中等质量黑洞活动星系核(intermediate mass black hole active galactic nuclei, IMBH AGN)是指中心黑洞大约在10~2M⊙~10~6M⊙质量范围的活动星系核。关于近邻宇宙中IMBH AGN的研究,对于理解高红移类星体中的超大质量黑洞起源(即"...中等质量黑洞活动星系核(intermediate mass black hole active galactic nuclei, IMBH AGN)是指中心黑洞大约在10~2M⊙~10~6M⊙质量范围的活动星系核。关于近邻宇宙中IMBH AGN的研究,对于理解高红移类星体中的超大质量黑洞起源(即"种子黑洞问题")、低频引力波源等基本问题有着重要意义。得益于近20年来大规模光学光谱巡天的发展,已发现近邻宇宙中的宽线IMBH AGN的数目超过500个。对于这些光学选IMBH AGN,基于VLA FIRST巡天数据,针对小样本或个源的专门射电连续谱观测,已取得不少结果。从射电形态、连续谱谱型、射电功率和射电噪度、黑洞吸积基本面这四个方面,详细地介绍了目前IMBH AGN射电连续谱研究的进展。并且,分别面向当前正在开展的几个SKA探路者大规模连续谱巡天项目,以及大约10年后运行的SKA (至少是SKA一期),展望了IMBH AGN领域将来可以进行研究的科学目标。展开更多
PG 1407+265 is a radio quiet quasar that has a relativistic jet.In this report,we show some peculiar properties of its optical and X-ray emissions,which indicate possible non-thermal origins produced from the jet.We u...PG 1407+265 is a radio quiet quasar that has a relativistic jet.In this report,we show some peculiar properties of its optical and X-ray emissions,which indicate possible non-thermal origins produced from the jet.We use a simple synchrotron + synchrotron self Compton (SSC) model to fit the emissions with different ratios of energy densities between the magnetic field and electrons (η≡U B/U e),which predicts a different γ-ray luminosity.The First LAT AGN Catalog (1LAC) did not include PG 1407+265,which indicates an upper limit of γ-ray luminosity.This upper limit constrains the ratio to be unreasonably large (η≥10 4-5).This inversely indicates that the optical and X-ray emissions may not be produced from the beaming jet.We discuss the physical implications of these results.展开更多
基金the West Ph.D. project of the Training Program for Talents of the West Light Foundation of the CASthe National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 10903025,10778702,10973034 and 11078008) for financial supportthe support of the State Key Development Program for Basic Research of China (Grant No.2009CB824800)
文摘PG 1407+265 is a radio quiet quasar that has a relativistic jet.In this report,we show some peculiar properties of its optical and X-ray emissions,which indicate possible non-thermal origins produced from the jet.We use a simple synchrotron + synchrotron self Compton (SSC) model to fit the emissions with different ratios of energy densities between the magnetic field and electrons (η≡U B/U e),which predicts a different γ-ray luminosity.The First LAT AGN Catalog (1LAC) did not include PG 1407+265,which indicates an upper limit of γ-ray luminosity.This upper limit constrains the ratio to be unreasonably large (η≥10 4-5).This inversely indicates that the optical and X-ray emissions may not be produced from the beaming jet.We discuss the physical implications of these results.
