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超越简单的AGN与Chandra观测的3CRR源的统一

Beyond Simple AGN Unification with Chandra-observed 3CRR Sources

Joanna Kuraszkiewicz, Belinda J. Wilkes, Adam Atanas, Johannes Buchner, Jonathan C. McDowell, S. P. Willner, Matthew L. N. Ashby, Mojegan Azadi, Peter Barthel, … 展开作者

Joanna Kuraszkiewicz, Belinda J. Wilkes, Adam Atanas, Johannes Buchner, Jonathan C. McDowell, S. P. Willner, Matthew L. N. Ashby, Mojegan Azadi, Peter Barthel, Martin Haas, Diana M. Worrall, Mark Birkinshaw, Robert Antonucci, Rolf Chini, Giovanni G. Fazio, Charles Lawrence, Patrick Ogle

摘要:

低频射电选择发现射电明亮的星系,而不管气体和尘埃的遮蔽量。我们报告\chandra \观测一个完整的178 MHz的选择,因此方向无偏,样本的44 $0.5<z<1$ 3CRR源。样本由类星体和具有相似射电光度的窄线射电星系(NLRGs)组成,射电结构既可以作为年龄指标,也可以作为方向指标。与统一一致的是,固有的遮蔽度(通过\nh、X射线硬度比和X射线光度测量)通常随倾角而增加。然而,该样本包括在高$z$ 3CRR源中未观察到的群体:在中等倾角下使用\nh ~ $<10^{22}$ ~cm $^{-2}$观察的NLRG。多波长分析表明,这些对象有较低的$L/L_{\rm Edd}$比典型的NLRG在类似的方向。因此,取向和$L/L_{\rm Edd}$都很重要,“辐射调节的统一”提供了对样品所观察到的性质的更好解释。与$1<z<2$的3CRR样品相比,我们的低红移样品显示出更高的康普顿薄NLRG分数(45% vs. 29%),但康普顿厚的部分(20%)相似,这意味着在中等视角下康普顿薄的材料覆盖系数更大,因此环面大气层更“膨胀”。我们认为这是由于该样本中$L/L_{\rm Edd}$的范围扩展到较低的值。相比之下,在高红移下,较窄的范围和高的$L/L_{\rm Edd}$值允许取向(以及简单的统一)主导样品的观察特性。

英文摘要:

Low-frequency radio selection finds radio-bright galaxies regardless of the amount of obscuration by gas and dust. We report \chandra\ observations of a complete 178~MHz-selected, and so orientation unbiased, sample of 44 $0.5<z<1$ 3CRR sources. The sample is comprised of quasars and narrow-line radio galaxies (NLRGs) with similar radio luminosities, and the radio structure serves as both an age and an orientation indicator. Consistent with Unification, intrinsic obscuration (measured by \nh, X-ray hardness ratio, and X-ray luminosity) generally increases with inclination. However, the sample includes a population not seen in high-$z$ 3CRR sources: NLRGs viewed at intermediate inclination angles with \nh~$<10^{22}$~cm$^{-2}$. Multiwavelength analysis suggests these objects have lower $L/L_{\rm Edd}$ than typical NLRGs at similar orientation. Thus both orientation and $L/L_{\rm Edd}$ are important, and a "radiation-regulated Unification" provides a better explanation of the sample's observed properties. In comparison with the 3CRR sample at $1<z<2$, our lower-redshift sample shows a higher fraction of Compton-thin NLRGs (45\% vs.\ 29\%) but similar Compton-thick fraction (20\%), implying a larger covering factor of Compton-thin material at intermediate viewing angles and so a more "puffed-up" torus atmosphere. We posit that this is due to a range of $L/L_{\rm Edd}$ extending to lower values in this sample. In contrast, at high redshifts the narrower range and high $L/L_{\rm Edd}$ values allowed orientation (and so simple Unification) to dominate the sample's observed properties.

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