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通过成像测量中的重心移动寻找二元活动星系核

Finding binary active galactic nuclei by the centroid shift in imaging surveys

Yuan Liu

摘要:

双星活动星系核的普查对于了解星系的合并历史和活动星系核的形成具有重要意义。然而,目前还没有有效的方法来选择二元活动星系核的候选者。双星系统中两个活动星系核的非同步变化会引起像质的移动。由于天体测量误差通常比望远镜的角分辨率小得多,因此即使在未分辨的系统中,也可以通过多历元观测来检测这种偏移。我们进行了一些模拟,发现需要数百个观测发现紧凑的二元活动星系核。该方法适用于未来的大规模调查,例如,大型综合巡天望远镜,它可能会导致一个大的样本的二元活动星系核与1-2年的调查。

英文摘要:

The census of binary active galactic nuclei (AGNs) is important in order to understand the merging history of galaxies and the triggering of AGNs. However, there is still no efficient method for selecting the candidates of binary AGNs. The non-synchronous variations of the two AGNs in one binary system will induce the shift of the image centroid. Since the astrometric error is normally much smaller than the angular resolution of telescopes, it is possible to detect such shifts even in the unresolved system via multi-epoch observations. We perform some simulations and find that hundreds of observations are required to discover compact binary AGNs. This method is suitable for the future large-scale surveys, e.g., the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, and it might lead to a large sample of binary AGNs with a 1-2 yr survey.

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