arXivDaily arXiv每日学术速递 周一至周五更新
arXiv周末暂无论文更新,休息一下吧,周末愉快~~
arXiv 0801.3599astro-ph
收藏

钱德拉深场中活动星系核的X射线光度和光谱斜率之间相关性的确认

Confirmation of a correlation between the X-ray luminosity and spectral slope of AGNs in the Chandra Deep Fields

C. Saez, G. Chartas, W. N. Brandt, B. D. Lehmer, F. E. Bauer, X. Dai, G. P. Garmire

摘要:

本文介绍了从Chandra Deep Field-North和Chandra Deep Field-South巡天(以下简称CDF)中选出的173个明亮射电宁静活动星系核(在红移0.1 < z < 4范围内)的统计分析结果。我们发现射电宁静活动星系核的X射线幂律光子指数(Gamma)与其2-10 keV静止坐标系X射线亮度(LX)在两个红移区间(0.3 < z < 0.96和1.5 < z < 3.3)中的相关性在> 99.5%置信水平,而在红移区间(0.96 < z < 1.5)中的相关性稍差。我们研究了幂律光子指数和硬X射线光度之间的相关性的红移演化,发现在0.3 < z < 0.96和1.5 < z < 3.3的红移区间之间,相关性的线性拟合的斜率和偏移量发生了显著变化(在> 99.9%的置信水平上)。我们探索的物理场景解释这种相关性的起源及其可能的演变与红移的背景下,稳定的日冕模型,专注于其依赖于热日冕的性质与红移的变化。

英文摘要:

We present results from a statistical analysis of 173 bright radio-quiet AGNs selected from the Chandra Deep Field-North and Chandra Deep Field-South surveys (hereafter, CDFs) in the redshift range of 0.1 < z < 4. We find that the X-ray power-law photon index (Gamma) of radio-quiet AGNs is correlated with their 2-10 keV rest-frame X-ray luminosity (L_X) at the > 99.5 percent confidence level in two redshift bins, 0.3 < z < 0.96, and 1.5 < z < 3.3 and is slightly less significant in the redshift bin 0.96 < z < 1.5. We investigate the redshift evolution of the correlation between the power-law photon index and the hard X-ray luminosity and find that the slope and offset of a linear fit to the correlation change significantly (at the > 99.9 percent confidence level) between redshift bins of 0.3 < z < 0.96 and 1.5 < z < 3.3. We explore physical scenarios explaining the origin of this correlation and its possible evolution with redshift in the context of steady corona models focusing on its dependency on variations of the properties of the hot corona with redshift.

机构、总结、中文摘要均由AI分析而来,可能存在错误,请以论文正文为准。

↑