Determining Quasar Orientation
| Autor: | Suk Yee Yong, Rachel L. Webster, Nicholas F. Bate, Kathleen Labrie, A. L. King, Matthew O'Dowd |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
Physics Active galactic nucleus Orientation (computer vision) Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena media_common.quotation_subject FOS: Physical sciences Astronomy and Astrophysics Quasar Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics Astrophysics Viewing angle Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies Luminosity Space and Planetary Science Sky Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA) Emission spectrum Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics Line (formation) media_common |
| Zdroj: | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. |
| ISSN: | 1365-2966 0035-8711 |
| Popis: | Since the discovery of active galactic nuclei (AGN) and their subclasses, a unification scheme of AGN has been long sought. Orientation-based unified models predict that some of the diversity within AGN subclasses can be explained by the different viewing angles of the observer. Several orientation categorisations have been suggested, but a widely applicable measure has yet to be found. Using the properties of the ultraviolet and optical broad emission lines of quasars, in particular the velocity offsets and line widths of high-ionisation CIV and low-ionisation MgII lines, a correlation has been measured. It is postulated that this correlation is due to the viewing angle of the observer. Comparison with other orientation tracers shows consistency with this interpretation. Using a simulation of a wide angle disk-wind model for the broad emission line region, we successfully replicate the observed correlation with inclination. Future more detailed modelling will not only enable improved accuracy in the determination of the viewing angle to individual AGN, but will also substantially increase our understanding of the emitting regions of AGN. Comment: Accepted for publication in MNRAS. 15 pages, 17 figures, 2 table |
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