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类星体主序的光学平面模拟

Modelling of the quasar main sequence in the optical plane

Swayamtrupta Panda, Bożena Czerny, Tek P. Adhikari, Krzysztof Hryniewicz, Conor Wildy, Joanna Kuraszkiewicz, Marzena Śniegowska

摘要:

类星体主序的概念非常有吸引力,因为它强调各种参数之间的相关性,并暗示了潜在的简单性。在由H β线的宽度和Fe Ⅱ与H β线的等效宽度之比定义的光学平面上,观察到的物体形成一个特征图案。在本文中,我们用一个物理模型来解释类星体在光学平面上的分布。连续统被建模为一个吸积盘与硬X射线的功率定律唯一紧的磁盘在观测缩放的基础上,和宽线区域的距离也确定从观测缩放。我们执行的计算的FeII和H\{beta}线生产与代码云。对于单个源,我们只有六个自由参数:吸积盘的最高温度、爱丁顿比、云密度、云柱密度、微湍流和铁丰度,在我们对整个序列的建模中,只有最后四个参数仍然作为全局参数。我们理论上计算的点很好地覆盖了观测到的类星体的光学平面部分,特别是如果我们允许超太阳丰度的重元素。解释异常强烈的Fe II发射体需要来自云的黑暗面的更强的贡献。分析我们的模型如何覆盖光学平面的方式,我们得出结论,序列背后没有单一的简单驱动因素,因为爱丁顿比和宽带光谱形状都不起主导作用。此外,视角在提供类星体主序色散方面的作用显然没有预期的那么强。

英文摘要:

The concept of the quasar main sequence is very attractive since it stresses correlations between various parameters and implies the underlying simplicity. In the optical plane defined by the width of the H\{beta} line and the ratio of the equivalent width of the Fe II to H\{beta} observed objects form a characteristic pattern. In this paper, we use a physically motivated model to explain the distribution of quasars in the optical plane. Continuum is modelled as an accretion disk with a hard X-ray power law uniquely tight to the disk at the basis of observational scaling, and the Broad Line Region distance is determined also from observational scaling. We perform the computations of the FeII and H\{beta} line production with the code CLOUDY. We have only six free parameters for an individual source: maximum temperature of the accretion disk, Eddington ratio, cloud density, cloud column density, microturbulence, and iron abundance, and only the last four remain as global parameters in our modelling of the whole sequence. Our theoretically computed points cover well the optical plane part populated with the observed quasars, particularly if we allow for super-Solar abundance of heavy elements. Explanation of the exceptionally strong Fe II emitter requires a stronger contribution from the dark sides of the clouds. Analyzing the way how our model covers the optical plane we conclude that there is no single simple driver behind the sequence, as neither the Eddington ratio nor broad band spectrum shape plays the dominant role. Also, the role of the viewing angle in providing the dispersion of the quasar main sequence is apparently not as strong as expected.

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