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利用变率和VLBI测量宇宙学距离

Using variability and VLBI to measure cosmological distances

Jeffrey A. Hodgson, Benjamin L'Huillier, Ioannis Liodakis, Sang-Sung Lee, Arman Shafieloo

摘要:

在本文中,我们提出了一种新的方法来确定宇宙学距离的活动星系核(AGN)通过光旅行时的参数,它可以从附近的源扩展到非常高红移源。关键的假设是活动星系核中的变化受到光速的限制,因此提供了发射区域线性大小的估计。然后可以将其与甚长基线干涉测量法(VLBI)测得的角度大小进行比较,以得出距离。我们证明了这种方法上的一个特定的良好研究的低红移(z = 0.0178)源3C84(NGC 1275),这是明亮的无线电核心的英仙座星系团。我们推导出该源的角直径距离,包括$D_{A} = 72^{+5}_{-6}$ Mpc的统计误差,这与该红移处的其他距离测量结果一致。讨论了系统误差的可能来源和校正方法。

英文摘要:

In this paper, we propose a new approach to determining cosmological distances to active galactic nuclei (AGN) via light travel-time arguments, which can be extended from nearby sources to very high redshift sources. The key assumption is that the variability seen in AGN is constrained by the speed of light and therefore provides an estimate of the linear size of an emitting region. This can then be compared with the angular size measured with very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) in order to derive a distance. We demonstrate this approach on a specific well studied low redshift (z = 0.0178) source 3C84 (NGC 1275), which is the bright radio core of the Perseus Cluster. We derive an angular diameter distance including statistical errors of $D_{A} = 72^{+5}_{-6}$ Mpc for this source, which is consistent with other distance measurements at this redshift. Possible sources of systematic errors and ways to correct for them are discussed.

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