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BL Lac天体与平谱射电类星体的跃迁

The transition between BL Lac objects and Flat Spectrum Radio Quasars

G. Ghisellini, F. Tavecchio, L. Foschini, G. Ghirlanda

摘要:

我们研究了费米卫星全天巡天一年中探测到的BL Lac天体,其能谱斜率α_γ在[0.1-100 GeV]波段大于1.2。在alpha_gamma与gamma射线光度平面中,这些BL Lac占据了平谱射电类星体(FSRQ)的区域。研究它们的光谱能量分布(SED)和它们的发射线的性质,我们发现这些BL Lac中的几个具有类似于FSRQ的SED,并且它们确实具有大等效宽度的宽线,并且即使采用当前的唯象定义(即发射线的等效宽度EW大于5 A)也应该被重新分类为FSRQ。在其他情况下,即使EW宽度很小,发射线也可以像类星体一样明亮,并且它们的SED类似于FSRQ的SED。被归类为BL Lac的源,其SED出现在BL Lac和FSRQ之间的中间,也具有相对较弱的宽发射线和小EW,并且可以被认为是过渡源。这些属性也证实了模型拟合,允许导出相关的固有射流参数和射流功率。这项研究使我们提出了两类耀变体之间的物理区别,基于爱丁顿单位测量的宽线区域的光度。分界线的数量级为L_BLR/L_Edd ~ 5e-4,这与强发射线的存在与吸积区的跃迁有关的观点很好地一致,在小于爱丁顿区的百分之一的盘光度时,强发射线的存在变得辐射效率低。

英文摘要:

We study the BL Lac objects detected in the one year all sky survey of the Fermi satellite, with a energy spectral slope alpha_gamma in the [0.1-100 GeV] band greater than 1.2. In the alpha_gamma vs gamma-ray luminosity plane, these BL Lacs occupy the region populated by Flat Spectrum Radio Quasars (FSRQs). Studying the properties of their spectral energy distributions (SED) and of their emitting lines, we find that several of these BL Lacs have a SED similar to FSRQs and that they do have broad lines of large equivalent width, and should be reclassified as FSRQs even adopting the current phenomenological definition (i.e. equivalent width EW of the emitting line greater than 5 A). In other cases, even if the EW width is small, the emitting lines can be as luminous as in quasars, and again their SED is similar to the SED of FSRQs. Sources classified as BL Lacs with a SED appearing as intermediate between BL Lacs and FSRQs also have relatively weak broad emission lines and small EW, and can be considered as transition sources. These properties are confirmed also by model fitting, that allows to derive the relevant intrinsic jet parameters and the jet power. This study leads us to propose a physical distinction between the two classes of blazars, based on the luminosity of the broad line region measured in Eddington units. The dividing line is of the order of L_BLR/L_Edd ~ 5e-4, in good agreement with the idea that the presence of strong emitting lines is related to a transition in the accretion regime, becoming radiatively inefficient below a disk luminosity of the order of one per cent of the Eddington one.

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