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arXiv 2006.07792astro-ph.HE
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基于光学光度和偏振时间序列数据的Blazar分类特征选择

Feature Selection for Classification of Blazars Based on Optical Photometric and Polarimetric Time-Series Data

Makoto Uemura, Taisei Abe, Yurika Yamada, Shiro Ikeda

摘要:

Blazar可以分为两个亚型,平谱射电类星体(FSRQs)和BL Lac天体,这两种天体在现象学上通过它们的光学发射线的强度来区分,但它们的物理性质和关系仍然没有完全了解。在本文中,我们专注于他们的变异性的差异。我们使用Ornstein-Uhlenbeck过程描述了耀变体的特征,并研究了两种亚型的区别特征。我们使用了2008-2014年1.5米Kanata望远镜获得的光学光度和偏振数据。我们发现,四个功能,即变化幅度,特征时间尺度,和非平稳性的光变曲线和偏振度(PD)的中位数获得的变化,是必不可少的FSRQs和BL Lac对象之间的区分。FSRQs的特点是罕见的和大的耀斑,而BL Lac对象的可变性可以用相对较小幅度的平稳过程再现。的变异性的特点是不受亚型之间的喷流结构的差异,但由同步辐射的峰值频率。这意味着喷流变化的性质在FSRQs和BL Lac天体中是共同的。我们发现,BL Lac对象往往有高PD中位数,这表明他们有一个稳定的偏振分量。FSRQs没有这样的组件,可能是因为一个强大的康普顿冷却效应在次pc尺度射流。

英文摘要:

Blazars can be divided into two subtypes, flat spectrum radio quasars (FSRQs) and BL Lac objects, which have been distinguished phenomenologically by the strength of their optical emission lines, while their physical nature and relationship are still not fully understood. In this paper, we focus on the differences in their variability. We characterize the blazar variability using the Ornstein-Uhlenbeck (OU) process, and investigate the features that are discriminative for the two subtypes. We used optical photometric and polarimetric data obtained with the 1.5-m Kanata telescope for 2008-2014. We found that four features, namely the variation amplitude, characteristic timescale, and non-stationarity of the variability obtained from the light curves and the median of the degree of polarization (PD), are essential for distinguishing between FSRQs and BL Lac objects. FSRQs are characterized by rare and large flares, while the variability of BL Lac objects can be reproduced with a stationary OU process with relatively small amplitudes. The characteristics of the variability are governed not by the differences in the jet structure between the subtypes, but by the peak frequency of the synchrotron emission. This implies that the nature of the variation in the jets is common in FSRQs and BL Lac objects. We found that BL Lac objects tend to have high PD medians, which suggests that they have a stable polarization component. FSRQs have no such component, possibly because of a strong Compton cooling effect in sub-pc scale jets.

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