Published April 1, 2012 | Version v1
Journal article

THE CENTRAL ENGINES OF TWO UNUSUAL RADIO-INTERMEDIATE/QUIET ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI: III Zw 2 AND PG 1407+265

  • 1. Key Laboratory for Research in Galaxies and Cosmology, Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 80 Nandan Road, Shanghai 200030 (China)
  • 2. National Astronomical Observatories/Yunnan Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650011 (China)

Description

We use the accretion disk/corona+jet model to fit the multi-band spectral energy distributions (SEDs) of two unusual radio-intermediate/quiet quasars. It is found that the optical/UV emission of III Zw 2 is probably dominated by the emission from the accretion disk. The X-ray emission should be dominated by the radiation from the jet, while the contribution of the disk corona is negligible. The optical/UV component in the SED of PG 1407+265 can be well modeled as the emission from the accretion disk, while the IR component is attributed to the thermal radiation from the dust torus with an opening angle of ∼50°. If the X-ray continuum emission is dominated by the synchrotron emission of the jet, the source should be a 'high peak frequency blazar', which obviously deviates from the normal blazar sequence. The observed SED can also be fitted quite well by the accretion disk/corona model with the viscosity parameter α = 0.5. The spectrum of the accretion disk/corona in PG 1407+265 satisfies the weak-line quasar criterion suggested in Laor and Davis.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/748/2/119

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Astrophysical Journal
Journal Volume
748
Journal Issue
2
Journal Page Range
[9 p.]
ISSN
0004-637X
CODEN
ASJOAB

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
43103200
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Descriptors DEI
ACCRETION DISKS; COSMOLOGICAL MODELS; COSMOLOGY; DUSTS; ENERGY SPECTRA; GALAXIES; GALAXY NUCLEI; PHOTON EMISSION; QUASARS; THERMAL RADIATION; X RADIATION
Descriptors DEC
COSMIC RADIO SOURCES; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; EMISSION; IONIZING RADIATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIATIONS; SPECTRA