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NGC 4258中的黑洞吸积盘:自然界最美丽的动力系统之一

The Black Hole Accretion Disk in NGC 4258: One of Nature's Most Beautiful Dynamical Systems

James M. Moran

摘要:

在这次演讲中,我将总结CfA小组对NGC 4258的吸积盘中水脉泽结构的研究工作。利用1997年3月至2000年8月的18期VLBA资料进行了研究。系统群脉泽特征的垂直分布被发现具有高斯分布,正如流体静力平衡所预期的那样,$σ$宽度为5.1 $μ$ as。如果圆盘处于流体静力平衡,其温度约为600K。系统特征在加速度与碰撞参量之间表现出一个小的但持续的梯度。这一特性可能表明存在以亚开普勒速度旋转的螺旋密度波。对盘的动力学性质的更精确的理解预计将导致对星系距离的更精确的估计。

英文摘要:

In this talk I will summarize some of the work that the CfA group has done to study the structure of the water masers in the accretion disk of NGC 4258. A series of 18 epochs of VLBA data taken from 1997.3 to 2000.8 were used for this study. The vertical distribution of maser features in the systemic group was found to have a Gaussian distribution, as expected for hydrostatic equilibrium, with a $σ$-width of 5.1 $μ$as. If the disk is in hydrostatic equilibrium, its temperature is about 600K. The systemic features exhibit a small, but persistent, gradient in acceleration versus impact parameter. This characteristic may indicate the presence of a spiral density wave rotating at sub-Keplerian speed. A more precise understanding of the dynamical properties of the disk is expected to lead to a more refined estimate of the distance to the galaxy.

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