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极高能量峰值BL Lacs III的久坐调查。光谱学结果

The Sedentary Survey of Extreme High Energy Peaked BL Lacs III. Results from Optical Spectroscopy

S. Piranomonte, M. Perri, P. Giommi, H. Landt, P. Padovani

摘要:

多频久坐调查是一个通量有限,统计定义良好的样本高度X射线为主BL Lacertae对象(HBLs),其中包括150个源。在本文中,该系列的第三篇,我们报告了一个专门的光谱活动的结果,以及其他独立的光学后续计划的结果,导致了样品中所有来源的光谱鉴定。我们使用ESO 3.6m、KPNO 4 m和TNG光学望远镜对样品中的所有未识别物体进行了系统的光谱观测。我们提出了新的标识和光谱的76个源,其中50个是新的BL Lac对象,18个源以前被称为BL Lac,但没有红移的信息是可用的,和8个广泛的发射线AGN。我们发现,用于建立调查的多频率选择技术是非常有效的(约90%),在选择BL Lacs对象。我们目前的位置和光谱信息,所有确认BL湖对象。我们的数据使我们能够确定50个新的BL Lac中的36个红移,以及先前已知物体的5个新红移。给出了完整样品的红移分布,并与其它BL Lac样品的红移分布进行了比较。对于26个没有可识别的吸收特征的源,我们使用基于模拟光谱的方法计算了红移的下限,其中喷流和星系发射之间具有不同的比率。对于具有高质量光谱的38个物体的子样本,我们发现光谱斜率、1.4 GHz射电发光度和Ca H&K突变值之间存在相关性,这表明对于强大/成束源,光学光主要由非热发射决定。来自喷流。

英文摘要:

The multi-frequency Sedentary Survey is a flux limited, statistically well-defined sample of highly X-ray dominated BL Lacertae objects (HBLs) which includes 150 sources. In this paper, the third of the series, we report the results of a dedicated optical spectroscopy campaign that, together with results from other independent optical follow up programs, led to the spectroscopic identification of all sources in the sample. We carried out a systematic spectroscopic campaign for the observation of all unidentified objects of the sample using the ESO 3.6m, the KPNO 4m, and the TNG optical telescopes. We present new identifications and optical spectra for 76 sources, 50 of which are new BL Lac objects, 18 are sources previously referred as BL Lacs but for which no redshift information was available, and 8 are broad emission lines AGNs. We find that the multi-frequency selection technique used to build the survey is highly efficient (about 90%) in selecting BL Lacs objects. We present positional and spectroscopic information for all confirmed BL Lac objects. Our data allowed us to determined 36 redshifts out of the 50 new BL Lacs and 5 new redshifts for the previously known objects. The redshift distribution of the complete sample is presented and compared with that of other BL Lacs samples. For 26 sources without recognizable absorption features, we calculated lower limits to the redshift using a method based on simulated optical spectra with different ratios between jet and galaxy emission. For a subsample of 38 object with high-quality spectra, we find a correlation between the optical spectral slope, the 1.4 GHz radio luminosity, and the Ca H&K break value, indicating that for powerful/beamed sources the optical light is dominated by the non-thermal emission from the jet.

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