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两个中等红移高光度类星体的谱线和连续谱变率

Line and continuum variability of two intermediate-redshift, high-luminosity quasars

D. Trevese, D. Paris, G. M. Stirpe, F. Vagnetti, V. Zitelli

摘要:

研究表明,从微弱的塞弗特核到明亮的类星体,活动星系核的亮度及其宽线区的大小服从简单的R=a L^g关系,允许单历元确定中心黑洞质量M=b L^g D ^2。从它们的亮度L和H_β发射线的宽度。在宇宙学研究中采用这种质量测定方法,需要将一个关系式外推到高z和L,到目前为止,该关系式的校准依赖于在L<10^46 erg/s和z<0.4的条件下进行的混响映射测量。我们发起了一项活动,对几个视星等V<15.7的中等亮度z类星体进行监测,这些类星体允许用1.8米望远镜进行观测,目的是证明即使在光度>10^47 erg/s的情况下,发射谱线也会发生变化,并对连续谱变化做出响应,并最终通过混响映射确定它们的M_BH。我们已经多次同时观测类星体和参考星,以确定连续谱和发射线的相对变化。我们描述的意见和分析方法。对于类星体PG 1634 +706和PG 1247 +268,我们分别得到了CIII],Mg II和CIV,CIII]发射线的光变曲线及相应的连续谱。在3.2年的观测期间,在前一种情况下,没有检测到连续变率,并且线变率的证据是微不足道的,而在后一种情况下,连续变率和线变率都被检测到具有很高的显著性,并且线变率似乎与连续变率相关。在L~10^47 erg/s的类星体中探测到发射谱线的变化,这将促进这一运动的进行,它将在未来的5-6年内提供一个黑洞质量的估计,从而将M_BH-L关系限制在一个探索不足的光度范围内。

英文摘要:

It has been shown that the luminosity of AGNs and the size of their broad line region obey a simple relation of the type R=a L^g, from faint Seyfert nuclei to bright quasars, allowing single-epoch determination of the central black hole mass M=b L^g D^2 from their luminosity L and width of H_beta emission line. Adopting this mass determination for cosmological studies requires the extrapolation to high z and L of a relation whose calibration relies so far on reverberation mapping measurements performed for L<10^46 erg/s and z<0.4. We initiated a campaign for the monitoring of a few luminous, intermediate z quasars whose apparent magnitude V<15.7 allows observations with a 1.8m telescope, aimed at proving that emission lines vary and respond to continuum variations even for luminosities >10^47 erg/s, and determining eventually their M_BH from reverberation mapping. We have repeatedly performed simultaneous observations of quasars and reference stars to determine relative variability of continuum and emission lines. We describe the observations and methods of analysis. For the quasars PG1634+706 and PG1247+268 we obtain light-curves respectively for CIII], MgII and for CIV, CIII] emission lines with the relevant continua. During 3.2 years of observation, in the former case no continuum variability has been detected and the evidence for line variability is marginal, while in the latter case both continuum and line variability are detected with high significance and the line variations appear correlated with continuum variations. The detection of the emission line variability in a quasar with L~10^47 erg/s encourages the prosecution of the campaign which should provide a black hole mass estimate in other 5-6 years, constraining the M_BH-L relation in a poorly explored range of luminosity.

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