We present the results from a long term X-ray analysis of Mrk 279 during the period 2018–2020.We use data from multiple missions–AstroSat,NuSTAR and XMM-Newton,for the purpose.The X-ray spectrum can be modeled as a ...We present the results from a long term X-ray analysis of Mrk 279 during the period 2018–2020.We use data from multiple missions–AstroSat,NuSTAR and XMM-Newton,for the purpose.The X-ray spectrum can be modeled as a double Comptonization along with the presence of neutral Fe Kαline emission,at all epochs.We determined the source’s X-ray flux and luminosity at these different epochs.We find significant variations in the source’s flux state.We also investigate the variations in the source’s spectral components during the observation period.We find that the photon index and hence the spectral shape follow the variations only over longer time periods.We probe the correlations between fluxes of different bands and their photon indices,and found no significant correlations between the parameters.展开更多
A possible quasi-periodic oscillation(QPO) at frequency 7.045 × 10^(-5) Hz is found in the narrow-line Seyfert 1galaxy Mrk 142 in the data of XMM-Newton collected on 2020 April 11.We find that the QPO signal is s...A possible quasi-periodic oscillation(QPO) at frequency 7.045 × 10^(-5) Hz is found in the narrow-line Seyfert 1galaxy Mrk 142 in the data of XMM-Newton collected on 2020 April 11.We find that the QPO signal is statistically significantly larger than the 5σ level and highly coherent with quality factor Q > 5 at the 0.3–10 keV band by using the method of the Lomb–Scargle Periodogram,the Weighted Wavelet Z-transform and the REDFIT.We analyze the data in 0.3–0.6 keV,0.6–1 keV,1–3 keV and 3–10 keV energy bands,and find obvious QPO signals at 0.3–0.6 keV and 1–3 keV bands.We then analyze the time-average spectra and time variability at the QPO frequency of 7.045 × 10^(-5) Hz,and use a model to fit them.We find that the QPO signal mainly comes from the X-ray hot corona.展开更多
Here we report an identification of B3 0749+460 A as a new double-peaked local "changing-look" active galactic nucleus(CL-AGN) in terms of our multi-epoch spectroscopic analysis. By comparing our new spectra...Here we report an identification of B3 0749+460 A as a new double-peaked local "changing-look" active galactic nucleus(CL-AGN) in terms of our multi-epoch spectroscopic analysis. By comparing our new spectra taken in 2021 with the ones taken by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey in 2004, BOSS in 2013 and Ma NGA in 2016, we reveal type transitions of Seyfert(Sy) 1.9 → Sy1.8 → Sy1.9. In the transitions, the classical broad Hα emission fades away after 2013 and disappears in our 2021 spectrum, although the absence of broad Hβ can be traced back to at least 2016. A follow-up observation in X-rays by the Swift/XRT reveals that(1) the X-ray emission level gradually decreased since 2005;and(2)the X-ray spectrum is soft in the optical "turn-off" state and hard in the "turn-on" state. We argue that the disappearance of the classical broad Hα emission can be likely explained by the disk-wind broad-line-region model, in which the CL phenomenon is sensitive to luminosity in individual AGNs.展开更多
In order to study the physical properties of the γ-ray emitting narrow-line Seyfert 1(NLS1) galaxy population,photometric and spectral observations of the γ-ray emitting NLS1 PMN J0948+0022 were made with the Lijian...In order to study the physical properties of the γ-ray emitting narrow-line Seyfert 1(NLS1) galaxy population,photometric and spectral observations of the γ-ray emitting NLS1 PMN J0948+0022 were made with the Lijiang2.4 m optical telescope of Yunnan Observatories,Chinese Academy of Sciences.Photometric data in the B and R bands were collected for 50 nights from 2020 January to 2021 December.During the observation epoch,the variability amplitudes are 73.67% in the B band and 79.96% in the R band.Intra-day variability is found in two observation nights,and the duty cycle value is 29% with variability amplitude> 12.9% in the R band,which support the presence of the relativistic jets in the target.The redder-when-brighter(RWB) chromatic trend(or steeper-when-brighter trend) appears on intra-day and long timescales.The RWB trend is dominated by the radiation of accretion disk and jet,and resembles those in flat spectrum radio quasars.When PMN J0948+0022 is brighter than 17.5 in the R band,there is no color change trend.By analyzing the spectral data of PMN J0948+0022,we obtained the black hole mass of M.=1.61×10^(7) Mand accretion rate of M=93,and confirmed that PMN J0948+0022 is a super-Eddington accreting NLS1.The redshifts of reverberation mapped super-Eddington accreting active galactic nuclei can be expanded by PMN J0948+0022 up to above 0.5.Super-Eddington accreting NLS1 galaxies were chosen as a new type of cosmological candle in the literature.PMN J0948+0022 may be used as a target for the next step of reverberation mapping monitoring project of super-Eddington accreting massive black holes.展开更多
We used multi-component profiles to model the HE and [O Ⅲ]λλ4959,5007 lines of SDSS J143030.22-001115.1, a narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxy （NLS1） in a sample of 150 NLS1 candidates selected from the Sloan Digital Sk...We used multi-component profiles to model the HE and [O Ⅲ]λλ4959,5007 lines of SDSS J143030.22-001115.1, a narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxy （NLS1） in a sample of 150 NLS1 candidates selected from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey （SDSS）, Early Data Release （EDR）. After subtracting the HE contribution from narrow line regions （NLRs）, we found that its full width half maximum （FWHM） of broad H/3 line is nearly 2900km s^-1, significantly larger than the customarily adopted criterion of 2000 km s^-1. With its weak Fe II multiples, we believe that SDSS J143030.22-001115.1 should not be classified as a genuine NLS1. When we calculate the virial black hole masses of NLSls, we should use the Hβ linewidth after subtracting the NLR component.展开更多
How supermassive black holes(SMBHs) are spun-up is a key issue in modern astrophysics. As an extension to the study in Wang et al., here we address the issue by comparing the host galaxy properties of nearby(z < 0....How supermassive black holes(SMBHs) are spun-up is a key issue in modern astrophysics. As an extension to the study in Wang et al., here we address the issue by comparing the host galaxy properties of nearby(z < 0.05) radio-selected Seyfert 2 galaxies. With the two-dimensional bulge+disk decompositions for the SDSS r-band images, we identify a dichotomy in various host galaxy properties for radio-loud SMBHs. By assuming that radio emission from the jet reflects a high SMBH spin, which stems from the well-known Blandford-Znajek mechanism of jet production, high-mass SMBHs(i.e., MBH > 10^7.9 M⊙)have a preference for being spun-up in classical bulges, and low-mass SMBHs(i.e., MBH = 10^6-10^7 M⊙)in pseudo-bulges. This dichotomy suggests and confirms that high-mass and low-mass SMBHs are spun-up in different ways, i.e., a major "dry" merger and a secular evolution respectively.展开更多
We present spectrophotometric results of the Seyfert 2 galaxy NGC 2273. Thepresence of high-order Balmer absorption lines (H8, H9, H10) and weak equivalent widths of CaII Kλ3933, CN λ4200, G-band λ4300 and MgIb λ5...We present spectrophotometric results of the Seyfert 2 galaxy NGC 2273. Thepresence of high-order Balmer absorption lines (H8, H9, H10) and weak equivalent widths of CaII Kλ3933, CN λ4200, G-band λ4300 and MgIb λ5173 clearly indicate recent star-forming activity inthe nuclear region. Using a simple stellar population synthesis model, we find that for the bestfit, the contributions of a power-law featureless continuum, an intermediate-age (～ 10~8 yr) and anold (> 10~9 yr) stellar population to the total light at the reference normalization wavelength are10.0%, 33.4% and 56.6%, respectively. The existence of recent starburst activity is also consistentwith its high far-infrared luminosity (log L_(FIR.)/L☉ = 9.9), its infrared color indexes[α(25,60) = ― 1.81 and α(60,100) = ― 0.79, typical values for Seyfert galaxies withcircumnuclear starburst], and its q-value (2.23, ratio of infrared to radio flux, very similar tothat of normal spirals and starburst galaxies). Byrd et al. have suggested that NGC 2273 might haveinteracted with NGC 2273B in less than 10~9 yr ago, so the starburst activity in this galaxy couldhave been triggered by tidal interaction, as indicated in recent numerical simulations.展开更多
The sizes of the Broad Line Region (BLR) of some Seyfert 1 galaxies and nearby quasars can be determined by the reverberation mapping method. Combining with the observed FWHM of Hbeta emission line and assuming that t...The sizes of the Broad Line Region (BLR) of some Seyfert 1 galaxies and nearby quasars can be determined by the reverberation mapping method. Combining with the observed FWHM of Hbeta emission line and assuming that the motion of BLR clouds is virialized, the black hole masses of these objects have been estimated. However, this method strongly depends on the poorly-understood geometry and inclination of the BLR. On the other hand, a tight correlation between the black hole mass and the bulge velocity dispersion was recently found for both active and nearby inactive galaxies. This may provide another method, independent of the BLR geometry, for estimating the black hole mass. Using this method for estimating the black hole mass and combining with the measured BLR size and FWHM of Hbeta emission line, we derived the BLR inclination angles for 20 Seyfert 1 galaxies under the assumption that the BLR is disk-like. The derived inclination angles agree well with those derived previously by fitting the UV continuum and Hbeta emission line profiles. Adopting a relation between the FWHMs of [OIII]lambda5007 forbidden line and the stellar velocity dispersion, we also estimated the BLR inclinations for 50 narrow line Seyfert 1 galaxies (NLS1s). We found that the inclinations of broad Line Seyfert 1 galaxies (BLS1s) axe systematically greater than those of NLS1s, which seldom exceed 30degrees. This may be an important factor that leads to the differences between NLS1s and BLS1s if the BLR of NLS1s is really disk-like.展开更多
We have performed a statistical study of the properties of the broad band continuum of Narrow Line Seyfert 1 galaxies (NLS1s) by collecting ratio, infrared, optical and X-ray continuum data from various databases and ...We have performed a statistical study of the properties of the broad band continuum of Narrow Line Seyfert 1 galaxies (NLS1s) by collecting ratio, infrared, optical and X-ray continuum data from various databases and compared the results with control samples of Broad Line Seyfert 1 galaxies (BLS1s). We find that the fraction (similar to 6%) of Radio Loud (RL) NLS1s is significantly less than that of BLS1s (similar to 13%), which is caused by the lack of radio-very-loud sources in the former. The rarity of RL NLS1s, especially radio-very-loud ones, is consistent with the scenario of small black hole and high accretion rate for NLS1s. Six new radio loud NLS1s are found and five RL NLS1 candidates are presented. In comparison with the BLS1s, the NLS1s tend to have stronger far infrared emission, cooler infrared colors and redder B - K color, which suggests that NLS1s are hosted by dust-richer nuclei. The NLS1s also show steeper soft X-ray spectrum and large soft X-ray to optical flux ratio, while a significant fraction show flat soft X-ray spectra. At least two factors can account for this, absorption and spectral variability. We also perform a correlation analysis between various broad band data. It is found that most correlations identified for NLS1s are also valid for radio quiet BLS1s: (1) the optical colors are anti-correlated with X-ray spectral index; (2) higher optical, Xray and NIR luminosity objects show bluer optical colors and red H - K color; (3) higher luminosity objects show warmer IRAS color; (4) the radio loudness correlates with B - K and X-ray to optical flux ratio. Radio loud objects behave somewhat differently in a few correlations.展开更多
We present an analysis of the diffuse soft X-ray emission from the nuclear region of M51 combining both XMM-Newton RGS and Chandra data. Most of the RGS spectrum of M51 can be fitted with a thermal model with a temper...We present an analysis of the diffuse soft X-ray emission from the nuclear region of M51 combining both XMM-Newton RGS and Chandra data. Most of the RGS spectrum of M51 can be fitted with a thermal model with a temperature of 0.5 keV except for the O vii triplet, which is forbidden-line dominated. The Fe L-shell lines peak around the southern cloud, where the O viii and N vn Lya lines also peak. In contrast, the peak of the O vii forbidden line is about 10＂ offset from that of the other lines, indicating that it is from a spatially distinct component. The spatial distribution of the O vii triplet mapped by the Chandra data shows that most of the O vii triplet flux is located at faint regions near edges, instead of the southern cloud where other lines peak. This distribution of the O vii triplet is inconsistent with the photoionization model. Other mechanisms that could produce the anomalous O vii triplet, including a recombining plasma and charge exchange X-ray emission, are discussed.展开更多
We use a large sample of gamma-ray narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies(γ-NLS1 s) to study the jet formation mechanisms. We find that the jet power of γ-NLS1 s is lower than the maximum jet power of the Blandford–Payne(B...We use a large sample of gamma-ray narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies(γ-NLS1 s) to study the jet formation mechanisms. We find that the jet power of γ-NLS1 s is lower than the maximum jet power of the Blandford–Payne(BP) mechanism. At the same time, we find that there is a significant correlation between jet power and accretion disk luminosity. Moreover, the contribution rates of the accretion to the jet power are larger than that of black hole mass to jet power. These results further suggest that the jet of γ NLS1 s is mainly produced by the BP mechanism.展开更多
We review the Seyfert 1.5 Galaxy ESO 362-G18 for exploring the origin of the soft X-ray excess.The Warm Corona and Relativistic Reflection models are two main scenarios to interpret the soft X-ray excess in active gal...We review the Seyfert 1.5 Galaxy ESO 362-G18 for exploring the origin of the soft X-ray excess.The Warm Corona and Relativistic Reflection models are two main scenarios to interpret the soft X-ray excess in active galactic nuclei at present.We use the simultaneous X-ray observation data of XMM-Newton and Nu STAR on2016 September 24 to perform spectral analysis in two steps.First,we analyze the time-average spectra by using Warm Corona and Relativistic Reflection models.Moreover,we also explore the Hybrid model,Double Reflection model and Double Warm Corona model.We find that both the Warm Corona and Relativistic Reflection models can interpret the time-average spectra well but cannot be distinguished easily based on the time-averaged spectra fit statistics.Second,we add the rms and covariance spectra to perform the spectral analysis with time-average spectra.The result shows that the warm corona could reproduce all of these spectra well.The hot,optical thin corona and neutral distant reflection will increase their contribution with the temporal frequency,meaning that the corona responsible for X-ray continuum comes from the inner compact X-ray region and the neutral distant reflection is made of some moderate scale neutral clumps.展开更多
By means of the data sets from the Pan-STARRS1 survey, we have systematically examined the relationship between the variability characteristics and the physical parameters of the largest NLS1 galaxy sample up to now.T...By means of the data sets from the Pan-STARRS1 survey, we have systematically examined the relationship between the variability characteristics and the physical parameters of the largest NLS1 galaxy sample up to now.The results are summarized as follows:(1). We find significant anti-correlations between variability amplitude and absolute magnitude in g, r, i, z and y bands, which are consistent with the results in previous works.(2) The correlations between the variability amplitude in optical band and many physical parameters(e.g., λL(5100 A),black hole mass, Eddington ratio, R;and R;) are investigated. The results show the variability amplitude is significantly anti-correlated with L(5100 A), MBH, Eddington ratio and R_(4570), but positively correlated with R;.The relation could be explained by the simple standard accretion disk model.(3) We further investigate the relationship between optical variability and radio luminosity/radio-loudness. The results present weak positive correlation in g and r bands, but insignificant correlation in i, z and y bands. The large error of the approximate fraction of the host galaxy in i, z and y bands may lead to insignificant correlations.展开更多
X-ray changing-look active galactic nuclei(CL AGNs) are a subpopulation of AGNs,whose lineof-sight column densities increase/decrease within several years.The physical mechanism for the variation of column density is ...X-ray changing-look active galactic nuclei(CL AGNs) are a subpopulation of AGNs,whose lineof-sight column densities increase/decrease within several years.The physical mechanism for the variation of column density is unclear.We reduce the X-ray data from XMM-Newton and Nu STAR observations for a CL AGN NGC 1365 with strong variation of column densities.The X-ray spectrum quickly softens as the X-ray luminosity increases and optical-to-X-ray spectral index also increases as increasing of optical luminosity.These results support that NGC 1365 also undergoes strong spectral evolution as that recently suggested for the optically selected CL AGNs with reappearance/disappearance of broad emission lines.Therefore,the variation of column density may be driven by the variable disk winds during the strong evolution of disk/corona.展开更多
基金financial support from ISRO(Sanction Order:No.DS_2B-13013(2)/11/2020-Section2)funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration。
文摘We present the results from a long term X-ray analysis of Mrk 279 during the period 2018–2020.We use data from multiple missions–AstroSat,NuSTAR and XMM-Newton,for the purpose.The X-ray spectrum can be modeled as a double Comptonization along with the presence of neutral Fe Kαline emission,at all epochs.We determined the source’s X-ray flux and luminosity at these different epochs.We find significant variations in the source’s flux state.We also investigate the variations in the source’s spectral components during the observation period.We find that the photon index and hence the spectral shape follow the variations only over longer time periods.We probe the correlations between fluxes of different bands and their photon indices,and found no significant correlations between the parameters.
基金financial supports from the Science Foundation of Department of Education of Yunnan Province (2024J0935)。
文摘A possible quasi-periodic oscillation(QPO) at frequency 7.045 × 10^(-5) Hz is found in the narrow-line Seyfert 1galaxy Mrk 142 in the data of XMM-Newton collected on 2020 April 11.We find that the QPO signal is statistically significantly larger than the 5σ level and highly coherent with quality factor Q > 5 at the 0.3–10 keV band by using the method of the Lomb–Scargle Periodogram,the Weighted Wavelet Z-transform and the REDFIT.We analyze the data in 0.3–0.6 keV,0.6–1 keV,1–3 keV and 3–10 keV energy bands,and find obvious QPO signals at 0.3–0.6 keV and 1–3 keV bands.We then analyze the time-average spectra and time variability at the QPO frequency of 7.045 × 10^(-5) Hz,and use a model to fit them.We find that the QPO signal mainly comes from the X-ray hot corona.
基金support from the National Key Research and Development Project of China (grant 2020YFE0202100)supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grants No.11773036 and 12173009)+6 种基金Strategic Pioneer Program on Space ScienceChinese Academy of Sciences,grants XDA15052600 and XDA15016500supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Guangxi(2020GXNSFDA238018)the Bagui Young Scholars Programsupported by the Open Project Program of the Key Laboratory of Optical Astronomy,NAOC,CASsupported by the Christopher R.Redlich Fund and the Miller Institute for Basic Research in Science (in which A.V.F.is a Senior Miller Fellow) funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)partially supported by a generous gift from Google。
文摘Here we report an identification of B3 0749+460 A as a new double-peaked local "changing-look" active galactic nucleus(CL-AGN) in terms of our multi-epoch spectroscopic analysis. By comparing our new spectra taken in 2021 with the ones taken by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey in 2004, BOSS in 2013 and Ma NGA in 2016, we reveal type transitions of Seyfert(Sy) 1.9 → Sy1.8 → Sy1.9. In the transitions, the classical broad Hα emission fades away after 2013 and disappears in our 2021 spectrum, although the absence of broad Hβ can be traced back to at least 2016. A follow-up observation in X-rays by the Swift/XRT reveals that(1) the X-ray emission level gradually decreased since 2005;and(2)the X-ray spectrum is soft in the optical "turn-off" state and hard in the "turn-on" state. We argue that the disappearance of the classical broad Hα emission can be likely explained by the disk-wind broad-line-region model, in which the CL phenomenon is sensitive to luminosity in individual AGNs.
基金supported by the National Key R&D Program of China with No. 2021YFA1600404the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC, grant Nos. 11991051, Y911080201, 12073068, 11673062, 11703077, 11703078)+2 种基金the CAS “Light of West China” Program, the Yunnan Province Foundation (2019FB004, 202001AT070069)Yunnan Province Youth Top Talent Project (YNWR-QNBJ-2020-116)the science research grants from the China Manned Space Project with NO. CMS-CSST-2021-A06 and CMS-CSST2021-A05。
文摘In order to study the physical properties of the γ-ray emitting narrow-line Seyfert 1(NLS1) galaxy population,photometric and spectral observations of the γ-ray emitting NLS1 PMN J0948+0022 were made with the Lijiang2.4 m optical telescope of Yunnan Observatories,Chinese Academy of Sciences.Photometric data in the B and R bands were collected for 50 nights from 2020 January to 2021 December.During the observation epoch,the variability amplitudes are 73.67% in the B band and 79.96% in the R band.Intra-day variability is found in two observation nights,and the duty cycle value is 29% with variability amplitude> 12.9% in the R band,which support the presence of the relativistic jets in the target.The redder-when-brighter(RWB) chromatic trend(or steeper-when-brighter trend) appears on intra-day and long timescales.The RWB trend is dominated by the radiation of accretion disk and jet,and resembles those in flat spectrum radio quasars.When PMN J0948+0022 is brighter than 17.5 in the R band,there is no color change trend.By analyzing the spectral data of PMN J0948+0022,we obtained the black hole mass of M.=1.61×10^(7) Mand accretion rate of M=93,and confirmed that PMN J0948+0022 is a super-Eddington accreting NLS1.The redshifts of reverberation mapped super-Eddington accreting active galactic nuclei can be expanded by PMN J0948+0022 up to above 0.5.Super-Eddington accreting NLS1 galaxies were chosen as a new type of cosmological candle in the literature.PMN J0948+0022 may be used as a target for the next step of reverberation mapping monitoring project of super-Eddington accreting massive black holes.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China.
文摘We used multi-component profiles to model the HE and [O Ⅲ]λλ4959,5007 lines of SDSS J143030.22-001115.1, a narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxy （NLS1） in a sample of 150 NLS1 candidates selected from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey （SDSS）, Early Data Release （EDR）. After subtracting the HE contribution from narrow line regions （NLRs）, we found that its full width half maximum （FWHM） of broad H/3 line is nearly 2900km s^-1, significantly larger than the customarily adopted criterion of 2000 km s^-1. With its weak Fe II multiples, we believe that SDSS J143030.22-001115.1 should not be classified as a genuine NLS1. When we calculate the virial black hole masses of NLSls, we should use the Hβ linewidth after subtracting the NLR component.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC Grant Nos. 11773036 and 11473036)+4 种基金supported by the NSFC Youth Foundation (11303008) and by the Astronomical Union Foundation (U1831126)supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (2014CB845800), the NSFC (11533003)the Strategic Pioneer Program on Space Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences (XDA 15052600 and XDA 15016500)paritally supported by the Bagui Young Scholars Programthe Natural Science Foundation of Guangxi (2018GXNSF GA281007)
文摘How supermassive black holes(SMBHs) are spun-up is a key issue in modern astrophysics. As an extension to the study in Wang et al., here we address the issue by comparing the host galaxy properties of nearby(z < 0.05) radio-selected Seyfert 2 galaxies. With the two-dimensional bulge+disk decompositions for the SDSS r-band images, we identify a dichotomy in various host galaxy properties for radio-loud SMBHs. By assuming that radio emission from the jet reflects a high SMBH spin, which stems from the well-known Blandford-Znajek mechanism of jet production, high-mass SMBHs(i.e., MBH > 10^7.9 M⊙)have a preference for being spun-up in classical bulges, and low-mass SMBHs(i.e., MBH = 10^6-10^7 M⊙)in pseudo-bulges. This dichotomy suggests and confirms that high-mass and low-mass SMBHs are spun-up in different ways, i.e., a major "dry" merger and a secular evolution respectively.
文摘We present spectrophotometric results of the Seyfert 2 galaxy NGC 2273. Thepresence of high-order Balmer absorption lines (H8, H9, H10) and weak equivalent widths of CaII Kλ3933, CN λ4200, G-band λ4300 and MgIb λ5173 clearly indicate recent star-forming activity inthe nuclear region. Using a simple stellar population synthesis model, we find that for the bestfit, the contributions of a power-law featureless continuum, an intermediate-age (～ 10~8 yr) and anold (> 10~9 yr) stellar population to the total light at the reference normalization wavelength are10.0%, 33.4% and 56.6%, respectively. The existence of recent starburst activity is also consistentwith its high far-infrared luminosity (log L_(FIR.)/L☉ = 9.9), its infrared color indexes[α(25,60) = ― 1.81 and α(60,100) = ― 0.79, typical values for Seyfert galaxies withcircumnuclear starburst], and its q-value (2.23, ratio of infrared to radio flux, very similar tothat of normal spirals and starburst galaxies). Byrd et al. have suggested that NGC 2273 might haveinteracted with NGC 2273B in less than 10~9 yr ago, so the starburst activity in this galaxy couldhave been triggered by tidal interaction, as indicated in recent numerical simulations.
基金This work is partially supported by the NSFC (No. 10173001) and by the Scientific Foundation for Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars, Ministry of Education, China.
文摘The sizes of the Broad Line Region (BLR) of some Seyfert 1 galaxies and nearby quasars can be determined by the reverberation mapping method. Combining with the observed FWHM of Hbeta emission line and assuming that the motion of BLR clouds is virialized, the black hole masses of these objects have been estimated. However, this method strongly depends on the poorly-understood geometry and inclination of the BLR. On the other hand, a tight correlation between the black hole mass and the bulge velocity dispersion was recently found for both active and nearby inactive galaxies. This may provide another method, independent of the BLR geometry, for estimating the black hole mass. Using this method for estimating the black hole mass and combining with the measured BLR size and FWHM of Hbeta emission line, we derived the BLR inclination angles for 20 Seyfert 1 galaxies under the assumption that the BLR is disk-like. The derived inclination angles agree well with those derived previously by fitting the UV continuum and Hbeta emission line profiles. Adopting a relation between the FWHMs of [OIII]lambda5007 forbidden line and the stellar velocity dispersion, we also estimated the BLR inclinations for 50 narrow line Seyfert 1 galaxies (NLS1s). We found that the inclinations of broad Line Seyfert 1 galaxies (BLS1s) axe systematically greater than those of NLS1s, which seldom exceed 30degrees. This may be an important factor that leads to the differences between NLS1s and BLS1s if the BLR of NLS1s is really disk-like.
基金the National Natural Science Foundationof China and a key program of Chinese Science and Technology ministry. This work has made use of NED, and data products from the Two Micron All Sky Survey, which is a joint project of the University of Massachuse
文摘We have performed a statistical study of the properties of the broad band continuum of Narrow Line Seyfert 1 galaxies (NLS1s) by collecting ratio, infrared, optical and X-ray continuum data from various databases and compared the results with control samples of Broad Line Seyfert 1 galaxies (BLS1s). We find that the fraction (similar to 6%) of Radio Loud (RL) NLS1s is significantly less than that of BLS1s (similar to 13%), which is caused by the lack of radio-very-loud sources in the former. The rarity of RL NLS1s, especially radio-very-loud ones, is consistent with the scenario of small black hole and high accretion rate for NLS1s. Six new radio loud NLS1s are found and five RL NLS1 candidates are presented. In comparison with the BLS1s, the NLS1s tend to have stronger far infrared emission, cooler infrared colors and redder B - K color, which suggests that NLS1s are hosted by dust-richer nuclei. The NLS1s also show steeper soft X-ray spectrum and large soft X-ray to optical flux ratio, while a significant fraction show flat soft X-ray spectra. At least two factors can account for this, absorption and spectral variability. We also perform a correlation analysis between various broad band data. It is found that most correlations identified for NLS1s are also valid for radio quiet BLS1s: (1) the optical colors are anti-correlated with X-ray spectral index; (2) higher optical, Xray and NIR luminosity objects show bluer optical colors and red H - K color; (3) higher luminosity objects show warmer IRAS color; (4) the radio loudness correlates with B - K and X-ray to optical flux ratio. Radio loud objects behave somewhat differently in a few correlations.
基金supported by a National Natural Science Foundation of China for Young Scholar Grant (11203032)the Strategic Priority Research Program"The Emergence of Cosmological Structures" of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Grant No.XDB09000000NSFC grant 11333003 (SM)
文摘We present an analysis of the diffuse soft X-ray emission from the nuclear region of M51 combining both XMM-Newton RGS and Chandra data. Most of the RGS spectrum of M51 can be fitted with a thermal model with a temperature of 0.5 keV except for the O vii triplet, which is forbidden-line dominated. The Fe L-shell lines peak around the southern cloud, where the O viii and N vn Lya lines also peak. In contrast, the peak of the O vii forbidden line is about 10＂ offset from that of the other lines, indicating that it is from a spatially distinct component. The spatial distribution of the O vii triplet mapped by the Chandra data shows that most of the O vii triplet flux is located at faint regions near edges, instead of the southern cloud where other lines peak. This distribution of the O vii triplet is inconsistent with the photoionization model. Other mechanisms that could produce the anomalous O vii triplet, including a recombining plasma and charge exchange X-ray emission, are discussed.
基金supported from the research project of Qujing Normal University (Grant No. 2105098001/094)supported by the youth of Yunnan Provincial Science and Technology Department (Grant Nos. 202101AU070146 and 2103010006)+3 种基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC, Grant Nos.11733001, 11733002 and 11773013)supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. 2017YFA0402703)financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC, Grant No. 12103022)the Special Basic Cooperative Research Programs of Yunnan Provincial Undergraduate Universities Association (No.202101BA070001-043)。
文摘We use a large sample of gamma-ray narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies(γ-NLS1 s) to study the jet formation mechanisms. We find that the jet power of γ-NLS1 s is lower than the maximum jet power of the Blandford–Payne(BP) mechanism. At the same time, we find that there is a significant correlation between jet power and accretion disk luminosity. Moreover, the contribution rates of the accretion to the jet power are larger than that of black hole mass to jet power. These results further suggest that the jet of γ NLS1 s is mainly produced by the BP mechanism.
基金financial supports from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.11133006 and 11173054)the National Basic Research Program of China(973 Program 2009CB824800)the Policy Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences(KJCX2-YW-T24)。
文摘We review the Seyfert 1.5 Galaxy ESO 362-G18 for exploring the origin of the soft X-ray excess.The Warm Corona and Relativistic Reflection models are two main scenarios to interpret the soft X-ray excess in active galactic nuclei at present.We use the simultaneous X-ray observation data of XMM-Newton and Nu STAR on2016 September 24 to perform spectral analysis in two steps.First,we analyze the time-average spectra by using Warm Corona and Relativistic Reflection models.Moreover,we also explore the Hybrid model,Double Reflection model and Double Warm Corona model.We find that both the Warm Corona and Relativistic Reflection models can interpret the time-average spectra well but cannot be distinguished easily based on the time-averaged spectra fit statistics.Second,we add the rms and covariance spectra to perform the spectral analysis with time-average spectra.The result shows that the warm corona could reproduce all of these spectra well.The hot,optical thin corona and neutral distant reflection will increase their contribution with the temporal frequency,meaning that the corona responsible for X-ray continuum comes from the inner compact X-ray region and the neutral distant reflection is made of some moderate scale neutral clumps.
基金funded by the the Fundamental Research Funds for the Universities in Hebei Province (No:JYQ202003)。
文摘By means of the data sets from the Pan-STARRS1 survey, we have systematically examined the relationship between the variability characteristics and the physical parameters of the largest NLS1 galaxy sample up to now.The results are summarized as follows:(1). We find significant anti-correlations between variability amplitude and absolute magnitude in g, r, i, z and y bands, which are consistent with the results in previous works.(2) The correlations between the variability amplitude in optical band and many physical parameters(e.g., λL(5100 A),black hole mass, Eddington ratio, R;and R;) are investigated. The results show the variability amplitude is significantly anti-correlated with L(5100 A), MBH, Eddington ratio and R_(4570), but positively correlated with R;.The relation could be explained by the simple standard accretion disk model.(3) We further investigate the relationship between optical variability and radio luminosity/radio-loudness. The results present weak positive correlation in g and r bands, but insignificant correlation in i, z and y bands. The large error of the approximate fraction of the host galaxy in i, z and y bands may lead to insignificant correlations.
基金support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC,Grant No.U1931203)support from NSFC (Grant Nos.12025303,11890693 and 11421303)+3 种基金the CAS Frontier Science Key Research Program (QYZDJ-SSWSLH006)the K.C.Wong Education Foundation.Z.C.He is supported by NSFC (Grant No.11903031)USTC Research Funds of the Double First-Class Initiative YD 3440002001supported by NSF grant AST1907290。
文摘X-ray changing-look active galactic nuclei(CL AGNs) are a subpopulation of AGNs,whose lineof-sight column densities increase/decrease within several years.The physical mechanism for the variation of column density is unclear.We reduce the X-ray data from XMM-Newton and Nu STAR observations for a CL AGN NGC 1365 with strong variation of column densities.The X-ray spectrum quickly softens as the X-ray luminosity increases and optical-to-X-ray spectral index also increases as increasing of optical luminosity.These results support that NGC 1365 also undergoes strong spectral evolution as that recently suggested for the optically selected CL AGNs with reappearance/disappearance of broad emission lines.Therefore,the variation of column density may be driven by the variable disk winds during the strong evolution of disk/corona.
