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类星体、BL蝎虎座天体和射电星系的多普勒因子、洛伦兹因子和viewing angles

Doppler factors, Lorentz factors and viewing angles for quasars, BL Lacertae objects and radio galaxies

T. Hovatta, E. Valtaoja, M. Tornikoski, A. Lähteenmäki

摘要:

我们已经计算了变异性多普勒增强因子,洛伦兹因子,并通过使用在22和37 GHz的总通量密度观测和VLBI数据的大样本源的视角。我们将流量曲线分解为指数型耀斑,并确定了最快耀斑的变率亮度温度。通过假设每个源的固有亮度温度相同,我们计算了87个源的多普勒增强因子。此外,我们使用新的表观喷流速度数据计算了67个源的洛伦兹因子和视角。我们发现,在我们的样本中的类星体都是多普勒增强的,BL Lacertae对象的多普勒增强因子低于类星体。新的洛伦兹因子大约是早期研究的两倍,这主要是由于我们分析中的表观速度更高。BL Lacertae天体的喷流比类星体慢。有一些极端的源具有非常高的导出洛伦兹因子,其数量级为100。这些高洛伦兹因子可能是真的。也有可能是这些源显示出如此快速的耀斑,以至于在监测方案中没有检测到快速变化,或者这些源具有复杂的喷流结构,不适合我们的简单分析。几乎所有的光源都是在小于20度的小视角下看到的。我们的结果遵循AGN的基本统一方案的预测。

英文摘要:

We have calculated variability Doppler boosting factors, Lorentz factors, and viewing angles for a large sample of sources by using total flux density observations at 22 and 37 GHz and VLBI data. We decomposed the flux curves into exponential flares and determined the variability brightness temperatures of the fastest flares. By assuming the same intrinsic brightness temperature for each source, we calculated the Doppler boosting factors for 87 sources. In addition we used new apparent jet speed data to calculate the Lorentz factors and viewing angles for 67 sources. We find that all quasars in our sample are Doppler-boosted and that the Doppler boosting factors of BL Lacertae objects are lower than of quasars. The new Lorentz factors are about twice as high as in earlier studies, which is mainly due to higher apparent speeds in our analyses. The jets of BL Lacertae objects are slower than of quasars. There are some extreme sources with very high derived Lorentz factors of the order of a hundred. These high Lorentz factors could be real. It is also possible that the sources exhibit such rapid flares that the fast variations have remained undetected in monitoring programmes, or else the sources have a complicated jet structure that is not amenable to our simple analysis. Almost all the sources are seen in a small viewing angle of less than 20 degrees. Our results follow the predictions of basic unification schemes for AGN.

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