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哈勃太空望远镜对3C 273喷流的远紫外成像:从光学到X射线的共同发射成分

Hubble Space Telescope far-ultraviolet imaging of the jet in 3C273: a common emission component from optical to X-rays

Sebastian Jester, Klaus Meisenheimer, Andre' Martel, Eric Perlman, Bill Sparks

摘要:

我们目前的远紫外(UV)观测在150 nm的喷流的类星体3C 273的高级相机的调查的日盲通道(ACS/SBC)上的哈勃太空望远镜。虽然喷流的形态是非常相似的,在光学和近紫外线,光谱能量分布(SED)的喷流的子区域显示在nu f_nu在150 nm相比,在300 nm的喷流中的任何地方向上翻。此外,150 nm的通量与将X射线幂律外推到紫外区是相容的。这有力地支持了喷流的远紫外线和X射线发射的共同起源。这意味着,即使是在喷流的X射线最亮部分的可见光中,也有相当大一部分来自与X射线相同的光谱成分,正如早先根据斯皮策太空望远镜的观测所提出的那样。我们认为,这个UV/X射线组件的识别开辟了可能性,建立同步辐射源的X射线发射的光学偏振。

英文摘要:

We present far-ultraviolet (UV) observations at 150 nm of the jet of the quasar 3C 273 obtained with the Advanced Camera for Survey's Solar Blind Channel (ACS/SBC) on board the Hubble Space Telescope. While the jet morphology is very similar to that in the optical and near-ultraviolet, the spectral energy distributions (SEDs) of the jet's sub-regions show an upturn in nu f_nu at 150 nm compared to 300 nm everywhere in the jet. Moreover, the 150 nm flux is compatible with extrapolating the X-ray power-law down to the ultra-violet region. This constitutes strong support for a common origin of the jet's far-UV and X-ray emission. It implies that even a substantial fraction of the *visible light* in the X-ray brightest parts of the jet arises from the same spectral component as the X-rays, as had been suggested earlier based on Spitzer Space Telescope observations. We argue that the identification of this UV/X-ray component opens up the possibility to establish the synchrotron origin of the X-ray emission by optical polarimetry.

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