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扰动相对论喷流中来自弛豫激波的耀斑回波

Flare echos from relaxation shocks in perturbed relativistic jets

Gaëtan Fichet de Clairfontaine, Zakaria Meliani, Andreas Zech

摘要:

解释活动星系核相对论喷流中观测到的多波长通量变化的主要假设之一是基于相对论电子在各种来源的内部激波上的扩散激波加速。任何完整的活动星系核发射情景都必须能够解释射电和伽马射线波段之间观测到的大范围变化时间尺度。此外,甚长基线干涉测量(VLBI)也提供了限制,它显示了各种各样的移动和固定的发射区具有不同的行为。我们的目标是表征射流中静止和运动发射区的演变,并通过发射图和光变曲线研究它们的多波长特征。我们的研究集中在耀斑事件,发生在强相互作用之间的运动喷出物和固定的对流激波。我们用磁流体动力学程序MPI-AMRVAC模拟了相对论射流,并在激波区注入了非热的电子粒子分布。我们遵循一个移动的冲击波的传播和它的相互作用与结构的常设重新准直冲击射流。同步辐射和辐射转移的计算在后处理程序RIPTIDE中给定的观察角度和频率。我们证明了尾随组件的外观背后的领先的移动激波。后者使喷流不稳定,导致振荡驻波和弛豫激波的出现。来自这些区域的发射可以支配整体通量或导致光变曲线中的耀斑回波。另一个弛豫激波的观测标记出现在喷流明亮VLBI分量的时距图中。我们的方案提供了一个合理的解释射电星系3C 111的射电VLBI观测的拖尾组件已在1997年的射电爆发事件期间观察到。

英文摘要:

One of the main scenarios to account for the multi-wavelength flux variability observed in relativistic jets of AGNs is based on diffusive shock acceleration of a population of relativistic electrons on internal shocks of various origins. Any complete AGN emission scenario has to be able to explain the wide range of observed variability time scales between the radio and gamma-ray band. In addition constraints are also provided by very-long-baseline interferometry (VLBI), which shows a large variety of moving and standing emission zones with distinct behaviors. We aim to characterize the evolution of stationary and moving emission zones in the jet and to study their multi-wavelength signatures through emission maps and light curves. We focus our study on flare events that occur during strong interactions between moving ejecta and stationary recollimation shocks. We simulate relativistic jets with the magneto-hydrodynamic code MPI-AMRVAC and inject non-thermal particle distributions of electrons in shock regions. We follow the propagation of a moving shock and its interactions with a structure of standing re-collimation shocks in the jet. Synchrotron emission and radiative transfer are calculated in the post-processing code RIPTIDE for given observation angles and frequencies. We demonstrate the appearance of trailing components behind the leading moving shock. The latter destabilizes the jet, causing the emergence of oscillating standing shocks and relaxation shocks. Emissions from these regions can dominate the overall flux or lead to flare echos in the light curve. Another observational marker of relaxation shocks appears in time-distance plots of bright VLBI components of the jet. Our scenario provides a plausible explanation for radio VLBI observations of the radio-galaxy 3C 111 where trailing components have been observed during a radio outburst event in 1997.

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