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用多频线极化和圆极化观测研究AGN喷流的物理条件和变率过程

Physical Conditions and Variability Processes in AGN Jets through Multi-Frequency Linear and Circular Radio Polarization Monitoring

Ioannis Myserlis, Emmanouil Angelakis, Alex Kraus, Lars Fuhrmann, Vassilis Karamanavis, J. Anton Zensus

摘要:

射电偏振测量是研究活动星系核喷流的物理条件和变率过程的重要工具。然而,由于它们的低水平和可能的去偏振效应,检测它们的线偏振和圆偏振特性是一项具有挑战性的工作。我们开发了一种端到端的数据分析方法,以恢复高精度的未分辨源的偏振特性。应用该方法对2010年7月至2015年1月期间F-GAMMA计划测量的87个活动星系核(AGN)的线偏振和圆偏振进行了恢复,平均周期为1.3个月。在2.64和10.45 GHz之间的四个频率和在4.85和8.35 GHz的圆极化,他们的线极化恢复。再现所观察到的偏振特性的物理条件和诱导其变化的过程进行了研究与全斯托克斯辐射转移代码,模拟同步辐射的建模射流。该模型被用来调查所需的条件,再现所观察到的偏振行为的blazar 3C 454.3,假设所观察到的变化是由于不断发展的内部冲击下游传播。

英文摘要:

Radio polarimetry is an invaluable tool to investigate the physical conditions and variability processes in active galactic nuclei (AGN) jets. However, detecting their linear and circular polarization properties is a challenging endeavor due to their low levels and possible depolarization effects. We have developed an end-to-end data analysis methodology to recover the polarization properties of unresolved sources with high accuracy. It has been applied to recover the linear and circular polarization of 87 AGNs measured by the F-GAMMA program from July 2010 to January 2015 with a mean cadence of 1.3 months. Their linear polarization was recovered at four frequencies between 2.64 and 10.45 GHz and the circular polarization at 4.85 and 8.35 GHz. The physical conditions required to reproduce the observed polarization properties and the processes which induce their variability were investigated with a full-Stokes radiative transfer code which emulates the synchrotron emission of modeled jets. The model was used to investigate the conditions needed to reproduce the observed polarization behavior for the blazar 3C 454.3, assuming that the observed variability is attributed to evolving internal shocks propagating downstream.

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