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射电宁静类星体射电辐射的起源

On the origin of radio emission in radio quiet quasars

Ari Laor, Ehud Behar

摘要:

射电强类星体的射电辐射起源于携带相对论电子的喷流。在射电宁静类星体(RQQs)中,相对射电辐射要弱10^3倍,其起源尚未确定。我们发现,对于射电宁静的Palomar-Green(PG)类星体样品,射电光度(L_R)与X射线光度(L_X)之间存在很强的相关性,L_R~10^-5L_X。样品是光学选择的,具有几乎完整的无线电和X射线检测,因此这种相关性不能归因于直接选择偏差。PG类星体是Panessa等人所指出的类似相关性的延伸,对于附近低光度的第一型活动星系核的小样本。一个非常相似的关系式,称为盖德尔-本茨关系式,其中L_R/L_X~10^-5,适用于日冕活动恒星。Guedel-Benz关系,连同相关的恒星X射线和射电变率,意味着日冕是被磁性加热的。因此,我们提出的可能性,活动星系核日冕也磁加热,在RQQ的无线电发射也起源于日冕活动。如果正确的话,那么RQQ通常应该在几GHz处显示出紧凑的扁平核心,这是由于同步辐射自吸收,而在几百GHz处,我们应该能够直接看到X射线发射日冕,并且可能会看到与X射线变化相关的相对快速和大幅度的变化。我们还讨论了超亮X射线源和银河系黑洞中的射电和X射线发射可能也是日冕起源的可能证据。

英文摘要:

The radio emission in radio loud quasars originates in a jet carrying relativistic electrons. In radio quiet quasars (RQQs) the relative radio emission is ~10^3 times weaker, and its origin is not established yet. We show here that there is a strong correlation between the radio luminosity (L_R) and X-ray luminosity (L_X) with L_R~10^-5L_X, for the radio quiet Palomar-Green (PG) quasar sample. The sample is optically selected, with nearly complete radio and X-ray detections, and thus this correlation cannot be due to direct selection biases. The PG quasars lie on an extension of a similar correlation noted by Panessa et al., for a small sample of nearby low luminosity type 1 AGN. A remarkably similar correlation, known as the Guedel-Benz relation, where L_R/L_X~10^-5, holds for coronally active stars. The Guedel-Benz relation, together with correlated stellar X-ray and radio variability, implies that the coronae are magnetically heated. We therefore raise the possibility that AGN coronae are also magnetically heated, and that the radio emission in RQQ also originates in coronal activity. If correct, then RQQ should generally display compact flat cores at a few GHz due to synchrotron self-absorption, while at a few hundred GHz we should be able to see directly the X-ray emitting corona, and relatively rapid and large amplitude variability, correlated with the X-ray variability, is likely to be seen. We also discuss possible evidence that the radio and X-ray emission in ultra luminous X-ray sources and Galactic black holes may be of coronal origin as well.

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