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发射$γ$射线的耀变体的夜间光变监测

Intra-night optical variability monitoring of $γ$-ray emitting blazars

K. Subbu Ulaganatha Pandian, A. Natarajan, C. S. Stalin, Ashwani Pandey, S. Muneer, B. Natarajan

摘要:

本文介绍了利用{ \it Fermi}大天区望远镜观测到的耀变体的夜内光变特性。这涉及对18个耀变体样本的R波段监测观测,其中包括5个平谱射电类星体(FSRQ)和13个BL Lac天体(BL Lac),覆盖红移范围z = 0.085 $-$ 1.184。我们用1.3 m J.C.巴塔查里亚望远镜覆盖期间2016年12月和2020年3月之间共40个夜晚($\sim$ 200小时)。我们使用功效增强的$F-$检验来表征变异性。FSRQs和BLLacs的占空比(DC)分别为11%和12%。根据同步辐射峰在宽谱能量分布中的位置将样品分为不同的亚类,发现低同步辐射峰(LSP)、中同步辐射峰(ISP)和高同步辐射峰(HSP)耀变体的DC分别为$\sim$ 16\%、$\sim$ 10\%和$\sim$ 7\%。LSP耀变体的这种高DC可以在跟踪宽带SED的同步加速器分量的下降部分(由高能电子贡献)的R带的上下文中理解。此外,在ISP和HSP耀变体的情况下,跟踪上升的同步加速器部分(由低能电子产生)的R带可能会导致它们的变化较小。因此,观察到的高DC的变化在LSP耀变体相对于ISP和HSP耀变体是根据从耀变体喷流的轻子模型。

英文摘要:

We present the results obtained from our campaign to characterize the intra-night-optical variability properties of blazars detected by the {\it Fermi} Large Area Telescope. This involves R-band monitoring observations of a sample of 18 blazars, that includes five flat-spectrum radio quasars (FSRQs) and thirteen BL Lac objects (BL Lacs) covering the redshift range z = 0.085$-$1.184. Our observations, carried out using the 1.3 m J.C. Bhattacharya Telescope cover a total of 40 nights ($\sim$200 hrs) between the period 2016 December and 2020 March. We characterized variability using the power enhanced $F-$test. We found a duty cycle (DC) of the variability of about 11\% for FSRQs and 12\% for BL Lacs. Dividing the sample into different sub-classes based on the position of the synchrotron peak in their broadband spectral energy distribution (SED), we found DC of $\sim$16\%, $\sim$10\% and $\sim$7\% for low-synchrotron peaked (LSP), intermediate synchrotron peaked (ISP) and high synchrotron peaked (HSP) blazars. Such high DC of variability in LSP blazars could be understood in the context of the R-band tracing the falling part (contributed by high energy electrons) of the synchrotron component of the broadband SED. Also, the R-band tracing the rising synchrotron part (produced by low energy electrons) in the case of ISP and HSP blazars, could cause lesser variability in them. Thus, the observed high DC of variability in LSP blazars relative to ISP and HSP blazars is in accordance with the leptonic model of emission from blazar jets.

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