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AGN中的秒差距尺度喷流-环境相互作用

Parsec-Scale Jet-Environment Interactions in AGN

Matthew L. Lister

摘要:

VLBA的观测使我们对AGN中的射电喷流如何从秒差距尺度演变到超过几百千秒差距的理解有了根本性的进展。在这篇评论中,我讨论了目前的年轻射电源的演变模型,以及观测证据的快速变化喷流属性的尺度为1千秒差距。目前争论的一个中心话题是间歇性喷气燃料与喷气环境相互作用在这个关键进化阶段导致强大射电源下降的相对重要性。最近的三维流体动力学喷流模拟表明,密集的环境和云的碰撞可以暂时扼杀,但不能完全停止强大的相对论喷流。在blazar和弱Seyfert喷流中的喷流-ISM相互作用的几个VLBA研究表明,在稠密环境中准直流出确实是可能的。目前,大部分的证据支持间歇性活动星系核吸积作为决定大量活动星系核喷流演化路径的主导因素。

英文摘要:

Observations made with the VLBA have led to fundamental advances in our understanding of how radio jets in AGN evolve from parsec-scales out to distances exceeding several hundred kiloparsecs. In this review I discuss current models of young radio source evolution, as well as the observational evidence for a rapid change in jet properties on scales of ~1 kpc. A central topic of current debate is the relative importance of intermittent jet fueling versus jet-environment interactions in causing a drop-off in powerful radio sources at this critical evolutionary stage. Recent 3-D hydrodynamical jet simulations suggest that dense environments and cloud collisions can temporarily stifle, but not completely halt powerful relativistic jets. Several VLBA studies of jet-ISM interactions in both blazars and weak Seyfert jets have indicated that collimated outflows are indeed possible in dense environments. At present, the bulk of the evidence favors intermittent AGN accretion as the dominant factor in determining the evolutionary path of large numbers of AGN jets.

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