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最大规模的Swift AGN监测活动:NGC 5548中的UV/光学变异性

The largest Swift AGN monitoring campaign: UV/optical variability in NGC 5548

S. D. Connolly, I. M. McHardy, D. T. Cameron, T. Dwelly, P. Lira, D. Emmanoulopoulos, J. Gelbord, E. Breedt, P. Arevalo, P. Uttley

摘要:

我们报告最大的雨燕AGN监测计划,关于UV/光学变化在西弗茨。从塞弗特星系NGC 5548在750天内的554次观测中,我们看到(McHardy et al. 2014)X射线和紫外/光学波段之间有很好的整体相关性,特别是在短时间尺度上(数十天)。发现UVOT带滞后于X射线,其滞后尺度为波长的1.23 +/- 0.31次方,如果紫外/光学变化是由吸积盘对X射线的再处理引起的,则与预期的(1.33)非常一致。然而,观察到的滞后比标准Shakura-Sunyaev圆盘的预期长约3倍,这引起了对该模型详细有效性的真正担忧。这个结果可以用稍大的质量和吸积率,以及更热的盘来解释,或者如果盘是cluerous,从而增强了来自外部区域的发射。

英文摘要:

We report on the largest Swift AGN monitoring program, concerning UV/optical variability in Seyferts. From 554 observations, over a 750d period, of the Seyfert galaxy NGC 5548, we see (McHardy et al. 2014) a good overall correlation between the X-ray and UV/optical bands,particularly on short timescales (tens of days). The UVOT bands are found to lag behind X-rays with a lag scaling as wavelength to the power 1.23 +/- 0.31, in excellent agreement with that expected (1.33) if UV/optical variability arises from reprocessing of X-rays by the accretion disc. However, the observed lags are ~3 times longer than expected from a standard Shakura-Sunyaev disc, raising real concerns about the detailed validity of this model. The results can be explained with a slightly larger mass and accretion rate, and a hotter disc, or if the disc is clumpy, thereby enhancing the emission from the outer regions.

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