight. We apply the model to a characteristic case was the very high energy (VHE) $\gamma$-ray emissions in distant blazar 1ES 1101-232. Assuming a suitable electron and proton spectra, we obtain excellent fits to observed spectra of distant blazar 1ES 1101-232. This indicated that the surprisingly low attenuation of high energy $\gamma$-rays, especially for the shape of the very high energy $\gamma$-rays tail of the observed spectra, can be explained by secondary $\gamma$-rays produced in interactions of cosmic-ray protons with background photons in the intergalactic space.

5 pages, 2 figures, published in ApJ (2013ApJ...764..113Z)

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