arXivDaily arXiv每日学术速递 周一至周五更新
北美退伍军人节(Veterans Day),12 日无更新
arXiv 1607.04299astro-ph.GAastro-ph.HE
收藏

从AGN变异性中提取信息

Extracting Information from AGN Variability

Vishal P. Kasliwal, Michael S. Vogeley, Gordon T. Richards

摘要:

活动星系核在整个电磁波谱上表现出快速、高振幅的随机通量变化,时间尺度从几小时到几年不等。这种变化的原因知之甚少。我们提出了一个基于格林函数的方法,使用可变性(1)测量通量扰动演变的时间尺度和(2)表征驱动通量扰动。我们将活动星系核的观测光变曲线模型化为一个由随机脉冲驱动的线性微分方程。我们分析了Kepler AGN Zw 229-15的光变曲线,发现观测到的光变行为可以用一个受色噪声扰动的阻尼谐振子模型来描述。模型功率谱在时间尺度$385$ ~d上翻转。在较短的时间尺度上,对数功率谱斜率在$2$和$4$之间变化,解释了先前研究中注意到的行为。我们恢复和识别的$5.6$ ~d和$67$ ~d的时间尺度由以前的工作报告使用格林函数的C-ARMA方程,而不是直接拟合的光变曲线的功率谱。这些是通量扰动增长的时间尺度,以及通量扰动分别衰减回稳态通量水平的时间尺度。我们使软件包KALI用于研究光变曲线使用我们的方法提供给社区。

英文摘要:

AGN exhibit rapid, high amplitude stochastic flux variations across the entire electromagnetic spectrum on timescales ranging from hours to years. The cause of this variability is poorly understood. We present a Green's Function-based method for using variability to (1) measure the time-scales on which flux perturbations evolve and (2) characterize the driving flux perturbations. We model the observed light curve of an AGN as a linear differential equation driven by stochastic impulses. We analyze the light curve of the Kepler AGN Zw 229-15 and find that the observed variability behavior can be modeled as a damped harmonic oscillator perturbed by a colored noise process. The model powerspectrum turns over on time-scale $385$~d. On shorter time-scales, the log-powerspectrum slope varies between $2$ and $4$, explaining the behavior noted by previous studies. We recover and identify both the $5.6$~d and $67$~d timescales reported by previous work using the Green's Function of the C-ARMA equation rather than by directly fitting the powerspectrum of the light curve. These are the timescales on which flux perturbations grow, and on which flux perturbations decay back to the steady-state flux level respectively. We make the software package KALI used to study light curves using our method available to the community.

机构、总结、中文摘要均由AI分析而来,可能存在错误,请以论文正文为准。

↑