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Mrk 231中的阻塞射流

The obstructed jet in Mrk 231

Ailing Wang, Tao An, Sumit Jaiswal, Prashanth Mohan, Yuchan Wang, Willem A. Baan, Yingkang Zhang, Xiaolong Yang

摘要:

Mrk~231是已知距离我们最近的射电宁静类星体,也是本星系中最明亮的红外星系之一。它的特点是射电喷流和强大的多相多尺度外流的共存,使它成为研究活动星系核(AGN)反馈的理想实验室。通过对Mrk~231多历元甚长基线干涉测量数据的分析,估计出喷注头的前进速度为$\lesssim0.013\ c$,表明存在亚相对论性喷流。喷流位置角从内秒差距内的$-113^\circ$变为投影距离为25秒差距时的$-172^\circ$。喷流结构的变化可能是由于绕核盘旋转后的喷流弯曲或螺旋喷流在天空平面上的投影。在大开度角($\sim60^\circ$)锥中,弯曲射流与星际介质相互作用,产生大孔径角激波,随后通过辐射耗散大部分射流功率,并为大规模外流提供动力。Mrk~231喷流的低功率和弯曲结构,以及广泛的辐射耗散,与宿主星系环境对短喷流的阻挡相一致。

英文摘要:

Mrk~231 is the closest radio-quiet quasar known and one of the most luminous infrared galaxies in the local Universe. It is characterised by the co-existence of a radio jet and powerful multi-phase multi-scale outflows, making it an ideal laboratory to study active galactic nucleus (AGN) feedback. We analyse the multi-epoch very long baseline interferometry data of Mrk~231 and estimate the jet head advance speed to be $\lesssim0.013\ c$, suggesting a sub-relativistic jet flow. The jet position angle changes from $-113^\circ$ in the inner parsec to $-172^\circ$ at a projected distance of 25 parsec. The jet structure change might result from either a jet bending following the rotation of the circum-nuclear disc or the projection of a helical jet on the plane of the sky. In the large opening angle ($\sim60^\circ$) cone, the curved jet interacts with the interstellar medium and creates wide-aperture-angle shocks which subsequently dissipate a large portion of the jet power through radiation and contribute to powering the large-scale outflows. The low power and bent structure of the Mrk~231 jet, as well as extensive radiation dissipation, are consistent with the obstruction of the short-length jet by the host galaxy's environment.

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