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关于射电星系Fanaroff-Riley分类的起源:超音速射电瓣的减速

On the origin of Fanaroff-Riley classification of radio galaxies: Deceleration of supersonic radio lobes

Nozomu Kawakatu, Motoki Kino, Hiroshi Nagai

摘要:

我们认为,起源的“FRI/FRI{-.1em}I二分法”-Fanaroff-Riley类I(FRI)与亚音速叶和类I{-.1em}I(FRI{-.1em}I)与超音速叶的无线电源之间的分工是尖锐的无线电光学光度平面(Owen-White图)-可以解释的减速推进无线电波瓣。减速是由电波瓣的有效横截面积的增长引起的。结合热点与周围介质的冲压压力平衡和射电观测中得到的“热点半径”与“射电源线尺寸”之间的关系,导出了初始超音速波瓣转变为亚音速波瓣的条件。我们发现超音速叶瓣和亚音速叶瓣的分界线由喷流功率$L_{\rm j}$与宿主星系$\bar{n}_{\rm a}$核心半径处周围物质的数密度之比决定。在考虑相当大的不确定性的情况下,还发现存在最大的$(L_{\rm j}/\bar{n}_{\rm a})$比,其值位于$(L_{\rm j}/\bar{n}_{\rm a})_{\rm max}\approx 10^{44-47} {\rm erg} {\rm s}^{-1} {\rm cm}^{3}$中.这表明最大值$(L_{\rm j}/\bar{n}_{\rm a})_{\rm max}$在FRI和FRI{-.1em} I之间分离。

英文摘要:

We argue that the origin of "FRI/FRI{-.1em}I dichotomy" -- the division between Fanaroff-Riley class I (FRI) with subsonic lobes and class I{-.1em}I (FRI{-.1em}I) radio sources with supersonic lobes is sharp in the radio-optical luminosity plane (Owen-White diagram) -- can be explained by the deceleration of advancing radio lobes. The deceleration is caused by the growth of the effective cross-sectional area of radio lobes. We derive the condition in which an initially supersonic lobe turns into a subsonic lobe, combining the ram-pressure equilibrium between the hot spots and the ambient medium with the relation between "the hot spot radius" and "the linear size of radio sources" obtained from the radio observations. We find that the dividing line between the supersonic lobes and subsonic ones is determined by the ratio of the jet power $L_{\rm j}$ to the number density of the ambient matter at the core radius of the host galaxy $\bar{n}_{\rm a}$. It is also found that there exists the maximal ratio of $(L_{\rm j}/\bar{n}_{\rm a})$ and its value resides in $(L_{\rm j}/\bar{n}_{\rm a})_{\rm max}\approx 10^{44-47} {\rm erg} {\rm s}^{-1} {\rm cm}^{3}$, taking account of considerable uncertainties. This suggests that the maximal value $(L_{\rm j}/\bar{n}_{\rm a})_{\rm max}$ separates between FRIs and FRI{-.1em}Is.

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