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Gamma-ray亮活动星系核的Gamma-ray光度函数

Gamma-ray luminosity function of Gamma-ray bright AGNs

D. Bhattacharya, P. Sreekumar, R. Mukherjee

摘要:

康普顿伽玛射线天文台(CGRO)对一类活动星系核(blazar)的伽玛射线辐射的探测是其重要发现之一。然而,它们的伽玛射线光度函数还没有很好地确定。在早期的工作中,BL Lac和平坦频谱射电类星体(FSRQ)被认为是一个单一的源类,这方面的尝试很少。本文分别研究了FSRQs和BL Lac的演化和γ射线光度函数。我们的调查表明,没有演变的BL湖泊,但FSRQs显示显着的演变。假设FSRQs和指数和幂律演化模型的纯光度演化进行检查。由于源的数量较少,FSRQ的光度函数的低光度端指数受到上限的限制。BL Lac光度函数显示没有破裂的特征。作为一致性检查,从这些光度函数导出的模型源分布与观测到的源分布没有显着偏离。

英文摘要:

Detection of Gamma-ray emission from a class of active galactic nuclei (viz blazars), has been one of the important findings from the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (CGRO). However, their Gamma-ray luminosity function has not been well determined. Few attempts have been made in earlier works, where BL Lacs and Flat Spectrum Radio Quasars (FSRQs) have been considered as a single source class. In this paper we investigated the evolution and Gamma-ray luminosity function of FSRQs and BL Lacs separately. Our investigation indicates no evolution for BL Lacs, however FSRQs show significant evolution. Pure luminosity evolution is assumed for FSRQs and exponential and power law evolution models are examined. Due to the small number of sources, the low luminosity end index of the luminosity function for FSRQs is constrained with upper limit. BL Lac luminosity function shows no signature of break. As a consistency check, the model source distributions deriving from these luminosity functions show no significant departure from the observed source distributions.

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