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费米大面积望远镜探测到的Blazar的Gamma-ray响度、同步峰值频率和秒差距尺度特性

Gamma-ray Loudness, Synchrotron Peak Frequency, and Parsec-Scale Properties of Blazars Detected by the Fermi Large Area Telescope

J. D. Linford, G. B. Taylor, F. K. Schinzel

摘要:

利用5 GHz甚长基线阵列(VLBA)同步观测了费米伽马射线空间望远镜(LAT)上的232个活动星系核(AGN)(其中大部分是耀变体)的秒差距射电特性。费米任务前11个月(1FGL)和前2年(2FGL)的数据被用来研究这些源的伽马射线特性。我们用伽玛射线与射电光度的比值来衡量伽玛射线的响度。我们调查的几个无线电特性的伽马射线响度和同步峰值频率的关系。在1FGL和2FGL中BL Lac天体和2FGL中平谱射电类星体(FSRQ)的γ射线响度和同步辐射峰值频率之间存在着初步的相关性。我们发现,表观张开角暂时与FSRQs的伽马射线响度相关,但只有当我们使用2FGL数据。我们还发现,VLBA总通量密度与BL Lac天体和FSRQ的同步辐射峰值频率相关。核心亮度温度也与同步辐射峰值频率相关,但仅适用于BL Lac天体。低同步加速器峰值(LSP)BL Lac对象样本显示出FSRQs污染的迹象,这些FSRQs恰好具有无法检测的发射线。有证据表明,LSP BL Lac天体比BL Lac天体群的其他天体更强。

英文摘要:

The parsec-scale radio properties of 232 active galactic nuclei (AGNs), most of which are 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) at 5 GHz. Data from both the first 11 months (1FGL) and the first 2 years (2FGL) of the Fermi mission were used to investigate these sources' gamma-ray properties. We use the ratio of the gamma-ray to radio luminosity as a measure of gamma-ray loudness. We investigate the relationship of several radio properties to gamma-ray loudness and to the synchrotron peak frequency. There is a tentative correlation between gamma-ray loudness and synchrotron peak frequency for BL Lac objects in both 1FGL and 2FGL, and for flat-spectrum radio quasars (FSRQs) in 2FGL. We find that the apparent opening angle tentatively correlates with gamma-ray loudness for FSRQs, but only when we use the 2FGL data. We also find that the total VLBA flux density correlates with the synchrotron peak frequency for BL Lac objects and FSRQs. The core brightness temperature also correlates with synchrotron peak frequency, but only for the BL Lac objects. The low-synchrotron peaked (LSP) BL Lac object sample shows indications of contamination by FSRQs which happen to have undetectable emission lines. There is evidence that the LSP BL Lac objects are more strongly beamed than the rest of the BL Lac object population.

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