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耀变体的长期光学-红外色变

Long-term optical-infrared color variability of blazars

Bing-Kai Zhang, Xiao-Shan Zhou, Xiao-Yun Zhao, Ben-Zhong Dai

摘要:

利用SMARTS观测数据研究了耀变体的长期光学和红外色变。本研究的样本包括49个平谱射电类星体和22个BL Lac天体。在光学R波段和红外J波段计算了各源的分数变率振幅。总体而言,FSRQ的变化幅度大于BL Lac对象。结果还表明,大多数FSRQs在低能带(J带)的变化幅度大于高能带(R带)的变化幅度,而BL Lac在高能带的变化幅度较大。两种耀变体都显示出颜色的变化以及亮度的变化。但总体上表现出不同的变异行为。在整个数据集中,35个FSRQ表现出更亮时更红的趋势,11个FSRQ表现出相反的趋势; 11个BL Lac遵循更亮时更蓝的趋势,7个BL Lac遵循相反的趋势。详细的研究表明,有10颗耀变体在低态时呈现出亮时红的趋势,而在高态时呈现出亮时蓝或亮时稳定的趋势。在一些耀变体中还发现了一些更复杂的颜色行为。非热喷流发射和吸积盘的热发射被用来解释所观察到的颜色行为。

英文摘要:

The long-term optical and infrared color variability of blazars has been investigated with the SMARTS monitoring data. The sample in this study consists of 49 flat spectrum radio quasars and 22 BL Lac objects. The fractional variability amplitudes of each source have been calculated in both optical R band and infrared J band. Overall, the variability amplitudes of FSRQs are larger than those of BL Lac objects. The results also suggest that the variability amplitude of most FSRQs is larger at lower energy band (J band) than at higher one (R band), while the variability amplitude of BL Lacs are larger at higher energy band. Two types of blazars both display color variation along with the variability in brightness. However, they show different variation behaviors in general. With the whole data set, 35 FSRQs exhibit redder-when-brighter trends, and 11 FSRQs exhibit opposite trends; 11 BL Lacs follow bluer-when-brighter trends, and 7 BL Lacs follow opposite trends. The examination in detail shows that there are 10 blazars showing redder-when-brighter trend in their low state, and bluer-when-brighter or stable-when-brighter trends in their high state. Some more complicated color behaviors have also been detected in several blazars. The non-thermal jet emission and the thermal emission from the accretion disc are employed to explain the observed color behaviors.

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