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基于WISE数据近红外通量变化的AGN尘埃消光测量

Measurement of AGN dust extinction based on the near-infrared flux variability of WISE data

Shoichiro Mizukoshi, Takeo Minezaki, Shoichi Tsunetsugu, Atsuhiro Yoshida, Hiroaki Sameshima, Mitsuru Kokubo, Hirofumi Noda

摘要:

我们提出了大量的模糊活动星系核(AGN)的基础上变红的颜色的近红外(NIR)波长的通量分量的尘埃环的视线消光的测量。利用$\textit{Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE)}$对$\mathit{Swift/}$ BAT AGN光谱巡天(BASS)编目的513个活动星系核进行了长期观测,发现WISE $W1$和$W2$两个波段的多历元近红外辐射通量数据对90%以上的活动星系核有较好的相关性。通过线性回归分析得到了$W1$和$W2$两条带的通量变化梯度(FVG),发现无遮蔽活动星系核的FVG分布在一个相对较窄的范围内,而遮蔽活动星系核的FVG分布在一个较红和较宽的范围内。利用FVG中的红化量计算了活动星系核的视线尘埃消光($A_V$),并与BASS星表中的中性氢柱密度($N_{\rm{}H}$)进行了比较。我们发现,被遮蔽的活动星系核的$N_{\rm{}H}/A_V$比大于银河弥漫星际介质(ISM),并分布有一个大的散射最多两个数量级。此外,我们还发现活动星系核的$N_{\rm{}H}/A_V$的下包络线与银河系弥散ISM相当。$N_{\rm{}H}/A_V$的这些性质可以通过$N_{\rm{}H}$的增加来解释,该增加归因于无尘气云覆盖宽线区域的视线。

英文摘要:

We present the measurement of the line-of-sight extinction of the dusty torus for a large number of obscured active galactic nuclei (AGNs) based on the reddening of the colour of the variable flux component in near-infrared (NIR) wavelengths. We collected long-term monitoring data by $\textit{Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE)}$ for 513 local AGNs catalogued by the $\mathit{Swift/}$BAT AGN Spectroscopic Survey (BASS) and found that the multi-epoch NIR flux data in two different bands (WISE $W1$ and $W2$) are tightly correlated for more than 90% of the targets. The flux variation gradient (FVG) in the $W1$ and $W2$ bands was derived by applying linear regression analysis, and we reported that those for unobscured AGNs fall in a relatively narrow range, whereas those for obscured AGNs are distributed in a redder and broader range. The AGN's line-of-sight dust extinction ($A_V$) is calculated using the amount of the reddening in the FVG and is compared with the neutral hydrogen column density ($N_{\rm{}H}$) of the BASS catalogue. We found that the $N_{\rm{}H}/A_V$ ratios of obscured AGNs are greater than those of the Galactic diffuse interstellar medium (ISM) and are distributed with a large scatter by at most two orders of magnitude. Furthermore, we found that the lower envelope of the $N_{\rm{}H}/A_V$ of obscured AGNs is comparable to the Galactic diffuse ISM. These properties of the $N_{\rm{}H}/A_V$ can be explained by increase in the $N_{\rm{}H}$ attributed to the dust-free gas clouds covering the line of sight in the broad-line region.

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