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两个BL Lacertae型天体的短时标光度和偏振行为

Short Timescale Photometric and Polarimetric Behavior of two BL Lacertae Type Objects

S. Covino, M. C. Baglio, L. Foschini, A. Sandrinelli, F. Tavecchio, A. Treves, H. Zhang, U. Barres de Almeida, G. Bonnoli, M. Boettcher, M. Cecconi, F. D'Ammand… 展开作者

S. Covino, M. C. Baglio, L. Foschini, A. Sandrinelli, F. Tavecchio, A. Treves, H. Zhang, U. Barres de Almeida, G. Bonnoli, M. Boettcher, M. Cecconi, F. D'Ammando, L. di Fabrizio, M. Giarrusso, F. Leone, E. Lindfors, V. Lorenzi, E. Molinari, S. Paiano, E. Prandini, C. M. Raiteri, A. Stamerra, G. Tagliaferri

摘要:

Blazar是一种天体物理源,其发射主要由非热过程控制,通常被解释为同步辐射和逆康普顿辐射。虽然总体情况相当稳健,与观测结果一致,但许多方面仍有待探索。偏振监测可以提供有关耀变体物理过程的丰富信息。具有很大不同的物理成分的模型通常可以提供几乎无法区分的总通量预测,但通常具有明显不同的偏振特性。我们探索,与试点研究,通过联合分析的总的快速变化和偏振通量在光学波长的耀变体的发射区域的结构信息的可能性。在3.6m国家伽利略望远镜上,用PAOLO旋光计对两颗耀变体BL Lacertae和PKS 1424+240进行了短时间尺度(从几十秒到几分钟)的光学线性旋光和测光。对这两个源进行了几个小时几乎连续的观测。我们的密集监测使我们能够为BL Lacertae和PKS 1424+240绘制强烈不同的场景,前者的特点是从几小时到几分钟的时间尺度上的强烈变化,后者的总流量几乎恒定。对于偏振通量和位置角,观察到基本上相同的行为。变化的时间尺度被证明是短短的几分钟,虽然只涉及百分之几的变化的流量。偏振变率的时间尺度与总通量变率基本一致。总通量和偏振通量似乎基本上是不相关的。然而,即使在我们相对较短的监测期间,也可以挑出不同的制度。(节略)

英文摘要:

Blazars are astrophysical sources whose emission is dominated by non-thermal processes, typically interpreted as synchrotron and inverse Compton emission. Although the general picture is rather robust and consistent with observations, many aspects are still unexplored. Polarimetric monitoring can offer a wealth of information about the physical processes in blazars. Models with largely different physical ingredients can often provide almost indistinguishable predictions for the total flux, but usually are characterized by markedly different polarization properties. We explore, with a pilot study, the possibility to derive structural information about the emitting regions of blazars by means of a joint analysis of rapid variability of the total and polarized flux at optical wavelengths. Short timescale (from tens of seconds to a couple of minutes) optical linear polarimetry and photometry for two blazars, BL Lacertae and PKS 1424+240, was carried out with the PAOLO polarimeter at the 3.6m Telescopio Nazionale Galileo. Several hours of almost continuous observations were obtained for both sources. Our intense monitoring allowed us to draw strongly different scenarios for BL Lacertae and PKS 1424+240, with the former characterized by intense variability on time-scales from hours to a few minutes and the latter practically constant in total flux. Essentially the same behavior is observed for the polarized flux and the position angle. The variability time-scales turned out to be as short as a few minutes, although involving only a few percent variation of the flux. The polarization variability time-scale is generally consistent with the total flux variability. Total and polarized flux appear to be essentially uncorrelated. However, even during our relatively short monitoring, different regimes can be singled out. (abridged)

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