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透镜类星体的第一次机器人监测:SBS 0909+532的内在变化

First robotic monitoring of a lensed quasar: intrinsic variability of SBS 0909+532

L. J. Goicoechea, V. N. Shalyapin, E. Koptelova, R. Gil-Merino, A. P. Zheleznyak, A. Ullan

摘要:

为了深入了解双类星体SBS 0909+532的变化细节,我们设计了一个监测方案,使用2米的利物浦机器人望远镜在R斯隆滤波器中,从2005年1月到2006年6月,时间跨度为1.5年。A和B分量的r波段光变曲线,几种互相关技术和大量的模拟(合成光变曲线)导致了49 +/- 6天(1-sigma间隔)的鲁棒延迟,这与我们之前的结果一致(B分量领先)。一旦知道了时间延迟和幅度偏移,就从图像B的光变曲线中减去图像A的幅度和时移光变曲线。SBS 0909+532的这种差异光曲线与零一致,因此任何可能的外来信号必须非常弱,即,观察到的A和B的变化基本上是由于观察噪声和固有信号。然后,我们制作了组合光变曲线,并分析了它的统计特性(结构函数)。内禀光度的结构函数适合于两种物理场景的简单模型的预测:吸积盘不稳定性和核星爆。虽然没有一个简单的模型能够准确地再现观测到的趋势,但吸积盘中的对称三角形耀斑似乎是解释这一趋势的最佳选择。

英文摘要:

To go into the details about the variability of the double quasar SBS 0909+532, we designed a monitoring programme with the 2 m Liverpool Robotic Telescope in the r Sloan filter, spanning 1.5 years from 2005 January to 2006 June. The r-band light curves of the A and B components, several cross-correlation techniques and a large number of simulations (synthetic light curves) lead to a robust delay of 49 +/- 6 days (1-sigma interval) that agrees with our previous results (the B component is leading). Once the time delay and the magnitude offset are known, the magnitude- and time-shifted light curve of image A is subtracted from the light curve of image B. This difference light curve of SBS 0909+532 is consistent with zero, so any possible extrinsic signal must be very weak, i.e., the observed variability in A and B is basically due to observational noise and intrinsic signal. We then make the combined light curve and analyse its statistical properties (structure functions). The structure function of the intrinsic luminosity is fitted to predictions of simple models of two physical scenarios: accretion disc instabilities and nuclear starbursts. Although no simple model is able to accurately reproduce the observed trend, symmetric triangular flares in an accretion disc seems to be the best option to account for it.

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