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硬X射线下的AGN变异性

AGN variability at hard X-rays

S. Soldi, G. Ponti, V. Beckmann, P. Lubinski

摘要:

我们目前的活动星系核的可变性属性超过20 keV的初步结果,以显示潜在的综合IBIS/ISGRI和雨燕/BAT仪器的活动星系核的硬X射线定时分析。BAT观测到的36个活动星系核的15-50 keV光变曲线表明,当考虑耀变体(平均归一化超额方差= 0.25)时,相对于Seyfert群体(平均归一化超额方差= 0.09),耀变体的光变曲线的变化明显更大。发现硬X射线光度与Seyfert星系的变率幅度反相关,与黑洞质量相关,证实了以前用不同AGN硬X射线样品获得的结果。我们还介绍了塞弗特1星系IC 4329 A的结果,作为一个例子的光谱变化研究与INTEGRAL/ISGRI数据。这个源的高能量截止的位置被发现在INTEGRAL观测期间发生了变化,指向Comptonising介质的温度变化。对于几个明亮的塞弗特星系,已经积累了相当数量的INTEGRAL数据,并公开提供,允许详细的光谱变化研究在硬X射线。

英文摘要:

We present preliminary results on the variability properties of AGN above 20 keV in order to show the potential of the INTEGRAL IBIS/ISGRI and Swift/BAT instruments for hard X-ray timing analysis of AGN. The 15-50 keV light curves of 36 AGN observed by BAT during 5 years show significantly larger variations when the blazar population is considered (average normalized excess variance = 0.25) with respect to the Seyfert one (average normalized excess variance = 0.09). The hard X-ray luminosity is found to be anti-correlated to the variability amplitude in Seyfert galaxies and correlated to the black hole mass, confirming previous findings obtained with different AGN hard X-ray samples. We also present results on the Seyfert 1 galaxy IC 4329A, as an example of spectral variability study with INTEGRAL/ISGRI data. The position of the high-energy cut-off of this source is found to have varied during the INTEGRAL observations, pointing to a change of temperature of the Comptonising medium. For several bright Seyfert galaxies, a considerable amount of INTEGRAL data have already been accumulated and are publicly available, allowing detailed spectral variability studies at hard X-rays.

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