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LAT探测到的Blazar的同期VLBA 5 GHz观测

Contemporaneous VLBA 5 GHz Observations of LAT-Detected Blazars

Justin D. Linford, Gregory B. Taylor, Roger W. Romani, Joseph F. Helmboldt, Anthony C. S. Readhead, Rodrigo Reeves, Joseph L. Richards

摘要:

由费米伽马射线空间望远镜上的大面积望远镜(LAT)探测到的耀变体的射电性质已经被甚长基线阵列(VLBA)同时观测到。总共有232个源被VLBA观测到。之前作为VLBA成像和偏振测量调查(VIPS)的一部分观察到的90个源已被纳入样本,以及VIPS中未发现的142个源。这个非常大的,通量有限的活动星系核(AGN)样本提供了深入了解产生强伽马射线发射的机制。特别是,我们看到,伽马射线的发射是与主机活动星系核的核心强,均匀的磁场。在这个样本中包括非耀变体活动星系核,如3C84、M82和NGC 6251。对于耀变体,在5 GHz的VLBA总射电通量密度与伽马射线通量密切相关。LAT BL Lac天体倾向于与非LAT BL Lac天体相似,但LAT平谱射电类星体(FSRQs)与非LAT FSRQs显著不同。在LAT源中,强核心极化明显更常见,并且核心部分极化似乎在LAT检测期间增加。

英文摘要:

The radio properties of blazars detected by the Large Area Telescope (LAT) on board the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope have been observed contemporaneously by the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA). In total, 232 sources were observed with the VLBA. Ninety sources that were previously observed as part of the VLBA Imaging and Polarimetry Survey (VIPS) have been included in the sample, as well as 142 sources not found in VIPS. This very large, flux-limited sample of active galactic nuclei (AGN) provides insights into the mechanism that produces strong gamma-ray emission. In particular, we see that gamma-ray emission is related to strong, uniform magnetic fields in the cores of the host AGN. Included in this sample are non-blazar AGN such as 3C84, M82, and NGC 6251. For the blazars, the total VLBA radio flux density at 5 GHz correlates strongly with gamma-ray flux. The LAT BL Lac objects tend to be similar to the non-LAT BL Lac objects, but the LAT flat-spectrum radio quasars (FSRQs) are significantly different from the non-LAT FSRQs. Strong core polarization is significantly more common among the LAT sources, and core fractional polarization appears to increase during LAT detection.

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