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AGN喷流动能和射电星系瓣的能量收支

AGN Jet Kinetic Power and the Energy Budget of Radio Galaxy Lobes

L. E. H. Godfrey, S. S. Shabala

摘要:

最近的结果基于对射电星系和它们的热X射线发射大气的分析表明,在FRI射电星系的叶中,非辐射粒子主导能量预算,在某些情况下超过1000倍,而辐射粒子主导FRII射电星系叶的能量预算。这意味着两种形态类别的辐射效率存在显着差异。为了验证这一假设,我们已经测量了动能流量的3C FRII射电源使用一种新的方法的基础上观测参数的喷终端热点,并比较得到的Q(喷)- L(无线电)的关系FRI射电星系的基础上X射线腔测量。与预期相反,我们发现Q(喷气)- L(无线电)的关系分别确定FRI和FRII射电星系之间的近似协议。这个结果表面上很难与FRI和FRII射电星系的叶有着巨大不同的能量预算的新出现的情景相一致。然而,低密度环境,光谱老化和强大的FRII射电星系驱动的强烈冲击的组合可能会降低这些物体相对于FRI的辐射效率,并在某种程度上,由于非辐射粒子的能量较低,预计会产生较高的辐射效率。一个意想不到的推论是,外推的Q(喷流)- L(无线电)的关系,确定低功率FRI射电星系提供了一个合理的近似高功率源,尽管他们显然不同的叶组成。

英文摘要:

Recent results based on the analysis of radio galaxies and their hot X-ray emitting atmospheres suggest that non-radiating particles dominate the energy budget in the lobes of FRI radio galaxies, in some cases by a factor of more than 1000, while radiating particles dominate the energy budget in FRII radio galaxy lobes. This implies a significant difference in the radiative efficiency of the two morphological classes. To test this hypothesis, we have measured the kinetic energy flux for a sample of 3C FRII radio sources using a new method based on the observed parameters of the jet terminal hotspots, and compared the resulting Q(jet) - L(radio) relation to that obtained for FRI radio galaxies based on X-ray cavity measurements. Contrary to expectations, we find approximate agreement between the Q(jet) - L(radio) relations determined separately for FRI and FRII radio galaxies. This result is ostensibly difficult to reconcile with the emerging scenario in which the lobes of FRI and FRII radio galaxies have vastly different energy budgets. However, a combination of lower density environment, spectral ageing and strong shocks driven by powerful FRII radio galaxies may reduce the radiative efficiency of these objects relative to FRIs and couteract, to some extent, the higher radiative efficiency expected to arise due to the lower fraction of energy in non-radiating particles. An unexpected corollary is that extrapolating the Q(jet) - L(radio) relation determined for low power FRI radio galaxies provides a reasonable approximation for high power sources, despite their apparently different lobe compositions.

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