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OVRO 40 m Blazar监测计划:通过无线电和γ射线相关变率的研究确定Blazar中gamma-ray发射区的位置

OVRO 40 m Blazar Monitoring Program: Location of the gamma-ray emission region in blazars by the study of correlated variability at radio and gamma-rays

W. Max-Moerbeck, J. L. Richards, V. Pavlidou, T. J. Pearson, A. C. S. Readhead, T. Hovatta, O. G. King, R. Reeves

摘要:

耀变体是强大的,可变的发射器,从无线电到伽马射线波长。尽管低能的同步辐射和高能端的逆康普顿的一般情况已经很好地建立起来,但这些引人注目的物体的许多重要方面仍然没有得到很好的理解。例如,甚至伽马射线发射区的位置也没有明确的确定,一些理论将其定位在黑洞/吸积盘附近,而另一些理论将其定位在射电喷流中的秒差距尺度。自2007年年中以来,我们已经进行了一个大规模的监测计划,在15 GHz的OVRO 40米望远镜。我们目前每周两次观测大约1700颗耀变体。该样本包括所有费米-LAT探测到的耀变体-20度以北。在这里,我们研究了这两个波段之间的相关变异性的存在86源足够明亮,每周检测LAT。相关变化的存在可以解释为无线电和伽马射线发射的相关空间位置的指示,使其统计意义的评估成为我们计划的一个关键目标。这些互相关的统计意义的研究提出了一起讨论的蒙特卡罗模拟用于评估它们。通过偏振监测可以获得更多关于无线电发射区状况的信息,偏振监测告诉我们该区域磁场的配置。为了研究射电偏振的变化,我们正在建造KuPol,这是一种用于12至18 GHz频段的射电偏振接收机,将取代OVRO 40米望远镜目前的总功率接收机。

英文摘要:

Blazars are powerful, variable emitters from radio to gamma-ray wavelengths. Even though the general picture of synchrotron emission at low energies and inverse Compton at the high energy end is well established, many important aspects of these remarkable objects are still not well understood. For example, even the location of the gamma-ray emission region is still not clearly established, with some theories locating it close to the black hole/accretion disk while others place it at parsec scales in the radio jet. Since mid-2007 we have carried out a large scale monitoring program at 15 GHz using the OVRO 40 m telescope. We are currently observing about 1700 blazars twice per week. The sample includes all the Fermi-LAT detected blazars north of declination -20 degrees. Here, we study the existence of correlated variability between these two bands for 86 sources bright enough to be detected weekly by LAT. The existence of correlated variability can be interpreted as an indication of a related spatial locations for the radio and gamma-ray emission, making the evaluation of its statistical significance a key goal of our program. A study of the statistical significance of these cross-correlations is presented along with a discussion of the Monte Carlo simulations used to evaluate them. More information about the conditions on the radio emission zone can be obtained through polarization monitoring which tells us about the configuration of the magnetic fields in this region. To study radio polarization variability we are building KuPol, a radio polarization receiver for the 12 to 18 GHz band that will replace the current total power receiver at the OVRO 40 meter telescope.

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