Suzaku Observations of Luminous Quasars: Revealing the Nature of High-Energy Blazar Emission in Quiescent States
msra(2010)
摘要
We present the results from the Suzaku X-ray observations of five
flat-spectrum radio quasars (FSRQs), namely PKS0208-512, Q0827+243,
PKS1127-145, PKS1510-089 and 3C 454.3. All these sources were additionally
monitored simultaneously or quasi-simultaneously by the Fermi satellite in
gamma-rays and the Swift UVOT in the UV and optical bands, respectively. We
constructed their broad-band spectra covering the frequency range from 10^14 Hz
up to 10^25 Hz, and those reveal the nature of high-energy emission of luminous
blazars in their low-activity states. The analyzed X-ray spectra are well
fitted by a power-law model with photoelectric absorption. In the case of
PKS0208-512, PKS1127-145, and 3C 454.3, the X-ray continuum showed indication
of hard-ening at low-energies. Moreover, when compared with the previous X-ray
observations, we see a significantly increasing contribution of low-energy
photons to the total X-ray fluxes when the sources are getting fainter. The
same behavior can be noted in the Suzaku data alone. A likely explanation
involves a variable, flat-spectrum component produced via inverse-Compton (IC)
emission, plus an additional, possibly steady soft X-ray component prominent
when the source gets fainter. This soft X-ray excess is represented either by a
steep powerlaw (photon indices Gamma ~ 3 - 5) or a blackbody-type emission with
temperatures kT ~ 0.1-0.2 keV. We model the broad-band spectra spectra of the
five observed FSRQs using synchrotron self-Compton (SSC) and/or
external-Compton radiation (ECR) models. Our modeling suggests that the
difference between the low and high-activity states in luminous blazars is due
to the different total kinetic power of the jet, most likely related to varying
bulk Lorentz factor of the outflow within the blazar emission zone.
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spectrum,kinetics,power law,gamma ray,high energy astrophysics
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