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星系群中BL Lac天体的比例

The fraction of BL Lac objects in groups of galaxies

Hernán Muriel

摘要:

内容:BL Lac天体是一类罕见的活动星系核,通常显示出无特征的光谱,这使得很难估计红移。最近提出了一种估算BL Lac天体红移的新方法,该方法假设这些天体通常位于星系群中。目的:这项工作的目的是估计BL Lac天体在星系群中的比例。方法:我们使用一个样本组(M12目录)选择应用的朋友的朋友算法在SDSS DR12。M12样本中的Galerkin与BZCAT中的Blazar样本交叉相关。结果如下:我们发现,121个星系的M12目录中的耀变体的BZCAT样本中,除了一个是BL Lac对象,和一个很大的分数被归类为BL Lac星系为主。通过分析星系群中星系的比例随红移的变化,我们估计了一个校正因子,该因子考虑到了基于朋友算法的星表的典型不完整性。一旦这个因子被应用到样本的BL Lac对象与对应的M12目录中,我们发现的BL Lac对象的百分比组是$\gtrsim 67 \pm 8\%$。结论:在这项工作中发现的BL Lac天体的高比率强烈支持最近的一种方法,该方法已成功地估计了BL Lac天体的红移与无特征光谱。

英文摘要:

Context: BL Lac objects are a rare class of active galactic nuclei that typically show featureless optical spectra that make it difficult to estimate the redshift. A novel method for estimating the redshift of BL Lac objects has recently been proposed which assumes that these objects typically reside in groups of galaxies. Aims: The aim of this work is to estimate the fraction of BL Lac objects that reside in groups of galaxies. Methods: We use a sample of groups (M12 catalogue) selected by applying a friends-of-friends algorithm in the SDSS DR12. Galaxies in the M12 sample were cross-correlated with the sample of blazars in the BZCAT. Results: We found that 121 galaxies in the M12 catalogue are blazars in the BZCAT sample, all but one are BL Lac objects, and a large fraction are classified as BL Lac-galaxy dominated. Analysing the fraction of galaxies in groups as a function of redshift we have estimated a correction factor that takes into account the typical incompleteness of the catalogues based on the friends-of-friends algorithm. Once this factor was applied to the sample of BL Lac objects with a counterpart in the M12 catalogue, we found that the percentage of BL Lac objects in groups is $\gtrsim 67 \pm 8\%$. Conclusions: The high rate of BL Lac objects in groups found in this work strongly supports a recent method that has successfully estimated the redshift of BL Lac objects with featureless spectra.

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