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高光度类星体的MgII线变

MgII Line Variability of High Luminosity Quasars

Jong-Hak Woo

摘要:

我们监测了5个λ L_{3000A} > 10^45 erg s^-1的高光度类星体,在0.4 < z < 0.6的条件下测量了Mg II 2798谱线的通量变化,并探索了利用Mg II进行混响映射的可行性。在为期两年的监测计划中,成像数据是由Cerro Tololo美洲天文台(CTIO)1.3米望远镜上的A Noble双成像相机获得的,而光谱数据则是在同一天晚上由CTIO 1.5米望远镜上的R-C光谱仪获得的。通过使用每个类星体图像中的可用场星进行差分测光,我们测量了B波段的变化- 10%-24%的峰间变化和3%-8%的均方根变化,其中包括静止帧UV连续谱(~ 2500 A-~ 3600 A)以及MgII线的通量变化。利用光度测量的光谱通量校准,我们测量了MgII线通量和连续通量在3000 nm从每个单历元光谱。在1-1.5年的静止帧时间尺度上,四个物体显示出23%-50%的峰-峰变化和8%-17%的均方根变化的MgII线通量变化,而一个物体显示出在测量误差范围内没有MgII通量变化(<5%)。我们还检测到4%-15%的均方根变化的MgII线的宽度为所有五个对象。利用光度学和光谱学的同步观测,我们证明了中等红移高光度类星体Mg II线混响映射的可行性。

英文摘要:

We monitored five high-luminosity quasars with lambda L_{3000A} > 10^45 erg s^-1 at 0.4 < z < 0.6 to measure flux variability of the MgII 2798 line and explore feasibility of reverberation mapping using MgII. Over the two year monitoring program, imaging data were obtained with the A Noble Double-Imaging Camera on the 1.3-m telescope at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO), while spectroscopic data were obtained at the same night with the R-C spectrograph on the 1.5-m telescope at the CTIO. By performing differencial photometry using available field stars in each quasar image, we measured variability -- 10%-24% peak-to-peak changes and 3%-8% rms variations -- in the B band, which includes flux changes in the rest-frame UV continuum (~2500A -- ~3600A) as well as the MgII line. Utilizing photometric measurements for spectroscopic flux calibration, we measured the MgII line flux and the continuum flux at 3000Åfrom each single-epoch spectrum. Four objects showed MgII line flux variability with 23%-50% peak-to-peak changes and 8%-17% rms variations over 1-1.5 year rest-frame time scales, while one object showed no MgII flux variability within the measurement error (<5%). We also detected 4%-15% rms variations of the MgII line width for all five objects. With synchronous observations for photometry and spectroscopy, we demonstrated the feasibility of the MgII line reverberation mapping for high-luminosity quasars at intermediate redshift.

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