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Sloan数字巡天数据Release 7中第1类AGN的集合光学变率

The ensemble optical variability of type-1 AGN in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 7

Unai Gallastegui-Aizpun, Vicki L. Sarajedini

摘要:

我们利用斯隆数字巡天(SDSS)的5000多个活动星系核(AGN)的样本,在z<0.8的扩展形态,研究作为一个功能的休息帧时间滞后和AGN光度的集合光学变率,目的是调查这些参数的关系,在较低的光度比以前研究的。我们比较测光成像数据与分光光度法获得数周到数年后在斯隆g,r和i波段。我们利用类星体和星系的本征谱拟合来分离活动星系核和宿主星系。观测到的变化幅度和静止帧时滞之间的强相关性,与类星体结构函数一致,但扩展到活动星系核的几个幅度比以前研究的要弱。较暗活动星系核样本的结构函数斜率比类星体研究中发现的略浅。活动星系核与光度的关系很明显,光度较低的活动星系核表现出较大的变率幅度。我们第一次证明了这种关系延伸到像$M_{AGN_i}\sim-18.5$一样微弱的活动星系核,在比$M_{AGN_i}\sim-20.2$更微弱的光度下,有一个轻微的斜率变浅的趋势。

英文摘要:

We use a sample of over 5000 active galactic nuclei (AGN) with extended morphologies at z<0.8 from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) to study the ensemble optical variability as a function of rest-frame time lag and AGN luminosity with the aim of investigating these parameter relationships at lower luminosities than previously studied. We compare photometry from imaging data with spectrophotometry obtained weeks to years later in the Sloan g, r, and i bands. We employ quasar and galaxy eigenspectra fitting to separate the AGN and host galaxy components. A strong correlation between the variability amplitude and rest-frame time lag is observed, in agreement with quasar structure functions but extending to AGN several magnitudes fainter than previously studied. The structure function slopes for our fainter AGN sample are slightly shallower than those found in quasars studies. An anticorrelation with luminosity is clearly detected, with lower luminosity AGN displaying greater variability amplitudes. We demonstrate for the first time that this anticorrelation extends to AGN as faint as $M_{AGN_i}\sim-18.5$, with a slight trend towards shallower slopes at luminosities fainter than $M_{AGN_i}\sim-20.2$.

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