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AGN黑洞质量与磁场关联的光学偏振检验

The Black Hole Mass and Magnetic Field Correlation in AGN: Testing by Optical Polarimetry

N. A. Silant'ev, M. Yu. Piotrovich, Yu. N. Gnedin, T. M. Natsvlishvili

摘要:

本文研究光学厚吸积盘的积分光偏振。其基本机制是磁化大气中自由电子的多次光散射(Milne问题)。偏振平面的法拉第旋转改变积分偏振度$p$的值和位置角$χ$。此外,还出现了这些值的特征谱。我们测试了视界$B_{BH}$上黑洞的磁场与其质量$M_{BH}$之间的已知关系,以及吸积盘内通常的幂律分布。$p(λ)$和$χ(λ)$的公式依赖于描述吸积盘中磁场的特定依赖性的许多参数(幂律分布指数、黑洞的自旋等)。比较我们的理论值的$p$和$χ$与观察到的偏振,可以帮助我们选择更现实的值的参数,如果吸积盘机制的主要贡献,观察到的积分偏振。主要内容是对$B_{BH}$和$M_{BH}$之间关系的有效性估计。对于AGN NGC 4258,我们发现这样的过程不能证实磁场和黑洞质量之间的相关性。

英文摘要:

We consider the integral light polarization from optically thick accretion disks. Basic mechanism is the multiple light scattering on free electrons (Milne's problem) in magnetized atmosphere. The Faraday rotation of the polarization plane changes both the value of integral polarization degree $p$ and the position angle $χ$. Besides, the characteristic spectra of these values appear. We are testing the known relation between magnetic field of black hole at the horizon $B_{BH}$ and its mass $M_{BH}$, and the usual power-law distribution inside the accretion disk. The formulae for $p(λ)$ and $χ(λ)$ depend on a number of parameters describing the particular dependence of magnetic field in accretion disk (the index of power-law distribution, the spin of the black hole, etc.). Comparison of our theoretical values of $p$ and $χ$ with observed polarization can help us to choice more realistic values of parameters if the accretion disk mechanism gives the main contribution to the observed integral polarization. The main content is connected with estimation of validity of the relation between $B_{BH}$ and $M_{BH}$. We found for the AGN NGC 4258 that such procedure does not confirm the mentioned correlation between magnetic field and mass of black hole.

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