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射电星系M87的内喷流

The Inner Jet of the Radio Galaxy M87

Y. Y. Kovalev, M. L. Lister, D. C. Homan, K. I. Kellermann

摘要:

我们报告了新的2厘米VLBA图像的内部无线电喷流的M87显示了一个边缘增亮的结构和明确的证据,一个微弱的3 mas长的反功能,也出现边缘增亮。对七个独立喷流特征的多历元观测显示,尽管喷流结构高度不对称,并且存在典型的相对论性射束场景,但其典型速度小于光速的百分之几。所观察到的形态是一致的两个流的脊柱鞘速度梯度穿过射流,可以预期从最近发现的强大和可变的TeV发射,以及从相对论射流的数值模拟。考虑到大喷流的反喷流通量密度比和缺乏观察到的快速运动的射流,我们得出结论,无论是内部部分的M87喷气本质上是不对称的,或者是散装等离子体流速是远远大于任何传播的冲击或其他模式的运动。

英文摘要:

We report new 2 cm VLBA images of the inner radio jet of M87 showing a limb brightened structure and unambiguous evidence for a faint 3 mas long counter-feature which also appears limb brightened. Multi-epoch observations of seven separate jet features show typical speeds of less than a few percent of the speed of light, despite the highly asymmetric jet structure and the implications of the canonical relativistic beaming scenario. The observed morphology is consistent with a two stream spine-sheath velocity gradient across the jet, as might be expected from the recently discovered strong and variable TeV emission as well as from numerical modeling of relativistic jets. Considering the large jet to counter-jet flux density ratio and lack of observed fast motion in the jet, we conclude that either the inner part of the M87 jet is intrinsically asymmetric or that the bulk plasma flow speed is much greater than any propagation of shocks or other pattern motions.

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