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耀变体PKS 0735+178中具有颜色变异性的夜内光学硬滞后探测

Detection of an intranight optical hard-lag with colour variability in blazar PKS 0735+178

Callum McCall, Helen E. Jermak, Iain A. Steele, Shiho Kobayashi, Johan H. Knapen, Pablo M. Sánchez-Alarcón

AI总结:

本研究通过卡洛斯·桑切斯望远镜监测4个耀变体的夜内光学变化,在PKS 0735+178中发现反常的光学硬滞后及特殊颜色变光趋势,对标准同步辐射激波冷却模型提出挑战,提示变光源于喷流电子能量分布变化与费米加速能量注入。

摘要:

耀变体是活动星系核的一个高变子类,已被观测到会在单夜内发生显著变化。这种夜内变异性仍是一个存在争议的现象,目前已有多种机制被提出用于解释该行为,包括喷流能量密度演化或系统几何结构变化。我们展示了利用Carlos Sánchez Telescope(卡洛斯·桑切斯望远镜)对四个耀变体开展的夜内光学监测活动的结果,这四个耀变体分别为TXS 0506+056、OJ287、PKS 0735+178和OJ248。我们在OJ287中探测到了显著但无颜色依赖的变光行为,在PKS 0735+178中则同时探测到了“越亮越蓝”和“越亮越红”的颜色趋势。此外,在2023年1月17日的观测中,PKS 0735+178的g波段相对于r、i、z_s波段存在约10分钟的滞后。PKS 0735+178中这一出乎意料的硬滞后与标准同步辐射激波冷却模型(该模型会预言软滞后)并不相符,反而表明这种变异性可能是喷流电子能量密度分布变化的结果,能量由费米加速过程注入到激波后介质中。

英文摘要:

Blazars are a highly variable subclass of active galactic nuclei that have been observed to vary significantly during a single night. This intranight variability remains a debated phenomenon, with various mechanisms proposed to explain the behaviour including jet energy density evolution or system geometric changes. We present the results of an intranight optical monitoring campaign of four blazars: TXS 0506+056, OJ287, PKS 0735+178, and OJ248 using the Carlos Sánchez Telescope. We detect significant but colourless behaviour in OJ287 and both bluer- and redder-when-brighter colour trends in PKS 0735+178. Additionally, the g band shows a lag of ~10 min with respect to the r,i,z_s bands for PKS 0735+178 on 2023 January 17. This unexpected hard-lag in PKS 0735+178 is not in accordance with the standard synchrotron shock cooling model (which would predict a soft lag) and instead suggests the variability may be a result of changes in the jet's electron energy density distribution, with energy injection from Fermi acceleration processes into a post-shocked medium.

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