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四颗Blazar的射电变率和随机游走噪声特性

Radio Variability and Random Walk Noise Properties of Four Blazars

Jong-Ho Park, Sascha Trippe

摘要:

我们提出了一个长期的射电光变曲线的时间序列分析的四个耀变体:3C 279,3C 345,3C 446,和BL Lacertae的结果。我们利用密歇根大学射电天文台(UMRAO)的监测计划,提供密集采样的光变曲线跨越32年的时间在三个频段位于4.8,8和14.5 GHz的数据库。我们的源显示出大部分平坦或倒置(光谱指数-0.5 < alpha < 0)的光谱,与光学厚发射一致。所有的光变曲线在所有的时间尺度上都表现出强烈的变化。通过分析不同波段光变曲线之间的时间滞后,我们发现可以根据Valtaoja等人(1992)的分类区分高峰值耀斑和低峰值耀斑。所观察到的光变曲线的周期图(时间功率谱)与随机游走幂律噪声一致,没有任何(准)周期性变化的迹象。所有四个被研究的源都是无线电波长的随机行走噪声发射源,这一事实表明,这种行为是耀变体的一个普遍属性。

英文摘要:

We present the results of a time series analysis of the long-term radio lightcurves of four blazars: 3C 279, 3C 345, 3C 446, and BL Lacertae. We exploit the data base of the University of Michigan Radio Astronomy Observatory (UMRAO) monitoring program which provides densely sampled lightcurves spanning 32 years in time in three frequency bands located at 4.8, 8, and 14.5 GHz. Our sources show mostly flat or inverted (spectral indices -0.5 < alpha < 0) spectra, in agreement with optically thick emission. All lightcurves show strong variability on all time scales. Analyzing the time lags between the lightcurves from different frequency bands, we find that we can distinguish high-peaking flares and low-peaking flares in accord with the classification of Valtaoja et al. (1992). The periodograms (temporal power spectra) of the observed lightcurves are consistent with random-walk powerlaw noise without any indication of (quasi-)periodic variability. The fact that all four sources studied are in agreement with being random-walk noise emitters at radio wavelengths suggests that such behavior is a general property of blazars.

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