Mark 421天体多波段辐射机制研究

基于对数抛物线型电子分布,用单区、均匀同步自康普顿(Synchrotron Self-Compton,SSC)辐射模型计算BL Lac天体S5 0716+714的多波段能谱,并与Paggi等人的结果进行了比较.模型的计算结果与Paggi等人直接用δ函数近似得到的结果不同,导致该差异的主要原因可能是由于单电子同步辐射的δ函数近似丢失了电子的部分能量而影响逆康普顿散射结果.把该模型分别应用于Mark 421天体的高、中、低3种不同状态下的多波段观测结果,理论计算结果能与不同状态下的观测结果符合得很好.分析认为,观测到的Mark 421天体的不同状态可能是由于喷流内电子分布变化引起的.     

Fermi耀变体能谱分布曲率特性研究

收集了172个Fermi耀变体多波段准同时性观测数据,同步辐射成分和逆康普顿(IC)散射成分的多波段能谱通过对数抛物线拟合.研究了Fermi耀变体能谱分布的曲率特性,主要结果如下:平谱射电类星体(FSRQ)和蝎虎座BL型天体(BL Lac)的同步峰值频率和曲率有显著的负相关,但它们的相关关系是不同的.比较观测结果和不同理论模型预测,FSRQ加速机制与分数变换加速增益模型(The model of fluctuation of fractional acceleration gain)一致,而BL Lac则与能量依赖加速概率模型(The model of energydependent acceleration probability)一致;FSRQ同步曲率的平均值大于BL Lac的平均值,暗示了BL Lac的粒子加速效率高于FSRQ的粒子加速效率.这归因于FSRQ在宽线区(BLR)的喷流较强.此外FSRQ和低能峰蝎虎座BL型天体(LBL)具有相似的能谱分布特性.这与先前的研究结果一致;对于FSRQ和BL Lac,没有发现IC峰值频率与其曲率之间存在相关性.     

非均匀喷流模型及其在BL Lac天体中的应用

在非均匀锥形喷流模型中,电子数密度、磁场强度随着到喷流顶点的距离呈幂律分布.该模型能成功解释活动星系核喷流核心区域的平谱射电辐射,但已有的模型计算只适用于喷流运动方向与视线夹角很大的情况,所以需要建立适用于任何视角情况的非均匀锥形喷流辐射计算公式.普遍认为BL Lac天体中喷流的运动方向与视线夹角很小,推广后的非均匀喷流模型拟合了3个BL Lac天体的射电观测谱,确定了它们喷流中电子数密度、磁场强度等物理参数.研究结果表明观测辐射谱拐折频率确定出锥形喷流离黑洞最近距离,对于这3个BL Lac天体,它们的锥形喷流离黑洞最近距离约为Schwarzschild半径.     

喷流吸收对3C 279非热辐射谱的影响

考虑了喷流的吸收效应对类星体3C 279多波段能谱的影响.在不含时的同步自康普顿(SSC)模型的基础上,假定喷流中辐射的包受到在其前面的已冷却的包的遮挡,从而使得辐射区的发射可被吸收,这导致能谱的改变.计算表明喷流物质会对类星体辐射区发出的X射线波段的辐射有强烈的吸收,同时喷流物质会以发射线的形式在软X射线和紫外波段将吸收来的能量发射出去.利用这样的模型拟合了类星体3C 279观测到的多波段能谱,并对结果给出了简要的讨论.     

费米甚高能γ射线耀变体谱指数、能谱峰值频率和能谱曲率相关性研究

收集了69个费米甚高能γ射线(TeV)耀变体样本的平均态多波段数据,并用对数抛物线模型(The Log-parabolic Model)对能谱分布(The Spectral Energy Distribution, SED)进行拟合,获得相关物理参数。分别对谱指数、能谱峰值频率、能谱曲率3个物理参数进行统计分析,结果如下:(1)高峰频蝎虎天体(High-Synchrotron peaked BL Lacertae objects, HBLs)、中峰频蝎虎天体(Intermediate-Synchrotron peaked BL Lacertae objects, IBLs)、低峰频蝎虎天体(Low Synchrotron peaked BL Lacertae objects, LBLs)和平谱射电类星体(Flat Spectrum Radio Quasars, FSRQs)的谱指数分布各异,除射电波段外,样本中蝎虎天体在不同波段谱指数大小呈现高峰频蝎虎天体中峰频蝎虎天体低峰频蝎虎天体的分布规律;(2)样本中蝎虎天体(BL Lacertae objects)的同步辐射能谱的峰值频率和逆康普顿散射能谱的峰值频率之间呈现正相关关系,表明甚高能γ射线蝎虎天体多波段辐射能较好地用同步自康普顿模型解释;(3)通过聚类分析给定高峰频蝎虎天体、中峰频蝎虎天体、低峰频蝎虎天体和平谱射电类星体的能谱曲率分布范围,表明这4类天体样本的能谱曲率分布不同;(4)同步辐射能谱的峰值频率和逆康普顿散射能谱的峰值频率与红外、光学、紫外和软X射线波段的谱指数之间都呈现较强的负相关关系,而同步辐射能谱曲率和除射电波段外的各波段谱指数之间呈现正相关关系;(5)同步辐射能谱的峰值频率和同步辐射能谱曲率之间呈现较强的负相关关系。     

耀变体喷流性质研究

利用锥形喷流模型(conical jet model)拟合了55个费米耀变体的准同时性多波段观测数据,并研究了耀变体喷流的物理性质.通过卡方估计来找到模型的最优参数,与收集的其他参数进行统计分析.源的参数统计分析结果如下:(1)模型拟合得到的喷流功率要比利用延展射电光度得到的喷流功率大;(2)多普勒因子δ与磁感应强度B之间没有相关性;(3)喷流功率与吸积盘光度间存在相关性,Blandford-Znajek(BZ)机制能够很好地解释BL Lacs的喷流能量来源却不能解释平谱射电类星体(Flat Spectrum Radio Quasars,FSRQs);(4)喷流功率与黑洞质量之间有显著相关.     

费米耀变体的X射线辐射

耀变体(blazar)的X射线辐射位于同步辐射的尾部及逆康普顿辐射的前部分,因此其辐射起源较为复杂.耀变体从射电到X射线波段辐射的谱能分布(SED)可用抛物线函数近似拟合.若将该拟合所得拟合曲线近似视为耀变体的物理谱,分析费米(Fermi)耀变体的X射线辐射,则结果表明:耀变体的X射线辐射包含同步辐射和逆康普顿辐射2个成份,并可用该拟合线将X射线的同步辐射和逆康普顿辐射成份进行简单分离;源的同步峰频越高,其同步辐射成份越多,而其逆康普顿辐射成份越少;在X射线1 keV处,对于平谱射电类星体(FSRQ)、低同步峰BL Lac天体(LBL)和高同步峰BL Lac天体(HBL),其同步辐射成份占总辐射的比例分别为17%、27%和73%;同步峰频与X射线1 keV处同步辐射流量密度有强正相关,而与逆康普顿辐射流量密度无相关;在X射线波段,LBL的辐射机制与FSRQ的类似.     

Fermi耀变体的gamma射线多波段辐射与射电辐射的关系

从Fermi 3期源表(3FGL)中选择了一个含935个耀变体(blazar)的样本, 包括415个平谱射电源(Flat Spectrum Radio Quasar, FSRQ), 520个蝎虎天体(BL Lac object, BL Lac), 其中高同步峰BL Lac (HBL) 233个, 中同步峰BL Lac (IBL) 144个, 低同步峰BL Lac (LBL) 143个. 研究了总样本、FSRQ、BL Lac及其子类HBL、LBL的射电1.4GHz 与gamma射线在0.1、0.3、1、3、10GeV处辐射流量密度的关系. 结果显示: 所有样本的射电1.4GHz与5个波段gamma射线的辐射流量都有强相关, 相关系数在0.48--0.81之间, 机会概率均小于$10^{-4; 对于不同的样本相关系数随着gamma射线辐射频率的变化有不同的变化趋势, 所有样本在5个波段的相关系数平均值随gamma射线频率的增加而减小. 该结果暗示, 随着频率的升高, blazar的gamma射线辐射主导机制在发生变化, 在相同频率处, 不同类型天体的辐射主导机制存在差异; HBL的gamma射线辐射主要由同步自康普顿主导, 而LBL的其他成份比HBL的更复杂; FSRQ的gamma射线起源较BL Lac的复杂.     

射电活动星系核相对论性束流Doppler因子的决定(I)3C273

目前决定射电活动星系核Ｄｏｐｐｌｅｒ因子δ的方法,主要是用均匀球状源模型的同步自康普顿机制（ＳＳＣ）关联射电和Ｘ射线（或光学）波段各一点的流量来定出δ．观测表明,此方法有较大的不足．本文发展了一种新方法,一方面将ＳＳＣ机制推广到非均匀情况,另一方面是用谱拟合代替点计算．我们首次用这种方法对３Ｃ２７３的Ｄｏｐｐｌｅｒ因子进行了推算．计算结果表明,３Ｃ２７３的多普勒因子δ～３１３．在假设喷流中非均匀成分和喷流整体的运动速度相同时,得到相对论性束流运动方向与视向的夹角θ～１５°．根据δ定出源的内禀亮温度约为５０×１０１０Ｋ,缓解了“康普顿灾变”的困难．由于非均匀模型比均匀模型更接近射电活动星系核中心致密子源的真实物理图象,有关参数由３Ｃ２７３的同时性和准同时性多波段观测定出,观测结果对ＳＳＣ机制提供了较好的支持,故理论和观测相符,由此确定的多普勒因子是更可信的．     

OJ 287,0716+714与BL Lacertae的光变分析

OJ 287是存在着剧烈活动的低峰频BL Lac天体,其低频段的能谱与另两个TeV BL Lac天体(0716+714和BL Lacertae)在低频段的能谱很相似,但是切仑科夫望远镜却没能探测到它的TeV射线.利用这3个天体的观测数据,比较它们在22 GHz、37 GHz和B波段的最小光变周期及延迟的异同,进一步寻找没有观测到OJ 287的TeV伽马射线的可能原因.分析结果显示:(1)最小光变周期方面,OJ 287在37 GHz和B波段的周期偏小,在22 GHz,OJ 287与0716+714的结果相当,但与BL Lacertae相比要小很多,OJ 287的周期更短表明其活动性更强,却没有探测到来自OJ 287的TeV伽马射线,这表明OJ 287在TeV波段的辐射与这3个低能波段最小光变周期之间可能没有联系;(2)延迟方面,OJ 287在B波段相对于37 GHz的延迟要长于0716+714,短于BL Lacertae;在37 GHz相对于22 GHz的延迟要短于0716+714,而BL Lacertae在37 GHz相对于22 GHz的时延为负值,表明22 GHz要超前于37 GHz.通过对延迟的比较分析,并没有发现OJ 287与0716+714和BL Lacertae之间存在明显的差异;从能谱来看,很可能是由于OJ 287在TeV波段的能谱较陡造成切仑科夫望远镜没有探测到来自OJ 287的伽马辐射,但TeV能段较陡的能谱对低能段光变的影响目前还不是很清楚.     

Properties of BL Lac Objects with Redshift < 0.2

We present a large sample which includes 82 BL Lac objects with redshifts below 0.2 from recent literature. We find strong correlations in both flux and luminosity between the radio (5 GHz) and optical bands (5500 A). The correlations in other bands are very weak. Five TeV BL Lacs and two suspect sources are found to have similar properties as high-frequency-peaked BL Lacs (HBLs). Our results suggest that both the radio and optical emissions are from the same radiation mech anism in the SSC model. The TeV BL Lac candidates should be HBLs or HBL-like objects with small redshifts.     

Properties of BL Lac Objects with Redshift≤0.2

1 INTRODUCTIONBlazars, including BL Lacertae objects and Optical Violently Variable (OVV) quasars,belong to a class of active ga1actic nuclei (AGNs), the spectrum of which is dominated bynontherma1 radiation from re1ativistic electrons in jets pointing at us (e.g. BlandfOrd & Rees1978; Urry & Padovani 1995). The entire electromagnetic spectraI energy distributions (SEDs)usually reveal two broad components, the low energy part, peaking in the IR to soft X-rayrange, and the high en…     

The contribution of unresolved radio-loud AGN to the extragalactic diffuse gamma-ray background

We present a calculation of the blazar contribution to the extragalactic diffuse γ -ray background (EGRB) in the EGRET energy range. Our model is based on inverse-Compton scattering as the dominant γ -ray production process in the jets of flat spectrum radio quasars (FSRQs) and BL Lac objects, and on the unification scheme of radio-loud AGN. According to this picture, blazars represent the beamed fraction of the Fanaroff–Riley radio galaxies (FR galaxies).
The observed log  N –log  S distribution and redshift distribution of both FSRQs and BL Lacs constrain our model. Depending slightly on the evolutionary behaviour of blazars, we find that unresolved AGN underproduce the intensity of the extragalactic background radiation. With our model only 20–40 per cent of the extragalactic background emission can be explained by unresolved blazars if we integrate to a maximum redshift of Z _max=3. For Z _max=5, blazars could account for 40–80 per cent of the EGRB. Roughly 70–90 per cent of the AGN contribution to the EGRB would result from BL Lacs. While the systematic uncertainties in our estimate for the FSRQ contribution appear small, in the case of BL Lacs our model parameters are not consistent with the results from studies in other wavelength regimes, and therefore may have larger systematic uncertainties. Thus we end up with two possibilities, depending on whether we underpredict or overpredict the BL Lac contribution: either unresolved AGN cannot account for the entire EGRB, or unresolved BL Lacs produce the observed background.
We predict a significant flattening of the γ -ray log  N –log  S function in the next two decades of flux below the EGRET threshold.     

Near-infrared imaging of the host galaxies of BL Lacertae objects

Near-infrared images have been obtained of nine BL Lacertae objects in order to investigate their host galaxy properties. From numerical modelling of the data we find that five of the nine BL Lacs have contributions from extended galaxy emission in their profiles. Tentative morphologies were derived for two of the BL Lacs, namely B2 0752+258, for which a disc morphology is slightly preferred, and S4 0954+65, for which an elliptical morphology is preferred. From our modelling we derive host galaxy absolute magnitudes of M_H =−25.6±0.5 for B2 0752+258, and M_H =−26.3±0.8 for S4 0954+65. We also find an average K -band absolute K -corrected host galaxy magnitude, for the BL Lacs, of 〈 M_K 〉=−26.3±0.6 asssuming an elliptical galaxy model, and 〈 M_K 〉=−26.1±0.9 assuming a disc galaxy model. The derived absolute magnitudes are similar to those found for the putative parent population of FRI radio galaxies, predicted by unified schemes. For those BL Lacs in which host galaxies have been previously detected at optical wavelengths we derive rest frame colours which are generally consistent with those of 'normal' galaxies. However, for TEX 0836+182 we find a rather blue colour which, together with the elongated morphology, may be indicative of interaction or spiral structure. Our results suggest that the host galaxies of BL Lacs are indeed similar to those of FRI radio galaxies, adding further weight to the unification scenario. In our present infrared frames of relatively modest resolution, we do not find that infrared observations are any more or less effective than optical observations at revealing the underlying host galaxy.     

BeppoSAX observations of 1-Jy BL Lacertae objects – I

We present new BeppoSAX observations of seven BL Lacertae objects selected from the 1-Jy sample plus one additional source. The collected data cover the energy range     (observer's frame), reaching ∼50 keV for one source (BL Lac). All sources characterized by a peak in their multifrequency spectra at infrared/optical energies (i.e., of the low-energy peaked BL Lac type, LBL) display a relatively flat     X-ray spectrum, which we interpret as inverse Compton emission. Four objects (two-thirds of the LBLs) show some evidence for a low-energy steepening, which is probably due to the synchrotron tail merging into the inverse Compton component around ∼     . If this were generally the case with LBLs, it would explain why the     ROSAT spectra of our sources are systematically steeper than the BeppoSAX ones     . The broad-band spectral energy distributions fully confirm this picture, and a synchrotron inverse Compton model allows us to derive the physical parameters (intrinsic power, magnetic field, etc.) of our sources. Combining our results with those obtained by BeppoSAX on BL Lacs covering a wide range of synchrotron peak frequency, ν _peak, we confirm and clarify the dependence of the X-ray spectral index on ν _peak originally found in ROSAT data.     

BL Lac objects in the synchrotron proton blazar model

We calculate the spectral energy distribution (SED) of electromagnetic radiation and the spectrum of high-energy neutrinos from BL Lac objects in the context of the synchrotron proton blazar model. In this model, the high-energy hump of the SED is due to accelerated protons, while most of the low-energy hump is due to synchrotron radiation by co-accelerated electrons. To accelerate protons to sufficiently high energies to produce the high-energy hump, rather high magnetic fields are required. Assuming reasonable emission region volumes and Doppler factors, we then find that in low-frequency peaked BL Lacs (LBLs), which have higher luminosities than high-frequency peaked BL Lacs (HBLs), there is a significant contribution to the high-frequency hump of the SED from pion photoproduction and subsequent cascading, including synchrotron radiation by muons. In contrast, in HBLs we find that the high-frequency hump of the SED is dominated by proton synchrotron radiation. We are able to model the SED of typical LBLs and HBLs, and to model the famous 1997 flare of Markarian 501. We also calculate the expected neutrino output of typical BL Lac objects, and estimate the diffuse neutrino intensity due to all BL Lacs. Because pion photoproduction is inefficient in HBLs, as protons lose energy predominantly by synchrotron radiation, the contribution of LBLs dominates the diffuse neutrino intensity. We suggest that nearby LBLs may well be observable with future high-sensitivity TeV γ-ray telescopes.     

Noise characteristics of full-disc helioseismic observations made by resonant scattering spectrometers

We report monitoring observations of 20 high-luminosity active galactic nuclei (AGN), 12 of which are radio-quiet quasars (RQQs). Intranight optical variability (INOV) was detected for 13 of the 20 objects, including 5 RQQs. The variations are distinctly stronger and more frequent for blazars than for the other AGN classes. By combining these data with results obtained earlier in our programme, we have formed an enlarged sample consisting of 9 BL Lacs, 19 RQQs and 11 lobe-dominated radio-loud quasars (RLQs). The moderate level of rapid optical variability found for both RQQs and radio lobe-dominated quasars (LDQs) argues against a direct link between INOV and radio loudness. We supplemented the present observations of 3 BL Lacs with additional data from the literature. In this extended sample of 12 well observed BL Lacs, stronger INOV is found for the EGRET detected subset.     

Effects of Redshift on the Classifying Criteria of BL Lacertae Objects

We have collected a sample of 70 BL Lacs (33 radio-selected BL Lacs and 37 X-ray selected BL Lacs) with multi-waveband data for investigating the classifying criteria of BL Lacertae Objects. For each source, we estimate its luminosities in radio, optical and X-ray, the broad-band spectral index from radio to X-ray and the peak frequency of the syn- chrotron emission, and make a statistical analysis of the data obtained. Our main results are as follows: (1) The broad-band spectral index and the peak frequency have no correlation with the redshift, while they are inversely correlated with each other and they could be regarded as equivalent classifying criteria of BL Lac objects. (2) There are significant effects of the luminosity/redshift relation on the observed luminosity distribution in our sample, hence, if the radio luminosity is to be used as a classifying criterion of BL Lac objects, it should not be regarded as equivalent to the broad-band spectral index or the peak frequency. (3) Our re- sults supply a specific piece of evidence for the suggestion that the use of luminosities always introduces a redshift bias to the data and show that the location of the peak frequency is not always linked to the luminosity of any wave band.     

Gamma-ray luminosity function of gamma-ray bright AGNs

Detection of γ-ray emissions from a class of active galactic nuclei (viz blazars),has been one of the important findings from the Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory (CGRO). However, their-γ-ray luminosity function has not been well determined. Few at-tempts have been made in earlier works, where BL Lacs and Flat Spectrum Radio Quasars (FSRQs) have been considered as a single source class. In this paper, we investigated the evolution and γ-ray luminosity function of FSRQs and BL Lacs separately. Our investi-gation indicates no evolution for BL Lacs, however FSRQs show significant evolution. Pure luminosity evolution is assumed for FSRQs and exponential and power law evolu-tion models are examined. Due to the small number of sources, the low luminosity end index of the luminosity function for FSRQs is constrained with an upper limit. BL Lac lu-minosity function shows no signature of break. As a consistency check, the model source distributions derived from these luminosity functions show no significant departure from the observed source distributions.     

Correlation between X-ray and γ-ray for Fermi blazars

Using γ-ray band data detected by Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) and X-ray band data for 78 blazars, we find a medium correlation between X-ray flux and γ-ray flux in all states. A medium correlation is also found between X-ray (1 keV) mean spectral index α _x and γ-ray mean spectral index α _γ for BL Lacertae objects (BL Lacs), and there is no correlation for Flat Spectrum Radio Quasars (FSRQs). From these results, we suggest that the most likely radiation mechanism for the high energy gamma-rays would be synchrotron self-Compton (SSC), and that the gamma-ray emission mechanism may be somewhat different for BL Lacs and FSRQs.