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邻近Seyfert星系核的射电结构和丢失的漫辐射的性质

Radio structures of the nuclei of nearby Seyfert galaxies and the nature of the missing diffuse emission

M. Orienti, M. A. Prieto

摘要:

我们目前的档案高空间分辨率VLA和VLBA数据的七个最近的和最明亮的塞弗特星系在南半球的核。在VLA分辨率(~0.1角秒)下,塞弗特星系的核心是无法分辨的,除了MCG-5-23-16和NGC 7469显示核心喷流结构。三个塞弗特核周围环绕着与恒星形成区有关的弥漫性射电辐射。VLBA观测的秒差距尺度分辨率指出,在MRK 1239中,核被清晰地分解为两个分离约30 pc的成分,而NGC 3783的核则无法分辨。进一步比较这两个源的VLA和VLBA资料发现,在秒差距尺度下的通量密度仅为VLA观测值的20%。这表明射电辐射并不像椭圆射电星系那样集中在一个单一的中心分量,而且还必须存在一个额外的低表面亮度分量。对具有不同射电频谱的塞弗特核进行比较后指出,在陡谱天体中通常“存在”毫弧秒尺度的未探测到的通量,而在平谱天体中,基本上所有的射电辐射都被恢复。在陡谱天体中,这种"失踪“通量的性质可能是由于与活动星系核有关的非热辐射,也许是由于塞弗特星系的螺旋宿主的密度更大,因此塞弗特星系中的喷流被破坏了。

英文摘要:

We present archival high spatial resolution VLA and VLBA data of the nuclei of seven of the nearest and brightest Seyfert galaxies in the Southern Hemisphere. At VLA resolution (~0.1 arcsec), the nucleus of the Seyfert galaxies is unresolved, with the exception of MCG-5-23-16 and NGC 7469 showing a core-jet structure. Three Seyfert nuclei are surrounded by diffuse radio emission related to star-forming regions. VLBA observations with parsec-scale resolution pointed out that in MRK 1239 the nucleus is clearly resolved into two components separated by ~30 pc, while the nucleus of NGC 3783 is unresolved. Further comparison between VLA and VLBA data of these two sources shows that the flux density at parsec scales is only 20% of that measured by the VLA. This suggests that the radio emission is not concentrated in a single central component, as in elliptical radio galaxies, and an additional low-surface brightness component must be present. A comparison of Seyfert nuclei with different radio spectra points out that the ``presence'' of undetected flux on milli-arcsecond scale is common in steep-spectrum objects, while in flat-spectrum objects essentially all the radio emission is recovered. In the steep-spectrum objects, the nature of this ``missing'' flux is likely due to non-thermal AGN-related radiation, perhaps from a jet that gets disrupted in Seyfert galaxies because of the denser environment of their spiral hosts.

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