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秒差距尺度进动AGN喷流的线偏振模拟

Simulations of linear polarization of precessing AGN jets at parsec scales

R. V. Todorov, E. V. Kravchenko, I. N. Pashchenko, A. B. Pushkarev

AI总结:

基于VLBI观测模拟,研究提出假设阵列有限分辨率和喷流十年尺度进动可自然产生观测到的非典型横向线偏振轮廓,并在喷流脊发射受抑制时实现更有效退偏振。

摘要:

甚长基线干涉测量(VLBI)对秒差距尺度活动星系核(AGN)喷流的多历元偏振敏感观测的最详细分析最新结果,揭示了线偏振分布及其变化的几个特征模式(Pushkarev et al., 2023; Zobnina et al., 2023)。观测到的一些轮廓可以通过一个由螺旋磁场穿过的喷流简单模型来重现。然而,迄今为止提出的所有模型都无法解释观测到的偏振轮廓,即其偏振度向喷流边缘增加,并伴随“喷泉”型电矢量图样及其中心的高时间变异性。基于对相对论性喷流VLBI观测的模拟,我们在此表明,假设VLBI阵列的有限分辨率和喷流在十年尺度上的进动,可以自然地产生对于简单磁场模型而言非典型的观测横向线偏振轮廓,越来越多的AGN中发现了这种进动的观测迹象。在我们的模拟中,我们定性地重现了电矢量的分布及其变异性,尽管偏振图像由于微弱的涂抹而具有明亮脊的特征,这与观测一致性较差。在喷流脊发射受抑制的模型中可以获得更有效的退偏振。

英文摘要:

The latest results of the most detailed analysis of multi-epoch polarization-sensitive observations of active galactic nuclei (AGN) jets at parsecs scales by very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) reveal several characteristic patterns of linear polarization distribution and its variability (Pushkarev et al., 2023; Zobnina et al., 2023). Some of the observed profiles can be reproduced by a simple model of a jet threaded by a helical magnetic field. However, none of the models presented to date can explain the observed polarization profiles with an increase in its degree towards the edges of the jet, and accompanied by a 'fountain' type electric vector pattern and its high temporal variability in the center. Based on simulations of the VLBI observations of relativistic jets, we show here that the observed transverse linear polarization profiles, atypical for the simple magnetic field models can be naturally produced assuming the finite resolution of VLBI arrays and precession of a jet on ten-years scales, observational indications of which are found in an increasing number of AGN. In our simulations, we qualitatively reproduce the distribution of the electric vector and its variability, though the polarization images are characterized by a bright spine due to weak smearing, which is poorly consistent with observations. More effective depolarization can be obtained in models with the suppressed emission of the jet spine.

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