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类星体MG 0414+0534吸积盘的微透镜研究

A microlensing study of the accretion disc in the quasar MG 0414+0534

N. F. Bate, D. J. E. Floyd, R. L. Webster, J. S. B. Wyithe

摘要:

多重成像类星体中引力微透镜的观测是目前唯一能直接探测类星体发射区亚微弧秒尺度结构的方法。微透镜可变性的分析在观测上是昂贵的,需要长期监测透镜系统。在这里,我们展示了一种技术,用于约束类星体连续发射区的大小作为波长的函数,使用单历元多波段成像。我们已经获得了透镜类星体MG 0414+0534的图像,在五个波段使用麦哲伦6.5米巴德望远镜在拉斯坎帕纳斯天文台,智利。这些数据,结合现有的两个时代的哈勃太空望远镜的数据,被用来模拟连续发射区$σ$的波长,$σ\proptoλ^ν$的幂律的大小。我们把上限的高斯宽度的$r^\prime$带发射区域的$1.80 \times 10^{16} h_{70}^{-1/2} (<M>/\rmn{M}_{\odot})^{1/2}$厘米,并限制幂律指数为$0.77\leqν\leq2.67$(95%的置信范围)。这些结果可用于约束类星体吸积盘模型。作为一个例子,我们发现在MG 0414+0534的吸积盘是统计上符合Shakura-Sunyaev薄盘模型。

英文摘要:

Observations of gravitational microlensing in multiply imaged quasars currently provide the only direct probe of quasar emission region structure on sub-microarcsecond scales. Analyses of microlensing variability are observationally expensive, requiring long-term monitoring of lensed systems. Here we demonstrate a technique for constraining the size of the quasar continuum emission region as a function of wavelength using single-epoch multi-band imaging. We have obtained images of the lensed quasar MG 0414+0534 in five wavelength bands using the Magellan 6.5-metre Baade telescope at Las Campanas Observatory, Chile. These data, in combination with two existing epochs of Hubble Space Telescope data, are used to model the size of the continuum emission region $σ$ as a power-law in wavelength, $σ\proptoλ^ν$. We place an upper limit on the Gaussian width of the $r^\prime$-band emission region of $1.80 \times 10^{16} h_{70}^{-1/2} (<M>/\rmn{M}_{\odot})^{1/2}$cm, and constrain the power-law index to $0.77\leqν\leq2.67$ (95 per cent confidence range). These results can be used to constrain models of quasar accretion discs. As a example, we find that the accretion disc in MG 0414+0534 is statistically consistent with a Shakura-Sunyaev thin disc model.

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