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SDSS 82带类星体的结构、功能和变率机制

Structure Function and Variability Mechanism of Quasars from SDSS Stripe 82

Alexey Voevodkin

摘要:

利用斯隆数字巡天收集的条纹82的多历元观测数据,对类星体结构函数的理论预测进行了检验。我们重新分析了整个可用量的g波段成像数据,使用差分图像测光,并建立高质量的光变曲线7562光谱证实的类星体。我们的结构函数包含约4.8x10^6对测量值,并涵盖了类星体静止框架中3天和6.9年之间的广泛时间滞后。对该数据的破幂律拟合显示存在两个斜率α_1 =0.33和α_2 =0.79,在约42天时出现破幂。仅使用通量增加编制的结构函数略低于相反符号的变化,揭示了一个典型的耀斑的前缘和后缘之间的轻微不对称。这些功能的现实性与蒙特卡罗模拟证实。我们在现有的理论模型的框架下给出了简单的解释。

英文摘要:

Theoretical predictions for the ensemble quasar structure function are tested using multi-epoch observations of Stripe 82 collected by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. We reanalyze the entire available volume of the g-band imaging data using difference image photometry and build high quality light curves for 7562 spectroscopically confirmed quasars. Our structure function includes ~4.8x10^6 pairs of measurements and covers a wide range of time lags between 3 days and 6.9 years in the quasar rest frame. A broken power-law fit to this data shows the presence of two slopes alpha_1=0.33 and alpha_2=0.79 with the break at ~42 days. The structure function compiled using only flux increases is slightly lower than that for variations of the opposite sign, revealing a slight asymmetry between the leading and trailing edge of a typical flare. The reality of these features is confirmed with monte-carlo simulations. We give simple interpretation of the results in the frames of existing theoretical models.

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