Hadronic origin of the very high-energy gamma-ray emission from the low-luminosity AGN in NGC 4278

Asahi Shoji, Yutaka Fujita, Norita Kawanaka +2

The Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory has detected very high-energy (VHE) gamma rays from NGC 4278, which is known to host a low-luminosity active galactic nucleus (AGN).…