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类星体S4 0917+624的日内变率观测和VLBI结构分析

Intra-day variability observations and the VLBI structure analysis of quasar S4 0917+624

X. Liu, L. -G. Mi, J. Liu, L. Cui, H. -G. Song, T. P. Krichbaum, A. Kraus, L. Fuhrmann, N. Marchili, J. A. Zensus

摘要:

2005年8月至2010年1月,利用乌鲁木齐25米射电望远镜4.8GHz对S40917 +624进行了每月一次的IDV观测。类星体S4 0917+624在我们4.5年的观测期间只表现出非常弱或没有IDV。在2000年之前,S4 0917+624是最主要的IDV来源之一。我们的新数据表明,以前强劲的IDV已经停止。利用高斯模型拟合分析了VLBI的长期结构变化。由此,我们得到的通量密度和反卷积的核心和内部喷流分量的源的大小。研究了S4 0917+624的VLBI核的核分数、角尺寸、光谱指数、亮温度等特性,以及5 ~ 15 GHz变化的时间延迟,并与S4 0917+624的IDV特性进行了比较。该源显示了几个喷流成分的喷射,这些喷流成分被怀疑部分降低了S4 0917+624的IDV振幅。然而,在2005-2006年期间,VLBI核心的大小是可比的2000年之前的大小,但没有检测到强IDV在此期间,这表明由于源大小的变化的淬火效应可能不是负责缺乏强IDV在2000年之后。讨论了2000年前S40917 +624强IDV相的折射散射特性。2000年后S4 0917+624中强IDV的消失是一个谜,不能通过可观测VLBI结构变化的猝灭效应来解释。然而,它可能是由星际介质的变化引起的,即由星际天气引起的,星际天气在几年的时间尺度上引起闪烁模式的变化。需要进一步协调多频观测,以区分源固有可变性的影响和星际介质不断变化的特性。

英文摘要:

The IDV observations of S4 0917+624 were carried out monthly, from August 2005 to January 2010, with the Urumqi 25m radio telescope at 4.8 GHz. The quasar S4 0917+624 exhibits only very weak or no IDV during our 4.5 year observing interval. Prior to the year 2000, the source S4 0917+624 was one of the most prominent IDV sources. Our new data indicate that the previous strong IDV has ceased. We analyzed the long-term VLBI structural variability using Gaussian model-fitting. From this we obtained the flux densities and the deconvolved sizes of core and inner-jet components of the source. We studied the properties such as core fraction, angular size, spectral index, and brightness temperature of VLBI core for S4 0917+624, as well as the time delay between 5 and 15 GHz variations, and compared them with the IDV properties of S4 0917+624. The source shows ejection of several jet components that are suspected to have partially reduced the IDV amplitude of S4 0917+624. However, during 2005-2006, the VLBI core size was comparable to the size before the year 2000, but no strong IDV was detected in the period, suggesting that the quenching effect due to source size changes may not be responsible for the lack of strong IDV after the year 2000. The refractive scattering properties for the strong IDV phase of S4 0917+624 before the year 2000 are discussed. The disappearance of strong IDV in S4 0917+624 after the year 2000 is a mystery and cannot be explained via the quenching effect by changes in the observable VLBI structure. However, it may be caused by changes in the interstellar medium, i.e. by interstellar weather, which induces changes in the scintillation pattern on timescales of several years. Further coordinated multi-frequency observations will be required to distinguish between the effect of source-intrinsic variability and changing properties of the interstellar medium.

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