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根据欧洲VLBI网络观测得到的Seyfert星系核区的物理性质

Physical properties of the nuclear region in Seyfert galaxies derived from observations with the European VLBI Network

P. Bontempi, M. Giroletti, F. Panessa, M. Orienti, A. Doi

摘要:

我们报告敏感的双频(1.7和5 GHz)欧洲VLBI网络观测的9个塞弗特星系的中心区域。这些源是附近(d<22 Mpc)低光度活动星系核完整样本中最暗和最不亮的成员之一。我们在4个星系的核中探测到毫角秒尺度的射电辐射,而对于其他5个源,我们设定的上限为<~100 microJy。在NGC 3227、NGC 3982和NGC 4138这三个辐射源中,无线电辐射在1.7 GHz和5 GHz都被探测到,并且被分解为两个或多个分量。我们描述了这些特征的结构和光谱性质;我们发现,在这三个核中的每一个中,都有一个具有高亮度温度(通常T_B > 10 ^7.5 K)和平坦/中间光谱指数(0.3 \leq α \leq 0.6,S(nu)\sim nu^(-α))的成分,伴随着次级陡谱扩展成分。在这些情况下,来自射流或外流的非热发射因此是最自然的解释。在NGC 4477中检测到5 GHz的微弱特征;记住这种检测的适度意义(~ 5 sigma),我们提出热日冕作为非热发射的起源,基于同步加速器自吸收所需的不切实际的磁场值。最后,五个未被探测到的原子核仍然难以捉摸,需要在中等尺度上进行进一步观测以研究它们的性质。

英文摘要:

We report on sensitive dual-frequency (1.7 and 5 GHz) European VLBI Network observations of the central region of nine Seyfert galaxies. These sources are among the faintest and least luminous members of a complete sample of nearby (d<22 Mpc) low luminosity AGNs. We detect radio emission on milliarcsecond scale in the nuclei of 4 galaxies, while for the other five sources we set an upper limit of <~100 microJy. In three sources, namely NGC 3227, NGC 3982, and NGC 4138, radio emission is detected at both 1.7 and 5 GHz and it is resolved in two or more components. We describe the structural and spectral properties of these features; we find that in each of these three nuclei there is one component with high brightness temperature (typically T_B >10^7.5 K) and flat/intermediate spectral index (0.3\leq alpha \leq 0.6, S(nu) \sim nu^(-alpha), accompanied by secondary steep spectrum extended components. In these cases, non-thermal emission from jets or outflows is thus the most natural explanation. A faint feature is detected in NGC 4477 at 5 GHz; keeping in mind the modest significance of this detection (~5sigma), we propose the hot corona as the origin of non-thermal emission, on the basis of the unrealistic magnetic field values required by synchrotron self-absorption. Finally, the five non-detected nuclei remain elusive and further observations on intermediate scales will be necessary to investigate their nature.

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