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一种新的活动星系射电响度诊断方法--射电-中红外参数

A New Radio Loudness Diagnostic for Active Galaxies: a Radio-To-Mid-Infrared Parameter

M. Meléndez, S. B. Kraemer, H. R. Schmitt

摘要:

本文研究了一个Seyfert星系样品在8.4GHz(3.6 cm)和1.4GHz(20 cm)的核(高分辨)射电辐射,[O IV] 25.89 μ m,[Ne III] 15.56 μ m和[Ne II] 12.81 μ m发射线与黑洞质量吸积率的关系。为了描述Seyfert核的射电贡献,我们使用了8.4GHz/[O IV]的比值,假设[O IV]与活动星系核的光度成比例。由此我们发现,Seyfert 1(即,Seyfert 1.0、1.2和1.5)和Seyfert 2(即,Seyfert 1.8、1.9和2.0)相对于活动星系核有相似的射电贡献。另一方面,[Ne II]发射由活动星系核或恒星形成主导的源具有统计上不同的射电贡献,恒星形成主导的源比活动星系核主导的源更“射电响亮”,平均约为2.8倍。我们发现,恒星形成主导的源相对较大的无线电贡献有较小的质量吸积率。总的来说,我们建议,8.4GHz/[O IV],或者,1.4GHz/[O IV]的比例,可以用来表征无线电的贡献,相对于活动星系核,没有以前的方法,依赖于光学观测的限制。

英文摘要:

We have studied the relationship between the nuclear (high-resolution) radio emission, at 8.4 GHz (3.6 cm) and 1.4 GHz (20 cm), the [O IV] 25.89um, [Ne III] 15.56um and [Ne II] 12.81um emission lines and the black hole mass accretion rate for a sample of Seyfert galaxies. In order to characterize the radio contribution for the Seyfert nuclei we used the 8.4GHz/[O IV] ratio, assuming that [O IV] scales with the luminosity of the AGN. From this we find that Seyfert 1's (i.e., Seyfert 1.0's, 1.2's, and 1.5's) and Seyfert 2's (i.e., Seyfert 1.8's, 1.9's, and 2.0's) have similar radio contributions, relative to the AGN. On the other hand, sources in which the [Ne II] emission is dominated either by the AGN or star formation have statistically different radio contributions, with star formation dominated sources more "radio loud", by a factor of ~2.8 on average, than AGN dominated sources. We show that star formation dominated sources with relatively larger radio contribution have smaller mass accretion rates. Overall, we suggest that 8.4GHz/[O IV], or alternatively, 1.4GHz/[O IV] ratios, can be used to characterize the radio contribution, relative to the AGN, without the limitation of previous methods that rely on optical observables.

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