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BL Lac天体1 E 1207.9+3945在最亮状态下的26年X射线光变曲线和X射线光谱

The 26 year-long X-ray light curve and the X-ray spectrum of the BL Lac Object 1E 1207.9+3945 in its brightest state

A. Maselli, P. Giommi, M. Perri, R. Nesci, A. Tramacere, F. Massaro, M. Capalbi

摘要:

我们研究了高能量峰值BL Lac天体1E1207.9 +3945的同步辐射的时间和光谱演化。最近,XMM-牛顿和雨燕卫星进行了两次观测;我们对这两次观测进行了X射线光谱分析,对雨燕卫星进行了光学紫外线滤光片测光。结合由此获得的结果与档案数据,我们建立了长期的X射线光变曲线,跨越26年的时间间隔,和光谱能量分布(SED)的这个来源。光变曲线显示出在几年的时间间隔内,大的通量增加,大约是六倍。在2000年12月与XMM-牛顿指向一致达到最大值后,流量在以后的几年中减少,正如斯威夫特所揭示的那样。在0.5-10 keV XMM-牛顿X射线谱中可获得的非常好的统计数据指出了与单一幂律的非常显著的偏差。对数抛物线模型的最佳拟合曲率参数为0.25和峰值能量在~1 keV的描述以及同步辐射的光谱形状。Swift UVOT和XRT数据的同时拟合提供了更温和的曲率(b~0.1)和更高能量(~15 keV)的峰值,表明源活动的不同状态。在这两种情况下,UVOT数据支持从光学/UV到X射线波段的单个同步辐射分量的情况。新的X射线观测对于监测源的时间和光谱演变非常重要;新一代伽马射线望远镜如AGILE和GLAST可以首次探测到它的逆康普顿发射。

英文摘要:

We studied the temporal and spectral evolution of the synchrotron emission from the high energy peaked BL Lac object 1E 1207.9+3945. Two recent observations have been performed by the XMM-Newton and Swift satellites; we carried out X-ray spectral analysis for both of them, and photometry in optical-ultraviolet filters for the Swift one. Combining the results thus obtained with archival data we built the long-term X-ray light curve, spanning a time interval of 26 years, and the Spectral Energy Distribution (SED) of this source. The light curve shows a large flux increasing, about a factor of six, in a time interval of a few years. After reaching its maximum in coincidence with the XMM-Newton pointing in December 2000 the flux decreased in later years, as revealed by Swift. The very good statistics available in the 0.5-10 keV XMM-Newton X-ray spectrum points out a highly significant deviation from a single power law. A log-parabolic model with a best fit curvature parameter of 0.25 and a peak energy at ~1 keV describes well the spectral shape of the synchrotron emission. The simultaneous fit of Swift UVOT and XRT data provides a milder curvature (b~0.1) and a peak at higher energies (~15 keV), suggesting a different state of source activity. In both cases UVOT data support the scenario of a single synchrotron emission component extending from the optical/UV to the X-ray band. New X-ray observations are important to monitor the temporal and spectral evolution of the source; new generation gamma-ray telescopes like AGILE and GLAST could for the first time detect its inverse Compton emission.

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