Jet power, intrinsic γ-ray luminosity, and accretion in jetted AGNs

ABSTRACT The correlation between the kinetic jet power Pjet, intrinsic γ-ray luminosity (Lint), and accretion (Ldisc) may reveal the underlying jet physics in various black hole systems. We study the relation between kinetic jet power, intrinsic γ-ray luminosity, and accretion by using a large sampl...

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Veröffentlicht in:Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2023-01, Vol.519 (4), p.6199-6209
Hauptverfasser: Chen, Yongyun, Gu, Qiusheng, Fan, Junhui, Yu, Xiaoling, Ding, Nan, Guo, Xiaotong, Xiong, Dingrong
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Zusammenfassung:ABSTRACT The correlation between the kinetic jet power Pjet, intrinsic γ-ray luminosity (Lint), and accretion (Ldisc) may reveal the underlying jet physics in various black hole systems. We study the relation between kinetic jet power, intrinsic γ-ray luminosity, and accretion by using a large sample of jetted active galactic nuclei (AGNs), including flat-spectrum radio quasars (FSRQs), BL Lacertae objects (BL Lacs), γ-ray narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies (γNLS1s), and radio galaxies. Our main results are as follows: (1) The slope indices of the relation between Pjet and Lint are 0.85 ± 0.01 for the whole sample, 0.70 ± 0.02 for the FSRQs, 0.83 ± 0.03 for the BL Lacs, 0.68 ± 0.11 for the γNLS1s, and 0.93 ± 0.09 for the radio galaxies, respectively. The jets in γNLS1s and radio galaxies almost follow the same Pjet–Lint correlation that was obtained for Fermi blazars. (2) The slope indices of the relation between Lint and Ldisc are 1.05 ± 0.02 for the whole sample, 0.94 ± 0.05 for the FSRQs, 1.14 ± 0.05 for the BL Lacs, and 0.92 ± 0.18 for the γNLS1s, respectively. The γNLS1s and radio galaxies almost also follow the Lint–Ldisc correlation derived for Fermi blazars. (3) The jet power is larger than the luminosity of accretion discs for almost all jetted AGNs. Jet power depends on both the Eddington ratio and black hole mass. We obtain log Pjet ∼ (1.00 ± 0.02)log Ldisc for the whole sample, which is consistent with the theoretically predicted coefficient. These results may imply that the jets of jetted AGNs are powered by the Blandford–Znajek mechanism.
ISSN:0035-8711
1365-2966
DOI:10.1093/mnras/stad065