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低电离宽吸收线类星体的内禀分数和射电性质

The Intrinsic Fractions and Radio Properties of Low Ionization Broad Absorption Line Quasars

Xinyu Dai, Francesco Shankar, Gregory R. Sivakoff

摘要:

低电离(Mg Ⅱ,Fe Ⅱ,Fe Ⅲ)宽吸收线类星体(LoBALs)探测相对模糊的类星体群体,并可能处于类星体的早期演化阶段。我们使用SDSS,2 MASS和FIRST调查研究LoBALs的内在分数。我们发现,近红外(NIR)和射电样品的LoBAL分数比光学样品的LoBAL分数约高5- 7倍。这表明,在近红外和无线电波段测量的分数更接近人口的本征分数,并且由于遮蔽效应,光学分数显着偏置,类似于高电离宽吸收线类星体(HiBALs)。我们还发现,LoBAL分数随着无线电光度的增加而减少,再次,类似于HiBALs。此外,我们还发现了在高近红外光度下LoBALs含量较高的初步证据,特别是在M_K_s < -31 mag.的FeLoBALs含量约为18%。这类类近红外发光LoBALs可能处于类星体演化的早期阶段。我们使用的LoBALs的两个组件模型,包括一个纯几何组件和一个光度依赖组件在高近红外光度,并获得更好的拟合比那些从一个纯几何模型。因此,LoBAL种群可以被建模为几何模型和演化模型的混合体,其中几何成分分别占BI-LoBALs、AI-LoBALs和FeLoBALs类星体种群的3.4 \pm 0.3、5.8 \pm 0.4和1.5 \pm 0.3%。考虑到没有进入SDSS调查的模糊类星体群体,其可能具有更高的LoBAL分数,我们预计LoBAL的内在分数可能更高。

英文摘要:

Low-ionization (MgII, FeII, FeIII) broad absorption line quasars (LoBALs) probe a relatively obscured quasar population, and could be at an early evolutionary stage for quasars. We study the intrinsic fractions of LoBALs using the SDSS, 2MASS, and FIRST surveys. We find that the LoBAL fractions of the near infra-red (NIR) and radio samples are approximately 5--7 times higher than those measured in the optical sample. This suggests that the fractions measured in the NIR and radio bands are closer to the intrinsic fractions of the populations, and that the optical fractions are significantly biased due to obscuration effects, similar to high-ionization broad absorption line quasars (HiBALs). We also find that the LoBAL fractions decrease with increasing radio luminosities, again, similar to HiBALs. In addition, we find tentative evidence for high fractions of LoBALs at high NIR luminosities, especially for FeLoBALs with a fraction of ~18 per cent at M_K_s < -31 mag. This population of NIR luminous LoBALs may be at an early evolutionary stage of quasar evolution. We use a two-component model of LoBALs including a pure geometric component and a luminosity dependent component at high NIR luminosities, and obtain better fits than those from a pure geometric model. Therefore, the LoBAL population can be modelled as a hybrid of both the geometric and evolutionary models, where the geometric component constitutes 3.4\pm0.3, 5.8\pm0.4, and 1.5\pm0.3 per cent of the quasar population for BI-LoBALs, AI-LoBALs, and FeLoBALs, respectively. Considering a population of obscured quasars that do not enter the SDSS survey, which could have a much higher LoBAL fraction, we expect that intrinsic fraction of LoBALs could be even higher.

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