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一个令人震惊的结果:耀变体 OJ 248 多波段耀发的喷流动力学与偏振特征

A shocking outcome: Jet dynamics and polarimetric signatures of the multi-band flare in blazar OJ 248

G. F. Paraschos

AI总结:

本文结合 VLBI 观测研究耀变体 OJ 248 唯一一次γ射线耀发,发现喷流线偏振度升高且 EVPA 垂直于喷流方向,并提出运动激波与再准直激波相互作用的解释。

摘要:

γ射线耀发与耀变体之间的联系是一个活跃的研究课题,但很少有源表现出足够独特的此类爆发,从而能够将其 conclusively(确凿地)与喷流形态中的特征联系起来。在此,我们结合甚长基线干涉测量(VLBI)揭示的喷流结构,对耀变体 OJ 248 迄今为止唯一一次γ射线耀发展开调查。我们发现,在整个γ射线耀发过程中,OJ 248 喷流中的线偏振度增加,且 VLBI 电矢量位置角(EVPAs)转向与喷流整体流动方向垂直。我们将这一行为解释为一个运动激波:它穿过一个再准直激波,并通过逆康普顿散射过程将光子上散射,从而产生γ射线耀发;我们讨论了可能的机制。我们假设的激波-激波相互作用情景,是在光学和射电波段诱发此类 EVPA 旋转的一种可行机制。

英文摘要:

The connection between $γ$-ray flares and blazars is a topic of active research, with few sources exhibiting distinct enough such outbursts to be able to conclusively connect them to features in their jet morphology. Here we present an investigation of the sole $γ$-ray flare of the blazar OJ 248 thus far, in association with its jet structure, as revealed by very long baseline interferometry (VLBI). We find that throughout the course of the $γ$-ray flare, the fractional linear polarisation increases in the jet of OJ 248, and the VLBI electric vector position angles (EVPAs) turn perpendicular to the bulk jet flow. We interpret this behaviour as a moving shock, travelling through a recollimation shock and upscattering photons via the inverse Compton scattering process, producing a $γ$-ray flare; we discuss possible mechanisms. Our hypothesised shock-shock interaction scenario is a viable mechanism to induce such EVPA rotations in both optical and radio bands.

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