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Intergalactic magnetism in a γ -ray beam as a model of Porphyrion
Stockholm University, Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics (Nordita). Stockholm University, Faculty of Science, Department of Astronomy. Stockholm University, Faculty of Science, The Oskar Klein Centre for Cosmo Particle Physics (OKC). Stockholm University, Faculty of Science, Department of Physics. Mellon University, USA; Ilia State University, Georgia.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7304-021X
Number of Authors: 42025 (English)In: Astronomy and Astrophysics, ISSN 0004-6361, E-ISSN 1432-0746, Vol. 696, article id L8Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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We estimate the magnetic field in the jets of the recently discovered 7 Mpc long Porphyrion system. We used nondetection of the system in gamma-rays to derive a lower bound on the co-moving magnetic field strength at the level of 10 nG (comoving). This value is consistent with recent estimates of magnetic fields in the filaments of the large-scale structure.We discuss the possibility that instead of being the extreme case of a radio jet formation scenario, Porphyrion actually traces a very high-energy -ray beam emitted by an active galactic nucleus. In such a model, jets do not need to spread into the voids of the large-scale structure to appear straight on a very large distance range, and several anomalies of the standard radio jet scenarios can be solved at once.

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2025. Vol. 696, article id L8
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Galaxies: active, Galaxies: jets, Gamma rays: galaxies, Large-scale structure of Universe, Magnetic fields, Radio lines: galaxies
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URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-243000DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202453099ISI: 001468811000011Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-105002282104OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-243000DiVA, id: diva2:1956879
Available from: 2025-05-07 Created: 2025-05-07 Last updated: 2025-05-07Bibliographically approved

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