Thermodynamic variables of microquasars inferred from tachyonic spectral maps

摘要

Tachyonic spectral densities of ultra-relativistic electron populations are fitted to the gamma-ray spectra of two microquasars, LS 5039 and LSI + 6 1 degrees 303. The superluminal spectral maps are obtained from BATSE, COMPTEL, EGRET, HESS, and MAGIC data sets. The spectral averaging is done with exponentially cut power-law densities. Estimates of the electron distributions generating the tachyon flux are obtained from the spectral fits, such as power-law indices, electron temperature and source counts. The internal energy and heat capacities of the source populations are calculated. An extensive entropy functional is defined for Boltzmann power-law densities and its stability is checked. The high-temperature limit of the thermodynamic variables is determined by the power-law index of the electron plasma, which enters in the scaling exponents as well as the amplitudes. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.