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20个活动星系核喷流的秒差距尺度法拉第旋转和偏振

Parsec-scale Faraday rotation and polarization of 20 active galactic nuclei jets

E. V. Kravchenko, Y. Y. Kovalev, K. V. Sokolovsky

摘要:

我们使用甚长基线阵列(VLBA)在1.4,1.6,2.2,2.4,4.6,5.0,8.1,8.4和15.4 GHz的20个活动星系核(AGN)喷流进行偏振分析。这项研究使我们能够调查的线偏振特性的喷流在秒差距尺度:分布的法拉第旋转措施(RM)和分数偏振沿射流,法拉第效应和法拉第校正的偏振图像的结构。分数偏振和偏振角的波长依赖性与外部法拉第旋转一致,而一些源显示内部旋转。RM的变化沿射流,系统地增加其值对同步自吸收芯在较短的波长。在类星体0952+179的源静止坐标系中,最高的核心RM达到16,900 rad/m^2,表明在这些区域存在高磁化的致密介质。透明喷流区域的典型RM值约为100 rad/m^2。在七个源中观察到显著的横向旋转测量梯度。法拉第屏中的磁场没有择优取向,从一个源到另一个源,观察到的磁场是随机的或规则的。一半的来源显示了螺旋磁场在其旋转的磁离子介质的证据。同时,喷流本身包含大规模的、有序的磁场,并且倾向于使其方向与喷流一致。所观察到的各种偏振签名可以解释由脊柱鞘喷流结构的模型。

英文摘要:

We perform polarimetry analysis of 20 active galactic nuclei (AGN) jets using the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) at 1.4, 1.6, 2.2, 2.4, 4.6, 5.0, 8.1, 8.4, and 15.4 GHz. The study allowed us to investigate linearly polarized properties of the jets at parsec-scales: distribution of the Faraday rotation measure (RM) and fractional polarization along the jets, Faraday effects and structure of Faraday-corrected polarization images. Wavelength-dependence of the fractional polarization and polarization angle is consistent with external Faraday rotation, while some sources show internal rotation. The RM changes along the jets, systematically increasing its value towards synchrotron self-absorbed cores at shorter wavelengths. The highest core RM reaches 16,900 rad/m^2 in the source rest frame for the quasar 0952+179, suggesting the presence of highly magnetized, dense media in these regions. The typical RM of transparent jet regions has values of an order of a hundred rad/m^2. Significant transverse rotation measure gradients are observed in seven sources. The magnetic field in the Faraday screen has no preferred orientation, and is observed to be random or regular from source to source. Half of the sources show evidence for the helical magnetic fields in their rotating magnetoionic media. At the same time jets themselves contain large-scale, ordered magnetic fields and tend to align its direction with the jet flow. The observed variety of polarized signatures can be explained by a model of spine-sheath jet structure.

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