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射电强类星体宽吸收线X射线性质的Chandra观测

A Chandra Survey of the X-ray Properties of Broad Absorption Line Radio-Loud Quasars

B. P. Miller, W. N. Brandt, R. R. Gibson, G. P. Garmire, O. Shemmer

摘要:

本文介绍了Chandra对21个宽吸收线射电噪类星体(RLQs)的研究结果。我们进行了钱德拉快照调查的12个明亮的BAL RLQs从SDSS/FIRST数据选择,并拥有广泛的无线电和CIV吸收特性。光学光谱几乎是与霍比-埃伯利望远镜同时获得的;在两个时期之间没有看到强烈的通量或BAL变化。我们还包括在我们的样本9个额外的BAL RLQ拥有档案钱德拉覆盖。我们比较的性质(主要是高电离)BAL RLQs的非BAL RLQs以及BAL无线电安静类星体(RQQs)和非BAL RQQs的上下文。检测到所有12个快照和8/9个存档BAL RLQ,观察到的X射线光度低于具有相当光学/UV光度的非BAL RLQ,典型系数为4.1-8.5。(BAL RLQ的X射线相对于具有可比较的光学/UV和射电光度的非BAL RLQ也弱2.0-4.5的典型因子。)然而,BAL RLQ相对于非BAL RLQ的X射线不像BAL RQQ相对于非BAL RQQ那样弱。虽然一些BAL RLQ的X射线光谱比典型的非BAL RLQ更硬,但一些具有与非BAL RLQ一致的硬度比,并且与BAL RLQ的情况相反,X射线弱点和光谱硬度之间似乎没有相关性。RLQs预计有X射线连续的贡献,从盘电晕和小尺度喷流发射。虽然BAL RLQ中的整个X射线连续体不能像BAL RQL中那样被遮挡到相同的程度,但我们计算出,在许多BAL RLQ中,射流可能被部分覆盖。我们简要地评论的几何形状和源年龄在BAL RLQs的影响。

英文摘要:

This work presents the results of a Chandra study of 21 broad absorption line (BAL) radio-loud quasars (RLQs). We conducted a Chandra snapshot survey of 12 bright BAL RLQs selected from SDSS/FIRST data and possessing a wide range of radio and CIV absorption properties. Optical spectra were obtained nearly contemporaneously with the Hobby-Eberly Telescope; no strong flux or BAL variability was seen between epochs. We also include in our sample 9 additional BAL RLQs possessing archival Chandra coverage. We compare the properties of (predominantly high-ionization) BAL RLQs to those of non-BAL RLQs as well as to BAL radio-quiet quasars (RQQs) and non-BAL RQQs for context. All 12 snapshot and 8/9 archival BAL RLQs are detected, with observed X-ray luminosities less than those of non-BAL RLQs having comparable optical/UV luminosities by typical factors of 4.1-8.5. (BAL RLQs are also X-ray weak by typical factors of 2.0-4.5 relative to non-BAL RLQs having both comparable optical/UV and radio luminosities.) However, BAL RLQs are not as X-ray weak relative to non-BAL RLQs as are BAL RQQs relative to non-BAL RQQs. While some BAL RLQs have harder X-ray spectra than typical non-BAL RLQs, some have hardness ratios consistent with those of non-BAL RLQs, and there does not appear to be a correlation between X-ray weakness and spectral hardness, in contrast to the situation for BAL RQQs. RLQs are expected to have X-ray continuum contributions from both disk-corona and small-scale jet emission. While the entire X-ray continuum in BAL RLQs cannot be obscured to the same degree as in BAL RQQs, we calculate that the jet is likely partially covered in many BAL RLQs. We comment briefly on implications for geometries and source ages in BAL RLQs.

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