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http://inaoe.repositorioinstitucional.mx/jspui/handle/1009/1487| Relativistic plasma as the dominant source of the optical continuum emission in the broad-line radio galaxy 3C 120 | |
| JONATHAN FRANCISCO LEON TAVARES VAHRAM CHAVUSHYAN | |
| Acceso Abierto | |
| Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas | |
| Galaxies: active Galaxies: jets Galaxies: individual (3C 120) Radio continuum:galaxies Acceleration of particles | |
| We report a relation between radio emission in the inner jet of the Seyfert galaxy 3C 120 and optical continuum emission in this galaxy. Combining the optical variability data with multi-epoch high-resolution very long baseline interferometry observations reveals that an optical flare rises when a superluminal component emerges into the jet and its maxima is related to the passage of such component through the location a stationary feature at a distance of ≈1.3 parsecs from the jet origin. This indicates that a significant fraction of the optical continuum produced in 3C 120 is non-thermal and it can ionize material in a sub-relativistic wind or outflow. We discuss implications of this finding for the ionization and structure of the broad emission line region, as well as for the use of broad emission lines for determining black hole masses in radio-loud AGN. | |
| The Astrophysical Journal | |
| 2010 | |
| Artículo | |
| Inglés | |
| Estudiantes Investigadores Público en general | |
| León Tavares, J., et al., (2010). Relativistic plasma as the dominant source of the optical continuum emission in the broad-line radio galaxy 3C 120, The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 715(1):1-8 | |
| ASTRONOMÍA Y ASTROFÍSICA | |
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| acceptedVersion - Versión aceptada | |
| Aparece en las colecciones: | Artículos de Astrofísica |
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