复习的类星体:通过非常长的基线干涉测量观察到的快速时间变化
概括
对3C 279和3C 273类星体的无线电观测显示了快速的结构变化. 对于3C 279,这表明明显的超光运动,需要进一步研究类星体动力学.
科学领域:
- 天文学和天体物理学
- 无线电天文学 无线电天文学
- 宇宙学的宇宙学是什么?
背景情况:
- 类星体是活跃的银河系核,发出强大的辐射.
- 无线电干扰测量允许对天体进行高分辨率成像.
- 在类星体中观察到的快速结构变化挑战了现有的模型.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究类星体3C 279和3C 273的微型结构和内部动力学.
- 分析在无线电干涉计数据中观察到的快速变化.
- 探索观察到的现象的潜在机制,包括明显的超光运动.
主要方法:
- 使用戈德斯通-海斯塔克的无线电干扰测量观测.
- 应用对称的双源模型来解释数据.
- 根据观察到的数据和红移,计算差异性自身运动.
主要成果:
- 检测到3C 279和3C 273类星体细结构的快速变化.
- 对于3C 279的数据表明,差异性自身运动相当于表面速度大约是光速的十倍.
- 考虑了几种可能的,但尚未得到证实的,这种明显超光运动的机制.
结论:
- 在像3C 279这样的类星体中观察到的现象表明了明显超光运动的可能性.
- 目前的证据不足以明确解释这些快速变化背后的机制.
- 进一步的无线电干扰测量观测对于理解类星体结构和内部动态至关重要.
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