On the Relationship Between the Jets from X-Ray Binaries and Agn |
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Authors: | Sebastian Heinz Andrea Merloni Tiziana Di Matteo Rashid Sunyaev |
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Institution: | (1) Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research, Chandra Fellow, MIT, USA;(2) Max-Planck-Institute for Astropysics, Garching, Germany |
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Abstract: | The scale invariance model (Heinz, S. and Sunyaev, R.A.: 2003, MNRAS 343, L59) can be used to derive robust scaling relations between the radio luminosity from accreting black holes and the black
hole mass and accretion rate. These relations agree well with the recently found “fundamental plane” of black hole activity
(Merloni, A., Heinz, S. and Di Matteo, T.: 2003, MNRAS 345, 1057). This relation provides a new, powerful tool for the comparison of jets from black holes of different masses and accretion
rates. The regression coefficients of this relation contain information about the nature of the X-ray emission mechanism driving
the correlation. We argue that X-ray synchrotron emission from the base of the jets is unlikely to be the dominant contribution
to the X-ray spectrum in most of the sources. |
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Keywords: | radiation mechanisms non-thermal: galaxies active: galaxies jets: x-rays binaries: radio continuum general |
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