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blazar 3C 279中与gamma-ray耀斑有关的光学偏振的变化

A change in the optical polarization associated with a gamma-ray flare in the blazar 3C 279

LAT Collaboration, members of the 3C 279 multi-band campaign

摘要:

人们普遍认为,在许多活动星系中,在所有可到达的能带上检测到的强而可变的辐射来自于指向我们视线附近的相对论性多普勒增强喷流。然而,发射区的大小以及该区域相对于中心超大质量黑洞的位置知之甚少,估计范围从光小时到一光年或更长。在这里,我们报告的一个伽玛射线耀斑的光学偏振角的戏剧性变化的巧合。这为光学和伽马射线发射区域的共空间性提供了证据,并表明高度有序的射流磁场。这些结果还要求发射区具有非轴对称结构,这意味着喷流中的发射物质具有弯曲的轨迹,耗散区位于距离黑洞相当远的地方,大约在10^5的引力半径处。

英文摘要:

It is widely accepted that strong and variable radiation detected over all accessible energy bands in a number of active galaxies arises from a relativistic, Doppler-boosted jet pointing close to our line of sight. The size of the emitting zone and the location of this region relative to the central supermassive black hole are, however, poorly known, with estimates ranging from light-hours to a light-year or more. Here we report the coincidence of a gamma-ray flare with a dramatic change of optical polarization angle. This provides evidence for co-spatiality of optical and gamma-ray emission regions and indicates a highly ordered jet magnetic field. The results also require a non-axisymmetric structure of the emission zone, implying a curved trajectory for the emitting material within the jet, with the dissipation region located at a considerable distance from the black hole, at about 10^5 gravitational radii.

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