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揭示射电宁静类星体射电辐射的起源

Unveiling the origin of the radio emission in radio-quiet quasars

Noelia Herrera Ruiz, Enno Middelberg, Ray P. Norris, Alessandro Maini

摘要:

射电宁静类星体(RQQs)射电辐射的起源是一个长期争论的问题。目前还不清楚这种辐射是由宿主星系中的恒星形成还是活动星系核(AGN)的黑洞活动引起的。我们使用甚长基线干涉测量(VLBI)技术在宇宙学演化巡天(COSMOS)领域搜索RQQ,从而阐明了这些问题。VLBI的毫角秒分辨率为活动星系核的识别提供了一种直接的方法。在18个RQQ的样本中,我们使用1.4 GHz的甚长基线阵列(VLBA)检测到3个。在这封信中,我们报告的第一次在一个样本的RQQs与测量下限的无线电发射部分来自活动星系核,从而表明,无线电发射的至少一些RQQs是由活动星系核占主导地位。

英文摘要:

The origin of the radio emission in radio-quiet quasars (RQQs) has been a matter of debate for a long time. It is not well understood whether the emission is caused by star formation in the host galaxy or by black hole activity of the active galactic nuclei (AGN). We shed some light on these questions using the Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) technique to search for RQQs in the field of the Cosmological Evolution Survey (COSMOS). The extensive multi-wavelength coverage of the field (from radio to X-rays) was used to classify RQQs, and the milli-arcsecond resolution of VLBI provides a direct way to identify AGNs. In a sample of 18 RQQs we detected 3 using the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) at 1.4 GHz. In this letter we report for the first time on a sample of RQQs with a measured lower limit on the fraction of radio emission coming from the AGN, thus demonstrating that the radio emission of at least some RQQs is dominated by an AGN.

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