NGC4151的光变周期分析

本文利用地面光学望远镜ＮＧＣ４１５１进行国际联测所得的结果,通过周期图方法的逐步回归方法得到了该目标目标的一些较为明显的光变周期。结果表明,ＮＧＣ４１５１存在两个主要光变周期。一个是所有光学波段存在约１４天的周期,另一个是连续谱存在３０天周期,而对于Ｈα和Ｈβ则分别为２４和３８天的周期。     

Blazars天体的多波段的理论研究

在收集大量资料的基础上,较为全面的综述了Ｂｌａｚａｒｓ天体的基本观测特征,给出了目前较为完整的ＢＬＬａｃ天体总表。对该类天体的相关理论,多波段相关性,光变周期分析,Ｈｕｂｂｌｅ关系,ＢＬＬａｃ天体的偏振度的变化作了一定研究。并介绍了我们用ＣＣＤ测光和光谱对３Ｃ３４５作准同时性观测的结果,我们讨论了３Ｃ３４５的历史光变曲线和光变周期分析,研究结果表明：３Ｃ３４５具有（１０±０．８）ａ（年）的光变周期,其中心有一个１０６Ｍ⊙的黑洞。Ｊｕｒｋｅｖｉｃｈ方法是一种Ｂｌａｚａｒｓ天体的光变周期分析研究的好方法     

用Jurkevich方法分析计算BLLac体的光变周期

本介绍一种分析寻找ＢＬＬａｃ天体光变周期的方法,给出了ＢＬＬａｃ天体ＯＪ２８７,ＯＮ２３１,Ｍｒｋ４２１托光变周期。     

活动星系核（AGN）的宽线区（BLR）（Ⅱ）

ＡＧＮ天体的主要特征之一，就是它们的光谱中有宽而强的发射线，因此，这些宽发射线的产生区域ＢＬＲ为人们提供了一个了解ＡＧＮ天体物理本质的独特而重要的场。在文中围绕讨论了ＢＬＲ基本物理特征，评述近年来有关的理论和观测研究进展及其现状在文（Ⅱ）中主要涉及ＢＬＲ的几何结构和尺度及其运动学研究的进展和现状。     

EMCep的快周期光变

１９９０年和１９９２年本文作者用北京天文台兴隆站６０厘米反光望远镜对Ｂｅ星ＥＭＣｅｐ作了ＵＢＶ光电测光，取得数据２７７组。结合历年来文献给出的光变极小时刻数据作了Ｏ－Ｃ分析，得到了改进的周期为０．８０６１８４天或单波周期为０．４０３０９２天。分析还表明可能存在周期变快的趋势，且周期变率ｄＰ／ｄｔ＝－８．８５１４×１０－１０；光变曲线的形状呈现出极小阶段尖锐而极大阶段较宽。此外Ｕ－Ｂ色指数随光变周期位相有可察觉的变化。     

活动星系核（AGN）的宽线区（BLR）（Ⅰ）

ＡＧＮ天体的主要特征之一，就是它们的光谱中有宽而强的发射线，因此，这些宽发射线的产生区域ＢＬＲ为人们提供了一个了解ＡＧＮ天体物理本质的独特而重要的场所。在文中围绕讨论ＢＬＲ的基本物理特征，评述近年来有关的理论和观测研究进展及其现状。在文（Ⅰ）中将重点介绍和讨论ＢＬＲ研究的基本理论框架，即气体云闭的光致电离模型以及发射线云闭的起源和约束问题。     

用Jurkevich方法分析计算BL Lac天体的光变周期

本文介绍一种分析寻找ＢＬＬａｃ天体光变周期的方法,给出了ＢＬＬａｃ天体ＯＪ２８７,ＯＮ２３１,Ｍｒｋ４２１的长光变周期．分析计算表明：当观测样品的数据点很多、观测时间很长（大约１００年左右的光学波段数据）、数据样本不少于６个周期并能从光变曲线的两次大振幅中,看出有若干小振幅的周期时,则能用该方法准确地认证和确定其长周期值．这种方法在寻找周期时,对无规律不等间隔的样品数据有较高的灵敏度,而计算方法简捷实用,结果可靠     

激变变星及相关天体的Hα与近红外电离钙三重线的光谱分析

给出了１９９７年４月１５日至１７日在北京天台用２．１６ｍ望远镜卡焦光谱仪观测获得的６颗激变变星（ＡＢ Ｂｏｏ,ＵＸ ＵＭａ,Ｔ ＣｒＢ,ＡＨ Ｈｅｒ,Ｚ Ｃａｍ和Ｖ４２６ Ｏｐｈ）及３颗相关天体（ＵＭａ３,ＥＧ ＵＭａ和Ｌｅｏ３）的ＣＣＤ光谱,并同时拍摄了５颗晚型星（３Ｄｒａ,ｖ Ｖｉｒ,ψＬｅｏ,３４Ｂｏｏ和３６Ｃｏｍ）的ＣＣＤ光谱,作为晚型星参考谱,测量了观测样本星的Ｈα和近红外ＣａⅡ的三重     

行生状星云的CO（1—0）谱线观测

用紫金山天台青海站的１３．７ｍ射电望远镜,对１０个行星关星云给出了新的ＣＯ（１－０）谱线观测结果。其中４个行星关星云：ＮＧＣ６４４５,Ｍ１－５９,Ｍ４－９和Ｍ２－５１,已有过ＣＯ（２－１）的观测,本第一次给出了它们的ＣＯ（１－０）的测量结果;对２个别人曾经预测过但未测到ＣＯ的行星状星云：Ｓｈ２－７１和Ｍ４－１８,本第一次证认了它们的ＣＯ发射;对４个别人从未进行ＣＯ搜寻的行星状星云：Ｖ－Ｖ１－     

SgrB2中处于振动激发态的CH3CH分子

使用ＢＩＭＡ的Ｃ位形混合波导联结９元天线阵,对ＳｇｒＢ２（Ｎ）和ＳｇｒＢ２（Ｍ）观测了ＣＨ３ＣＮ分子振动激发态Ｖ８＝１的６Ｋ－５Ｋ线系,仅在ＳｇｒＢ２（Ｎ）的１０″＊４″区域里探测到上述发射线。     

Are AGN broad emission lines formed by discrete clouds? Analysis of Keck high-resolution spectroscopy of NGC 4151

We search for a direct signature of discrete 'clouds' in the broad-line region (BLR) of the Seyfert galaxy NGC 4151. For this purpose we apply cross-correlation (CC) analysis to a high-resolution Keck spectrum of the galaxy. No such signature is found in the data. In order for cloud models to be compatible with this result, there must be at least ∼3×10⁷ emitting clouds in the BLR, where the limit is based on simulation of a homogeneous cloud population. More realistic distributions increase the lower limit to above 10⁸. These numbers are an order-of-magnitude improvement on our previous limit from Mrk 335, where the improvement comes from higher signal-to-noise ratio (S/N), broader lines and refined simulations. Combined with the predicted upper limit for the number of emitting clouds in NGC 4151 (10⁶–10⁷), the derived lower limit puts a strong constraint on the cloud scenario in the BLR of this object. Similar constraints can be placed on models where the emission originates in streams and sheets. Thus, this investigation suggests that the broad emission lines (BELs) in NGC 4151, and by extension in all AGNs, are not made of an ensemble of discrete independent emitters.     

Spectral Monitoring of AGN at the 6 Meter Telescope

Spectral monitoring of NGC 3516, NGC 4151, NGC 5548 and NGC 7469 has been carried out in 1986-1996 on time scales of days-months-years. In 1986-1995, the observations were made on the SAO 6-m telescope using a TV scanner with SNR about 20 in the range 4000-5200 Å (about 500 spectra). In 1996, virtually all spectra were obtained using a CCD camera with 2D and 3D spectrographs in the range 4000-7000 Å with SNR 50-100 (270 spectra). The Seyfert galaxies NGC 7469, NGC 5548, and 3C390.3 were observed in the international "AGN Watch" program by about 40 observatories around the world at optical wavelengths and by the IUE and HST in the UV. Our observations in this program demonstrated that there are no significant radial motions inside the broad line regions in NGC 4151, 3C390.3 and, possibly, in NGC 5548; that the BLR dimensions are about half those previously assumed; and that there is stratification of the BLR. The SAO 6-m observations suggest the existence of narrow satellites of the H lines during the low state of NGC 4151 in 1986-1987; new data on the narrow line region indicates the existence of an intermediate-velocity OIII component (about 2000 km/s).     

On reverberation and cross-correlation estimates of the size of the broad-line region in active galactic nuclei

It is known that the dependence of the emission-line luminosity of a typical cloud in the active galactic nuclei (AGN) broad-line regions (BLRs) upon the incident flux of ionizing continuum can be non-linear. We study how this non-linearity can be taken into account in estimating the size of the BLR by means of the 'reverberation' methods. We show that the BLR size estimates obtained by cross-correlation of emission-line and continuum light curves can be much (up to an order of magnitude) less than the values obtained by reverberation modelling. This is demonstrated by means of numerical cross-correlation and reverberation experiments with model continuum flares and emission-line transfer functions and by means of practical reverberation modelling of the observed optical spectral variability of NGC 4151. The time behaviour of NGC 4151 in the Hα and Hβ lines is modelled on the basis of the observational data by Kaspi et al. and the theoretical BLR model by Shevchenko. The values of the BLR parameters are estimated that allow to judge on the size and physical characteristics of the BLR. The small size of the BLR, as determined by the cross-correlation method from the data of Kaspi et al., is shown to be an artefact of this method. So, the hypothesis that the BLR size varies in time is not necessitated by the observational data.     

Reverberation mapping analysis of the broad-line region in Seyfert galaxy NGC 4151

Using the optical data of the 1993 international watch of NGC 5141, we made follow-up reverberation mapping analyses of its broad line region (BLR). We found the transfer function of the BLR for the 1993 data is entirely different from that for the 1988 international watch. We conclude that the structure of the BLR had changed in those 5 years and it is this change in structure that is responsible for the very different sizes of the BLR deduced from the two sets of data.     

Giant Broad Line Regions in Dwarf Seyferts

High angular resolution spectroscopy obtained with the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) has revealed a remarkable population of galaxies hosting dwarf Seyfert nuclei with an unusually large broad-line region (BLR). These objects are remarkable for two reasons. Firstly, the size of the BLR can, in some cases, rival those seen in the most luminous quasars. Secondly, the size of the BLR is not correlated with the central continuum luminosity, an observation that distinguishes them from their reverberating counterparts. Collectively, these early results suggest that non-reverberating dwarf Seyferts are a heterogeneous group, and not simply scaled versions of each other. Careful inspection reveals broad H Balmer emission lines with single peaks, double peaks, and a combination of the two, suggesting that the broad emission lines are produced in kinematically distinct regions centered on the black hole (BH). Because the gravitational field strength is already known for these objects, by virtue of knowing their BH mass, the relationship between velocity and radius may be established, given a kinematic model for the BLR gas. In this way, one can determine the inner and outer radii of the BLRs by modeling the shape of their broad emission line profiles. In the present contribution, high quality spectra obtained with the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) are used to constrain the size of the BLR in the dwarf Seyfert nuclei of M81, NGC 3998, NGC 4203, NGC 3227, NGC 4051 and NGC 3516.     

NGC4151的光变周期分析(英)

本文利用地面光学望远镜对NGC4151进行国际联测所得的结果，通过周期日方法和逐步回归方法得到了该目标的一些较为明显的光变周期．结果表明，NGC4151存在两个主要光变周期．一个是所有光学波段存在约14天的周期，另一个是连续谱存在约30天周期，而对于Hα和Hβ则分别为24和38天的周期．     

The sun,the cosmic vibration,and the nucleus of the galaxy 4151

Numerous U and V magnitude measurements were performed for the nucleus of the Seyfert galaxy NGC 4151 at the Crimean Laboratory of the SAI (Moscow University) in 1994–2005. Adding them to the previous data for 1968–1997 has led to a substantial increase in the confidence level of the light variations in NGC 4151 with a stable period of P _G = 160.0108(7) min and a mean amplitude of 0.007 U mag (in the “active” state of the nucleus). The period of NGC 4151 agrees well with the period of 160.0101(15) min found previously in the oscillations of the Sun. It is treated as the period of a “coherent cosmic oscillation” independent of redshift z or as the period of “free cosmic vibrations” of the hydrogen atom, the main element of the Universe. The period and initial phase of the P _G oscillation have been constant for 38 years of NGC 4151 observations. The new astrophysical phenomenon appears to be closely related to the quantum nonlocality of photons and is of particular interest in physics and cosmology.     

The broad emission-line region in AGNs and quasars: The impact of variability studies

Coordinated observations of variability of the continuum and the emission-line luminosities (reverberation mapping) in AGNs and quasars have fundamentally altered our understanding of the broad-line regions in active galaxies. The constraints these observations impose on the models of the BLRs have been demonstrated here by an attempt to model the BLR of NGC5548, the most intensively monitored AGN. Two models of a BLR, with one having a power law radial distribution of density and the other a gaussian radial distribution, are described and the modelled line luminosities and centroid of the line response functions are presented. A self-consistent model is presented for the change in theCiv/Lyα ratio as the continuum luminosity changes. It is shown that BLR gas must be composed of a mixture of optically thin and optically thick gas and the proportion of thick and thin gas alters with the luminosity of the ionizing continuum. The observed centroid or the lag of a line, can be a function of the continuum luminosity. The variability of the profile of theCiv line in the spectrum of NGC5548 is investigated. This profile is extremely robust and is not significantly affected by changes in the ionizing continuum. Future models of the kinematics of the BLR clouds will have to be based on very stable cloud motions and include anisotropic line emission.     

Optical and X-ray variability of Seyfert galaxies NGC 5548, NGC 7469, NGC 3227, NGC 4051, NGC 4151, Mrk 509, Mrk 79, and Akn 564 and quasar 1E 0754

The results of a cross-correlation analysis of the optical and X-ray light curves for eight Seyfert galaxies, NGC 5548, NGC 7469, NGC 3227, NGC 4051, NGC 4151, Mrk 509, Mrk 79, and Akn 564 and for the optical spectra of the quasar 1E 0754 are presented. In the case of the galaxies NGC 5548 and NGC 7469, the maximum values of cross-correlation coefficients for optical and X-ray variations proved to be high (0.73 and 0.79, respectively). The lag time, determined from the maximum of cross-correlation function, is 2.800 _?1.58 ^+3.12 days for NGC 5548 and 0.6 _?4.3 ^+0.9 days for NGC 7469. This result favors downscattering of the X-ray emission into the optical range (direct Compton effect) for NGC 5548 and NGC 7469. In addition to the main maximum, which corresponds to the lag of the optical flux variations behind the X-ray flux, six objects (excluding Akn 564 and NGC 4151) show the wings in the intervals of cross-correlation functions that correspond to the time lags of X-ray emission behind the optical emission of approximately 10 days. A method of determining the masses of central black holes in AGNs through spectral line widths is presented; with this method the mass of the central black hole in the quasar 1E 0754 was found (M _BH = 1.01 × 10⁸ M _sun). The position of the quasar 1E 0754 in the mass-luminosity diagram meets the position of other NLS 1 galaxies.     

Variations of the broad Hα line profile in NGC 4151 as evidence for the complex kinematics of gas in the nucleus

A great number of spectra of the Seyfert galaxy nucleus NGC 4151 were obtained in the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in 1988–1990 using the CCD. Significant variation in continuum intensity and broad H line profile were noted. Differences between individual spectra and the spectrum taken as a standard were calculated to study this variability. It was noted that different parts of the profile are varying in different ways. Smaller changes are located at far-away regions of the wings and at the low positive velocities of the profile. Lower variations in the red part of H profile near the center of the line are interpreted by the delay effect in an expanded shell. Since the evidences for accretion in a BIR are clisting (including NGC 4151) then either the BLR is a complex system where both inflow and low velocities outflow are observed or the outflow must be referred to the inner NLR. Cross correlation analysis shows shorter delay for the higher velocities of the H profile and does not contradict to the outflow at low velocities (near the line center), but its confidence level is small. Lower response to the continuum changes at far away parts of the broad H wings evidences that the gas in the vicinity of the central engine is optically thin for the ionizing radiation.