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Blazar PKS 1413+135中Millilensing的新试验

New Tests of Millilensing in the Blazar PKS 1413+135

A. L. Peirson, I. Liodakis, A. C. S. Readhead, M. L. Lister, E. S. Perlman, M. F. Aller, R. D. Blandford, K. J. B. Grainge, D. A. Green, M. A. Gurwell, M. W. Ho… 展开作者

A. L. Peirson, I. Liodakis, A. C. S. Readhead, M. L. Lister, E. S. Perlman, M. F. Aller, R. D. Blandford, K. J. B. Grainge, D. A. Green, M. A. Gurwell, M. W. Hodges, T. Hovatta, S. Kiehlmann, A. Lähteenmäki, W. Max-Moerbeck, T. Mcaloone, S. O'Neill, V. Pavlidou, T. J. Pearson, V. Ravi, R. A. Reeves, P. F. Scott, G. B. Taylor, D. J. Titterington, M. Tornikoski, H. K. Vedantham, P. N. Wilkinson, D. T. Williams, J. A. Zensus

摘要:

对称消色差变率(SAV)是耀变体中一种罕见的射电变率形式,它被认为是由~ $10^2 - 10^5$ $M_\odot$质量凝聚引起的引力透镜效应引起的。在blazar PKS 1413+135的长期无线电监测数据中,在1980年至2020年期间已经确定了四个SAV。我们表明,所有四个可以用相同的,不变的,引力透镜模型。如果SAV是由于引力引力透镜,PKS 1413+135提供了一个独特的系统,用于研究活动星系核,具有前所未有的微弧秒分辨率,以及研究引力透镜本身的性质。我们讨论了两个可能的候选人为假定的千透镜:一个巨大的分子云托管在干预的边缘上的螺旋星系,和一个未被发现的矮星系与一个巨大的黑洞。我们发现了一个显着的依赖性SAV交叉时间的频率,这可能表明一个快速的冲击移动在一个较慢的底层流。我们还发现了SAV的989天周期性的初步证据,如果这是真的,就有可能预测未来的SAV:可能的SAV的下三个窗口将在2022年8月,2025年5月和2028年2月开始。

英文摘要:

Symmetric Achromatic Variability (SAV) is a rare form of radio variability in blazars that has been attributed to gravitational millilensing by a ~$10^2 - 10^5$ $M_\odot$ mass condensate. Four SAVs have been identified between 1980 and 2020 in the long-term radio monitoring data of the blazar PKS 1413+135. We show that all four can be fitted with the same, unchanging, gravitational lens model. If SAV is due to gravitational millilensing, PKS 1413+135 provides a unique system for studying active galactic nuclei with unprecedented microarcsecond resolution, as well as for studying the nature of the millilens itself. We discuss two possible candidates for the putative millilens: a giant molecular cloud hosted in the intervening edge-on spiral galaxy, and an undetected dwarf galaxy with a massive black hole. We find a significant dependence of SAV crossing time on frequency, which could indicate a fast shock moving in a slower underlying flow. We also find tentative evidence for a 989-day periodicity in the SAVs, which, if real, makes possible the prediction of future SAVs: the next three windows for possible SAVs begin in August 2022, May 2025, and February 2028.

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