Seyfert星系NGC4151宽线区的Reverberation Mapping分析

本文利用我们所参与的１９９３年的国际联测光学资料,对ＮＧＣ４１５１的ＢＬＲ进行了后续Ｒｅｖｅｒｂｅｒａｔｉｏｎ Ｍａｐｐｉｎｇ分析,其中包括ａ）Ｍｏｎｔｅ－Ｃａｒｌｏ数值模拟检验谱线光变对连续谱光变响应的最可靠的延时时标,ｂ）用正则线性化反演方法解出ＢＬＲ的转移函数。我们分析并具体解释了对ＮＧＣ４１５１的ＢＬＲ尺度的最新测量结果用１９８８年的测量结果存在极其显著差别的原因。     

BVRI CCD-photometry of comparison stars in the fields of galaxies with active nuclei. IV

We report observations of 24 stars in the fields of the three Seyfert galaxies MCG +08-23-067, Mrk 817, and Mrk 290. The observations were made with a CCD array photometer in the BVRcIc bands. The V magnitudes of the observed stars ranged from 13.5 and 17.2. For stars of approximate magnitude 15, the typical photometric errors are 0.010, 0.011, 0.008 and 0.011 magnitude in the BVRI bands, respectively. The BVRI magnitudes of all these stars were not known previously. In the field of the galaxy Mrk 290 a star has been found that probably has a periodic brightness variation with P=1.518 days and the mean value V=14.80 and which may belong to the class of “spotted” stars. 14′x14′ charts are supplied for identifying the stars. These results can be used for differential photometry of active galactic nuclei in the BVRI bands. __________ Translated from Astrofizika, Vol. 51, No. 1, pp. 41–50 (February 2008).     

Relativistic Jets from Accretion Disks

The jets observed to emanate from many compact accreting objects may arise from the twisting of a magnetic field threading a differentially rotating accretion disk which acts to magnetically extract angular momentum and energy from the disk. Two main regimes have been discussed, hydromagnetic jets, which have a significant mass flux and have energy and angular momentum carried by both matter and electromagnetic field and, Poynting jets, where the mass flux is small and energy and angular momentum are carried predominantly by the electromagnetic field. Here, we describe recent theoretical work on the formation of relativistic Poynting jets from magnetized accretion disks. Further, we describe new relativistic, fully electromagnetic, particle-in-cell (PIC) simulations of the formation of jets from accretion disks. Analog Z-pinch experiments may help to understand the origin of astrophysical jets.     

Composite models (shock and photoionization) for the interpretation of AGN spectra

AGN spectra are investigated by comparing model calculations with observations. Line intensity ratios show that the emitting gas is heated by shocks. Therefore, composite models which consistently account for both shocks, accompanying the radial motion of the gaseous clouds, and a photoionizing radiation flux are used. Liners are ambiguous objects between AGN and Starburst galaxies, therefore, power-law or black body radiations are considered in the models, depending on the characteristics of the line spectra. The SUMA code is used.The results show that shocks definitively play an important role, even if a photoionizing flux is generally present. Particularly, the heterogeneous nature of the objects, which are classified as Liners, is confirmed.