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2007-2008年WEBT在中间BL Lac天体3C 66 A上的活动

The WEBT Campaign on the Intermediate BL Lac Object 3C66A in 2007-2008

M. Boettcher, K. Fultz

摘要:

由于2007年9月出现高光学状态,整个地球耀变体望远镜联合体在2007 - 2008年整个秋季和冬季组织了一次对中间BL Lac天体3C 66 A的密集光学、近红外和无线电观测活动。该源在整个观测期间保持在高光学状态,并在约10天的时间尺度上显示出几个明亮的耀斑。其中包括2007年9月15日至20日的一次异常爆发,亮度达到R ~ 13.4。我们的活动揭示了通量变化的微变性,|Dr/DT| ~ 0.02 mag/hr。我们的观测没有揭示系统光谱变化或光谱滞后的证据。我们推导了B ~ 19 e_B^{2/7} τ_h^{-6/7} D_1 ^{13/7} G发射区的磁场值。由于缺乏系统的频谱变化,我们可以推导出多普勒因子的上限,D <= 28 τ_h^{-1/8} e_B^{3/16}。这与β_{app} \le 27的超光速运动测量结果相一致,并与具有非常高的洛伦兹因子(Γ> 50)的模型相矛盾,该模型是在TeV伽马射线能量下探测到的某些高频峰值BL Lac天体的单区SSC解释所必需的。

英文摘要:

Prompted by a high optical state in September 2007, the Whole Earth Blazar Telescope (WEBT) consortium organized an intensive optical, near-IR (JHK) and radio observing campaign on the intermediate BL Lac object 3C 66A throughout the fall and winter of 2007 -- 2008. The source remained in a high optical state throughout the observing period and exhibited several bright flares on time scales of ~ 10 days. This included an exceptional outburst around September 15 - 20, 2007, reaching a peak brightness at R ~ 13.4. Our campaign revealed microvariability with flux changes up to |dR/dt| ~ 0.02 mag/hr. Our observations do not reveal evidence for systematic spectral variability or spectral lags. We infer a value of the magnetic field in the emission region of B ~ 19 e_B^{2/7} τ_h^{-6/7} D_1^{13/7} G. From the lack of systematic spectral variability, we can derive an upper limit on the Doppler factor, D <= 28 τ_h^{-1/8} e_B^{3/16}. This is in agreement with superluminal motion measurements of β_{app} \le 27 and argues against models with very high Lorentz factors of Γ> 50, required for a one-zone SSC interpretation of some high-frequency-peaked BL Lac objects detected at TeV gamma-ray energies.

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