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FR I射电星系中快速旋转黑洞的证据

Evidence for Rapidly Rotating Black Holes in FR I Radio Galaxies

Qingwen Wu, Xinwu Cao, Ding-Xiong Wang

摘要:

研究了一个低功率射电星系的151 MHz射电光度L_151MHz与喷流功率P_jet之间的相关性,其中喷流功率是由X射线腔估计的。用导出的经验关联式估算了一个FR I射电星系样本的喷流功率。我们发现,对于FRI,P_jet/L_Edd与Lx(2-10 keV)/L_Edd正相关,其中L_Edd为爱丁顿光度,Lx(2-10 keV)为2-10 keV X射线光度。基于Kerr黑洞周围对流主导吸积流的整体解,计算了一个混合模型的喷流功率,该混合模型是Meier提出的Blandford-Znajek模型的一个变体.我们的模型计算表明,最大喷流功率是质量吸积率和黑洞自旋参数j的函数。硬X射线辐射被认为主要来自于FR Is中的ADAF,因此在我们的ADAF模型计算中,质量吸积率受到X射线辐射的约束。我们发现,为了重现所观测到的FR Is的P_jet/L_Edd-Lx(2-10 keV)/L_Edd关系,需要BHj>~0.9的无量纲角动量。如果部分X射线辐射是由喷流贡献的,我们的结论将得到加强。我们的结果表明,在FR I射电星系的黑洞是快速旋转,这几乎不受黑洞质量估计的不确定性。

英文摘要:

We investigate the correlation between 151 MHz radio luminosity, L_151MHz, and jet power, P_jet, for a sample of low-power radio galaxies, of which the jet power is estimated from X-ray cavities. The jet power for a sample of FR I radio galaxies is estimated with the derived empirical correlation. We find that P_jet/L_Edd is positively correlated with Lx(2-10 keV)/L_Edd for FR Is, where L_Edd is the Eddington luminosity and Lx(2-10 keV) is 2-10 keV X-ray luminosity. We calculate the jet power of a hybrid model, as a variant of Blandford-Znajek model proposed by Meier, based on the global solution of the advection-dominated accretion flow (ADAF) surrounding a Kerr black hole (BH). Our model calculations suggest that the maximal jet power is a function of mass accretion rate and the black hole spin parameter j. The hard X-ray emission is believed to be mainly from the ADAFs in FR Is, and the mass accretion rate is therefore constrained with the X-ray emission in our ADAF model calculations. We find that the dimensionless angular momentum of BH j>~0.9 is required in order to reproduce the observed relation of P_jet/L_Edd-Lx(2-10 keV)/L_Edd for FR Is. Our conclusion will be strengthened if part of the X-ray emission is contributed by the jets. Our results suggest that BHs in FR I radio galaxies are rapidly spinning, which are almost not affected by the uncertainty of the black hole mass estimates.

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