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Hadronic flares and associated neutrinos for Markarian 421

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 March 2015

Antonio Marinelli
Affiliation:
Instituto de Física, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Exterior, C.U., A. Postal 70-264, 04510 México D.F., México email: [email protected], [email protected]
Barbara Patricelli
Affiliation:
Instituto de Astronomía, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Exterior, C.U., A. Postal 70-264, 04510 México D.F., México email: [email protected], [email protected]
Nissim Fraija
Affiliation:
Instituto de Astronomía, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Exterior, C.U., A. Postal 70-264, 04510 México D.F., México email: [email protected], [email protected]
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Abstract

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Markarian 421 (Mrk 421) is one of the brightest, fastest and closest BL Lac objects known. Its very high energy (VHE) spectrum has been successfully modeled with both leptonic and hadronic models and no conclusive results have been achieved yet about the origin of its VHE emission. Here we investigate the possibility that a fraction of the VHE flares of Mrk 421 are due to hadronic processes and calculate the expected associated neutrino flux. We introduce the obtained neutrino flux in a Monte Carlo simulation to see the expectation for a km3 Cherenkov neutrino telescope.

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Contributed Papers
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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2015 

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