Multi-messenger emission from the parsec-scale jet of the flat-spectrum radio quasar coincident with high-energy neutrino IceCube-190730A. Issue 10 (28th October 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Oikonomou, Foteini; Petropoulou, Maria; Murase, Kohta; Tohuvavohu, Aaron; Vasilopoulos, Georgios; Buson, Sara; Santander, Marcos
• Is Part Of: Journal of cosmology and astroparticle physics. Volume 2021:Issue 10(2021)
• Publication Date: 2021-10-28
• Subjects: active galactic nuclei -- neutrino astronomy; Cosmology -- Periodicals; Astrophysics -- Periodicals; 523.0105
• DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2021/10/082
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1475-7516

Abstract

Abstract: On July 30th, 2019 IceCube detected a high-energy astrophysical muon neutrino candidate, with a 67% probability of astrophysical origin. The flat spectrum radio quasar (FSRQ) PKS 1502 +106 is in the error circle of the neutrino. Motivated by this observation, we study as a possible source of . was in a quiet state in terms of UV/optical/X-ray/flux at the time of the neutrino alert, we therefore model the expected neutrino emission from the source during its average long-term state, and investigate whether the emission of as a result of the quiet long-term emission of is plausible. We analyse UV/optical and X-ray data and collect additional observations from the literature to construct the multi-wavelength spectral energy distribution of . We perform leptohadronic modelling of the multi-wavelength emission of the source and determine the most plausible emission scenarios and the maximum expected accompanying neutrino flux. A model in which the multi-wavelength emission of originates beyond the broad-line region and inside the dust torus is most consistent with the observations. In this scenario, can have produced up to of order one muon neutrino with energy exceeding 100 TeV in the lifetime of IceCube. An appealing feature of this model is that the required proton luminosity is consistent with the average required proton luminosity if blazars power the observed ultra-high-energy-cosmic-ray flux and well below the source's Eddington luminosity. If such a model is ubiquitous among FSRQs, additional neutrinos can be expected from other bright sources with energy ≳ 10 PeV.