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吸积和定向统一的类星体多样性

The diversity of quasars unified by accretion and orientation

Yue Shen, Luis C. Ho

摘要:

类星体正在大质量星系中心迅速吸积超大质量黑洞。它们在所有波长上显示出广泛的特性,反映了靠近中央引擎的区域物理条件的多样性。然而,这些属性不是随机的,而是形成明确的趋势。主导趋势被称为特征向量1,其中许多属性与光学铁和[OIII]发射的强度相关。本征矢量1的主要物理驱动力一直被怀疑是由黑洞质量(爱丁顿比)归一化的类星体光度,这是黑洞吸积过程的一个重要量。但一直缺少确凿的证据。在这里,我们报告的档案数据的分析表明,爱丁顿比确实驱动特征向量1。我们还发现,方向起着重要的作用,在确定所观察到的气体的运动学,这意味着一个扁平的,盘状的几何形状的快速移动的云接近的洞。我们的结果表明,类星体现象的多样性可以用两个简单的量,爱丁顿比和方向统一起来。

英文摘要:

Quasars are rapidly accreting supermassive black holes at the center of massive galaxies. They display a broad range of properties across all wavelengths, reflecting the diversity in the physical conditions of the regions close to the central engine. These properties, however, are not random, but form well-defined trends. The dominant trend is known as Eigenvector 1, where many properties correlate with the strength of optical iron and [OIII] emission. The main physical driver of Eigenvector 1 has long been suspected to be the quasar luminosity normalized by the mass of the hole (the Eddington ratio), an important quantity of the black hole accretion process. But a definitive proof has been missing. Here we report an analysis of archival data that reveals that Eddington ratio indeed drives Eigenvector 1. We also find that orientation plays a significant role in determining the observed kinematics of the gas, implying a flattened, disklike geometry for the fast-moving clouds close to the hole. Our results show that most of the diversity of quasar phenomenology can be unified with two simple quantities, Eddington ratio and orientation.

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