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TANAMI gamma-ray亮光源的近红外和gamma-ray监测

Near infrared and gamma-ray monitoring of TANAMI gamma-ray bright sources

R. Nesci, G. Tosti, T. Pursimo, R. Ojha, M. Kadler

摘要:

光谱能量分布及其变率是理解活动星系核物理过程的基本工具。在本文中,我们报告的结果,一年的近红外(NIR)和光学监测的样本22 AGN已知的伽马射线发射器,旨在发现光学和伽马射线发射之间的相关性。我们观察我们的对象与快速眼座(REM)望远镜在J,H,K和R波段几乎每月两次在其可见度窗口和推导的光变曲线和光谱指数。我们还分析了费米伽马射线太空望远镜的伽马射线数据,得出了每周的平均值。在我们的监测过程中,有六个源从未被探测到,证明它们比历史上的2微米全天巡天(2 MASS)水平要暗。所有的16个检测源显示出显着的通量密度变化,而光谱指数保持不变,在我们的灵敏度范围内。平均而言,陡峭的源显示出更大的可变性。从近红外光变曲线,我们还计算了每个检测到的源的变化速度指数。在我们的监测过程中,只有一个源(PKS 0208-512)经历了近红外耀斑。有一半的源在一年的时间尺度上表现出有规律的通量密度趋势,但没有表现出任何其他特殊的特征。宽带光谱指数alpha_ro似乎是一个很好的代理的近红外光谱指数只有BL紫胶天体。在我们的数据中,除了PKS 0537-441、PKS 0521-360、PKS 2155-304和PKS 1424-418之外,NIR和伽马射线数据之间没有明显的相关性。伽马射线/近红外线通量比显示出很大的扩展,类星体一般是伽马大声比BL紫胶,与估计的同步辐射的峰值频率nu_peak显着相关。

英文摘要:

Spectral energy distribution and its variability are basic tools for understanding the physical processes operating in active galactic nuclei (AGN). In this paper we report the results of a one-year near infra red (NIR) and optical monitoring of a sample of 22 AGN known to be gamma-ray emitters, aimed at discovering correlations between optical and gamma-ray emission. We observed our objects with the Rapid Eye Mount (REM) telescope in J, H, K, and R bands nearly twice every month during their visibility window and derived light curves and spectral indexes. We also analyzed the gamma-ray data from the Fermi gamma-ray Space Telescope, making weekly averages. Six sources were never detected during our monitoring, proving to be fainter than their historical Two micron all sky survey (2MASS) level. All of the sixteen detected sources showed marked flux density variability, while the spectral indexes remained unchanged within our sensitivity limits. Steeper sources showed, on average, a larger variability. From the NIR light curves we also computed a variability speed index for each detected source. Only one source (PKS 0208-512) underwent an NIR flare during our monitoring. Half of the sources showed a regular flux density trend on a one-year time scale, but do not show any other peculiar characteristic. The broadband spectral index alpha_ro appears to be a good proxy of the NIR spectral index only for BL Lac objects. No clear correlation between NIR and gamma-ray data is evident in our data, save for PKS 0537-441, PKS 0521-360, PKS 2155-304, and PKS 1424-418. The gamma-ray/NIR flux ratio showed a large spread, QSO being generally gamma-louder than BL Lac, with a marked correlation with the estimated peak frequency nu_peak of the synchrotron emission.

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