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偏振光中的AGN喷流和风:Mrk 231的情况

AGN Jets and Winds in Polarised Light: The Case of Mrk 231

Silpa S., P. Kharb, C. P. O' Dea, S. A. Baum, B. Sebastian, D. Mukherjee, C. M. Harrison

摘要:

我们提出了一个多频率,多尺度无线电偏振研究的结果与甚大阵(VLA)的塞弗特1星系和BALQSO,Mrk 231。我们检测复杂的总强度和偏振强度的源功能。总的来说,这些图像表明存在一个广泛的,单侧的,向南弯曲的外流,其中包括一个弱准直喷流与极向推断磁场,在一个更广泛的磁化"风“或"鞘”组件与环形推断磁场。Mrk 231中kpc尺度的弱准直喷流/波瓣的模型由于其C形形态、陡峭的光谱指数、磁场结构的复杂性以及文献中在10秒差距尺度上观察到的自相似结构的存在而得到加强。“风”可能包括核星暴(靠近核心)和活动星系核风,后者可能是主要的贡献者。远离核心,"风“成分也可以包括加宽射流的外层(或"鞘”)。(弱准直)射流产生效率的推断值$η_\mathrm{jet}\sim$ 0.01与文献中的估计值一致。Mrk 231中的复合喷流和风外流似乎是低功率和物质主导的,并且与我们的视线成小角度。

英文摘要:

We present the results of a multi-frequency, multi-scale radio polarimetric study with the Very Large Array (VLA) of the Seyfert 1 galaxy and BALQSO, Mrk 231. We detect complex total and polarized intensity features in the source. Overall, the images indicate the presence of a broad, one-sided, curved outflow towards the south which consists of a weakly collimated jet with poloidal inferred magnetic fields, inside a broader magnetized ``wind'' or ``sheath'' component with toroidal inferred magnetic fields. The model of a kpc-scale weakly collimated jet/lobe in Mrk 231 is strengthened by its C-shaped morphology, steep spectral index throughout, complexities in the magnetic field structures, and the presence of self-similar structures observed on the 10-parsec-scale in the literature. The ``wind'' may comprise both nuclear starburst (close to the core) and AGN winds, where the latter maybe the primary contributor. Moving away from the core, the ``wind'' component may also comprise the outer layers (or ``sheath'') of a broadened jet. The inferred value of the (weakly collimated) jet production efficiency, $η_\mathrm{jet}\sim$0.01 is consistent with the estimates in the literature. The composite jet and wind outflow in Mrk 231 appears to be low-power and matter-dominated, and oriented at a small angle to our line of sight.

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