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射电强窄线Seyfert 1星系的红外变率

Infrared variability of radio-loud narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies

K. É. Gabányi, A. Moór, S. Frey

摘要:

大多数射电强窄线塞弗特1(NLS 1)星系类似于紧凑的陡谱源。然而,极端的射电大声显示出类似耀变体的特征,如平坦的射电频谱,紧凑的射电核心,大量的可变性和高亮度温度。这些天体被认为与耀变体相似,因为它们拥有相对论性喷流,与视线成小角度。费米卫星发现的少数几个源的伽马射线发射进一步支持了这一说法。利用广域红外巡天探测器(WISE)数据,分析了$42$射电强NLS 1在$3.4$和$4.6\,μ$ m的中红外变率特征。我们发现,$27$的研究$42$源显示在两个红外波段中的至少一个的变化。在某些情况下,红外颜色的显著变化可以改变WISE颜色图中源的位置,这可能导致不同的分类。在$1-1.5$天间隔内,超过$60$ %的变量源也显示出变异性。如此短的时间尺度证明了一个紧凑的发射区,就像那些与喷流相关的发射区一样。样品中最亮的$γ$射线发射体($6$源)都显示出短时间尺度的红外变化,这一事实进一步加强了这种联系。

英文摘要:

Most of the radio-loud narrow-line Seyfert 1 (NLS1) galaxies resemble compact steep-spectrum sources. However, the extremely radio-loud ones show blazar-like characteristics, like flat radio spectra, compact radio cores, substantial variability and high brightness temperatures. These objects are thought to be similar to blazars as they possess relativistic jets seen at small angle to the line of sight. This claim has been further supported by the Fermi satellite discovery of gamma-ray emission from a handful of these sources. Using the Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) data, we analyzed the mid-infrared variability characteristics of $42$ radio-loud NLS1 at $3.4$ and $4.6\,μ$m. We found that $27$ out of the studied $42$ sources showed variability in at least one of the two infrared bands. In some cases, significant changes in the infrared colors can alter the location of the source in the WISE color-color diagram which might lead to different classification. More than $60$% of the variable sources also showed variability within a $1-1.5$ day interval. Such short time scales argue for a compact emission region like those associated with the jets. This connection is further strengthened by the fact that the brightest $γ$-ray emitters of the sample ($6$ sources), all showed short time scale infrared variability.

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