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43-GHz甚长基线阵观测揭示的3C 84临边增亮喷流

Limb-Brightened Jet of 3C 84 Revealed by the 43-GHz Very-Long-Baseline-Array Observation

H. Nagai, T. Haga, G. Giovannini, A. Doi, M. Orienti, F. D'Ammando, M. Kino, M. Nakamura, K. Asada, K. Hada, M. Giroletti

摘要:

利用甚长基线天线阵(VLBA)43 GHz观测资料,对射电星系3C 84/NGC 1275的亚pc尺度射电结构进行了研究.我们发现了与2005年射电爆发有关的“重启”喷流中的边缘增亮。在20世纪90年代,喷流结构是脊增亮而不是边缘增亮,尽管观测是在相似的角分辨率下进行的。这表明横向喷流结构最近发生了变化。这种形态学的变化显示出与$γ$射线通量增加的有趣的一致性,即,20世纪90年代的$γ$射线通量至少比现在低7倍。对边缘增亮的一个合理解释是分层喷流背景下喷流的速度结构,这是解释某些活动星系核(AGN)中$γ$射线发射的一个成功方案。如果是这种情况,视横向结构的变化可能是由横向速度结构的变化引起的。我们认为,从脊增亮过渡到边缘增亮的可能性是有关的$γ$射线的时间变化的时间尺度上的几十年。我们还讨论了射流的准直轮廓。

英文摘要:

We present a study of sub-pc scale radio structure of the radio galaxy 3C 84/NGC 1275 based on the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) data at 43 GHz. We discover a limb-brightening in the "restarted" jet associated with the 2005 radio outburst. In the 1990s, the jet structure was ridge-brightening rather than limb-brightening, despite the observations being done with similar angular resolution. This indicates that the transverse jet structure has changed recently. This change in the morphology shows an interesting agreement with the $γ$-ray flux increase, i.e., the $γ$-ray flux in 1990s was at least seven times lower than the current one. One plausible explanation for the limb-brightening is the velocity structure of the jet in the context of the stratified jet, which is a successful scenario to explain the $γ$-ray emission in some active galactic nuclei (AGNs). If this is the case, the change in apparent transverse structure might be caused by the change in the transverse velocity structure. We argue the possibility that the transition from ridge-brightening to limb-brightening is related to the $γ$-ray time variability on the timescale of decades. We also discuss the collimation profile of the jet.

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