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相对论性喷流二分法与Blazar序列的终结

The Relativistic Jet Dichotomy and the End of the Blazar Sequence

Mary Keenan, Eileen T. Meyer, Markos Georganopoulos, Karthik Reddy, Omar J. French

摘要:

随着喷流样本尺寸的增加,我们对喷流活动星系核统一的理解也有了很大的发展。在这里,基于有史以来最大的样本超过2000采样喷流光谱能量分布,我们研究的同步加速器峰值频率-峰值光度平面,并发现很少的证据称为耀变体序列的反相关。相反,我们找到了有力的证据,在射流的二分法,与有效的或“类星体模式”吸积(强/II型喷气机)和那些与无效的吸积(弱/I型喷气机)。II型喷流包括高激发射电星系、平谱射电类星体(FSRQ)和大多数低频峰值BL Lac天体。I型喷流包括那些由低激发射电星系和同步加速器峰值频率高于10^15 Hz的耀变体(几乎所有BL Lac天体)所承载的喷流。我们已经从低频射电观测中获得了超过1000个源的总喷流功率的估计,并发现喷流二分法并不对应于喷流功率的划分。相反,II型喷流在所有观察到的喷流功率下产生,直到我们样本中的最低水平,而I型喷流的范围从非常低到中等高的喷流功率,其明确的上限为~10^43 erg/s。几个到100%爱丁顿)或低效(<0.5%爱丁顿)吸积到质量范围从10^7-10^9.5 M_sol的黑洞上。

英文摘要:

Our understanding of the unification of jetted AGN has evolved greatly as jet samples have increased in size. Here, based on the largest-ever sample of over 2000 well-sampled jet spectral energy distributions, we examine the synchrotron peak frequency -- peak luminosity plane, and find little evidence for the anti-correlation known as the blazar sequence. Instead, we find strong evidence for a dichotomy in jets, between those associated with efficient or `quasar-mode' accretion (strong/type II jets) and those associated with inefficient accretion (weak/type I jets). Type II jets include those hosted by high-excitation radio galaxies, flat-spectrum radio quasars (FSRQ), and most low-frequency-peaked BL Lac objects. Type I jets include those hosted by low-excitation radio galaxies and blazars with synchrotron peak frequency above 10^15 Hz (nearly all BL Lac objects). We have derived estimates of the total jet power for over 1000 of our sources from low-frequency radio observations, and find that the jet dichotomy does not correspond to a division in jet power. Rather, type II jets are produced at all observed jet powers, down to the lowest levels in our sample, while type I jets range from very low to moderately high jet powers, with a clear upper bound at ~10^43 erg/s The range of jet power in each class matches exactly what is expected for efficient (i.e., a few to 100% Eddington) or inefficient (<0.5% Eddington) accretion onto black holes ranging in mass from 10^7-10^9.5 M_sol.

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