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BL Lac天体在十秒差距尺度上的磁场结构

Magnetic Field Structures of BL Lac Objects on Decaparsec Scales

Péter Veres, Denise C. Gabuzda

摘要:

在18厘米波段进行的甚长基线干涉测量(VLBI)偏振观测相对较少。这种观测的重要性在于它们能够揭示喷流磁场({ \bf B})结构和喷流环境的信息,其尺度介于高频VLBI和甚大阵列等连接元件干涉仪探测的尺度之间。我们用甚长基线阵列(VLBA)在18-20厘米波段的4个不同波长上对34个BL Lac天体进行了偏振观测。18厘米的喷流通常会延伸到数十秒差距。在某些情况下,十秒差距喷流是喷流在较小尺度上的延续,而在其他情况下,我们看到明显的弯曲。我们构造了法拉第旋转测度图,并利用它研究了喷注{ \bf B}场结构和喷注周围热等离子体的分布。法拉第旋转在这些波长下通常是大的,并且旋转测量分布的知识对于导出射流的{ \bf B}场结构是必不可少的。这些观测对法拉第旋转的高灵敏度使它们成为研究射流与它们传播的介质之间可能相互作用的有效工具。

英文摘要:

Relatively few Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) polarization observations have been carried out at 18 cm. The importance of such observations lies in their ability to reveal information about the jet magnetic ({\bf B}) field structure and the environment of the jet on scales intermediate between those probed by higher-frequency VLBI and connected-element interferometers such as the Very Large Array. We have obtained polarization observations of 34 BL Lac objects with the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA), at 4 separate wavelengths in the 18-20 cm band. The 18-cm jets typically extend to tens of parsecs. In some cases, the decaparsec jet is a continuation of the jet on smaller scales, while in others, we see appreciable bending. We have constructed Faraday rotation-measure maps and used them to study the jet {\bf B} field structures and distribution of thermal plasma around the jets. The Faraday rotation is typically large at these wavelengths, and knowledge of the rotation-measure distribution is essential to derive the {\bf B} field structures of the jets. The high sensitivity of these observations to Faraday rotation makes them an effective tool for studies of possible interactions between the jets and the media through which they propagate.

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