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用XMM-Newton探测四颗高能峰值Blazar星的日内光变时标

Detection of Intra-day Variability Timescales of Four High Energy Peaked Blazars with XMM-Newton

Haritma Gaur, Alok C. Gupta, Pawel Lachowicz, Paul J. Wiita

摘要:

我们选取了PKS 0548-322、ON 231、1 ES 1426+428和PKS 2155-304四个高能峰值耀变体的24条XMM-牛顿光变曲线(LC)作为样本。这些数据包括长度为7.67 h至18.97 h的连续光变曲线。我们寻找可能的准周期振荡(QPO)和日内变化(IDV)的时间尺度在这些耀变体的LC。我们在PKS 2155-304的一个LC中发现了可能的QPO,这在其他地方报告(Lachowicz等人,2009)。在剩余的23个LC中,我们在ON 231和PKS 2155-304中的每一个的一个LC中发现了可能的弱QPO的暗示,但两者都不具有统计学显著性。我们发现IDV的时间尺度范围从15.7千至46.8千在8 LC。在13个LC中,任何变异性时间尺度均长于数据长度。假设耀变体PKS 2155-304和ON 231中可能存在的弱QPO周期是真实的,并且与它们的吸积盘的最里面部分有关,我们可以估计它们的中心黑洞质量超过1.2 $\times$ 10 $^{7}$ M $_{\odot}$。射电大声活动星系核(AGN)的发射模型,可以解释我们的结果进行了简要讨论。

英文摘要:

We selected a sample of 24 XMM-Newton light curves (LCs) of four high energy peaked blazars, PKS 0548-322, ON 231, 1ES 1426+428 and PKS 2155-304. These data comprise continuous light curves of 7.67h to 18.97h in length. We searched for possible quasi-periodic oscillations (QPO) and intra-day variability (IDV) timescales in the LCs of these blazars. We found a likely QPO in one LC of PKS 2155-304 which was reported elsewhere (Lachowicz et al. 2009). In the remaining 23 LCs we found hints of possible weak QPOs in one LC of each of ON 231 and PKS 2155-304, but neither is statistically significant. We found IDV timescales that ranged from 15.7 ks to 46.8 ks in 8 LCs. In 13 LCs any variability timescales were longer than the length of the data. Assuming the possible weak QPO periods in the blazars PKS 2155-304 and ON 231 are real and are associated with the innermost portions of their accretion disk, we can estimate that their central black hole masses exceed 1.2 $\times$ 10$^{7}$ M$_{\odot}$. Emission models for radio-loud active galactic nuclei (AGN) that could explain our results are briefly discussed.

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