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NGC 4151:I光谱的长期变化性。光变曲线和通量相关

Long-term variability of the optical spectra of NGC 4151: I. Light curves and flux correlations

A. I. Shapovalova, L. C. Popovic, S. Collin, A. N. Burenkov, V. H. Chavushyan, N. G. Bochkarev, E. Benítez, D. Dultzin-Hacyan, A. Kovacevic, N. Borisov, L. Carr… 展开作者

A. I. Shapovalova, L. C. Popovic, S. Collin, A. N. Burenkov, V. H. Chavushyan, N. G. Bochkarev, E. Benítez, D. Dultzin-Hacyan, A. Kovacevic, N. Borisov, L. Carrasco, J. Leon-Tavares, A. Mercado, J. R. Valdes, V. V. Vlasuyk, V. E. Zhdanova

摘要:

介绍了对NGC 4151的活动星系核进行长期光谱监测的结果(1996 - 2006年,11年)。使用SAO的6米和1米望远镜(俄罗斯)、GHAO的2.1米望远镜(墨西哥Cananea)和OAN-SPM的2.1米望远镜(墨西哥San-Pedro),在~4000至7500埃的光谱范围内获得了高质量的光谱(在H α和H β附近的连续谱中信噪比>50),分辨率在5至15埃之间。对观测到的H α、H β、H γ和HeII发射线以及观测波长为5117 A的连续谱的通量进行了位置角、视宁度和孔径效应的校正。我们发现,连续和线通量变化强烈(高达6倍)在监测期间。1996-1998年排放量最大,2001年和2005年有两个最小值。Halpha、Hgamma和He II通量与Hbeta通量具有良好的相关性。我们考虑了三个特征期,在此期间,Hbeta和Halpha曲线相似:1996-1999年,2000-2001年和2002-2006年。线连续通量比是不同的,特别是在第一阶段,线不相关的连续和饱和在高通量。在第二和第三阶段,连续通量很小,H α和H β通量与连续通量有很好的相关性,这意味着电离连续谱是光学连续谱的一个很好的外推。CCF通常是不对称的,并且线和连续体之间的时间滞后定义不好,表明存在复杂的BLR,尺寸从1到50光日。

英文摘要:

Results of a long-term spectral monitoring of the active galactic nucleus of NGC 4151 are presented (11 years, from 1996 to 2006). High quality spectra (S/N>50 in the continuum near Halpha and Hbeta) were obtained in the spectral range ~4000 to 7500 Å, with a resolution between 5 and 15 A, using the 6-m and the 1-m SAO's telescopes (Russia), the GHAO's 2.1-m telescope (Cananea, Mexico), and the OAN-SPM's 2.1-m telescope (San-Pedro, Mexico). The observed fluxes of the Halpha, Hbeta, Hgamma and HeII emission lines and of the continuum at the observed wavelength 5117 A, were corrected for the position angle, the seeing and the aperture effects. We found that the continuum and line fluxes varied strongly (up to a factor 6) during the monitoring period. The emission was maximum in 1996-1998, and there were two minima, in 2001 and in 2005. The Halpha, Hgamma and He II fluxes were well correlated with the Hbeta flux. We considered three characteristic periods during which the Hbeta and Halpha profiles were similar: 1996-1999, 2000-2001 and 2002-2006. The line to continuum flux ratios were different; in particular during the first period, the lines were not correlated with the continuum and saturated at high fluxes. In the second and third period, where the continuum flux was small, the Halpha and Hbeta fluxes were well correlated to the continuum flux, meaning that the ionizing continuum was a good extrapolation of the optical continuum. The CCFs are often asymmetrical and the time lags between the lines and the continuum are badly defined indicating the presence of a complex BLR, with dimensions from 1 to 50 light-days.

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