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在低光度AGN中检验黑洞喷流标度关系

Testing Black Hole Jet Scaling Relations in Low Luminosity AGN

F. de Gasperin, A. Merloni, P. Sell, P. Best, S. Heinz, G. Kauffmann

摘要:

本文给出了对17个大质量星系中低光度(L_x <1 e42 erg/s)射电噪活动星系核的分析结果。该样品是从SDSS数据库中提取的,它均匀地跨越了宽范围的光学[OIII]发射线和射电光度,但在一个狭窄的红移范围(0.05 < z < 0.11)和一个狭窄的超大质量黑洞质量范围(~ 1 e8 M_sun)。对于这些来源,我们测量的核心X射线发射与钱德拉X射线望远镜和无线电发射的VLA。我们的主要目标是建立排放组件,如果有的话,可以被视为最可靠的吸积/喷气功率估计在这些制度。为了做到这一点,我们研究了发射线属性,射电光度,射电光谱斜率和X射线光度之间的相关性,以及涉及黑洞质量的更复杂的多变量关系,如黑洞活动的基本平面。我们发现,我们的样品中的17个源中有15个可以归类为低激发Galerkin(LEG),它们的观测特性表明X射线和无线电发射起源于喷流基础。我们还发现,X射线发射似乎不受核遮蔽的影响,可以作为一个可靠的喷气功率估计。更一般地说,X射线、无线电和光辐射似乎是相关的,尽管没有发现紧密的相关性。根据最近对这类天体的一些研究,这些发现可能是由于这些大质量星系的最内部区域缺乏冷(分子)气体结构。

英文摘要:

We present the results of the analysis of a sample of 17 low-luminosity (L_x < 1e42 erg/s), radio loud AGNs in massive galaxies. The sample is extracted from the SDSS database and it spans uniformly a wide range in optical [OIII] emission line and radio luminosity, but within a narrow redshift range (0.05 < z < 0.11) and a narrow super massive black hole mass range (~ 1e8 M_sun). For these sources we measured core X-ray emission with the Chandra X-ray telescope and radio emission with the VLA. Our main goal is to establish which emission component, if any, can be regarded as the most reliable accretion/jet-power estimator at these regimes. In order to do so, we studied the correlation between emission line properties, radio luminosity, radio spectral slopes and X-ray luminosity, as well as more complex multi-variate relations involving black hole mass, such as the fundamental plane of black hole activity. We find that 15 out of 17 sources of our sample can be classified as Low-Excitation Galaxies (LEG) and their observed properties suggest X-ray and radio emission to originate from the jet basis. We also find that X-ray emission does not appear to be affected by nuclear obscuration and can be used as a reliable jet-power estimator. More generally, X-ray, radio and optical emission appear to be related, although no tight correlation is found. In accordance with a number of recent studies of this class of objects these findings may be explained by a lack of cold (molecular) gaseous structures in the innermost region of these massive galaxies.

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