The circumnuclear material in the Galactic Centre: a clue to the accretion process     

Sanders 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》1998,294(1):35-46

On the basis of 'sticky particle' calculations, it is argued that the gas features observed within 10 pc of the Galactic Centre — the circumnuclear disc (CND) and the ionized gas filaments — as well as the newly formed stars in the inner 1 pc can be understood in terms of tidal capture and disruption of gas clouds on low angular momentum orbits in a potential containing a point mass. The calculations demonstrate that a dissipative component forms a 'dispersion ring', an asymmetric elliptical torus precessing counter to the direction of rotation, and that this shape can be maintained for many orbital periods. For a range of plausible initial conditions, such a structure can explain the morphology and kinematics of the CND and of the most conspicuous ionized filament. While forming the dispersion ring, a small cloud with low specific angular momentum is drawn into a long filament which repeatedly collides with itself at high velocity. The compression in strong shocks is likely to lead to star formation even in the near tidal field of the point mass. This process may have general relevance to accretion on to massive black holes in normal and active galactic nuclei.  相似文献   

The Stellar Content of Active Galaxies     

Roberto Cid Fernandes  Jr  Thaisa Storchi-Bergmann  & Henrique R. Schmitt 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》1998,297(2):579-616

We present the results of a long-slit spectroscopic study of 38 active and four normal galaxies. Stellar absorption features, continuum colours and their radial variations are analysed in an effort to characterize the stellar population in these galaxies and detect the presence of a featureless continuum underlying the starlight spectral component. Spatial variations of the equivalent widths of conspicuous absorption lines and continuum colours are detected in most galaxies. Star-forming rings, in particular, leave clear fingerprints in the equivalent widths and colour profiles. We find that the stellar populations in the inner regions of active galaxies present a variety of characteristics, and cannot be represented by a single starlight template. Dilution of the stellar lines by an underlying featureless continuum is detected in most broad-lined objects, but little or no dilution is found for most of the 20 type 2 Seyferts in the sample. Colour gradients are also ubiquitous. In particular, all but one of the observed Seyfert 2s are redder at the nucleus than in its immediate vicinity. Possible consequences of these findings are briefly outlined.  相似文献   

Near-infrared imaging polarimetry of Cygnus A     

C. Packham  S. Young  J. H. Hough  C. N. Tadhunter  & D. J. Axon 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》1998,297(3):936-942

We present a 2.2-μm polarization image of the nuclear regions of Cygnus A. The degree of polarization in the central 1 arcsec is (4.1±0.50) per cent, at a position angle of (23.6±3.6)°, approximately perpendicular to the axis of the radio jet.
Modelling of the results suggests that at this wavelength the polarization along the line of sight to the central source is most likely produced by dichroism, through an A _v∼40 mag, with the polarization in surrounding regions produced by scattering. For this model, the K -band luminosity of the central source is calculated to be ∼2×10⁴⁴ erg s⁻¹.  相似文献   

Eccentric instability of a two-dimensional fluid disc with a central massive object     

Masatoshi Taga  & Masanori Iye 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》1998,299(4):1132-1138

In this paper we investigate, by linear modal analysis, the one-armed dynamical instability of a two-dimensional fluid disc that has a massive object at its centre. The model of the disc is chosen to avoid the artificial instabilities that originate from the unrealistic disc configurations that have been adopted in previous studies. We find a one-armed instability for which the central massive object is displaced from the centre, which is generally called the 'eccentric instability'. However, to excite the eccentric instability, the mass of the central object should be appreciably smaller than that of the disc, and this mass ratio is far smaller than what was originally proposed. The instability shown in this paper is likely to be excited in a stellar system with a central massive object, e.g. a galactic nucleus harbouring a massive black hole, and further studies are desirable via techniques such as numerical simulations.  相似文献   

Free–free absorption in the Seyfert nucleus of NGC 4151     

A. Pedlar  B. Fernandez  N. G. Hamilton  M. P. Redman  & P. E. Dewdney 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》1998,300(4):1071-1076

We present subarcsecond MERLIN 0.4-GHz (73 cm) and 1.6-GHz (18 cm) radio measurements of the nuclear region of the Seyfert galaxy NGC 4151. By comparison with higher frequency observations, we deduce that one component (C4) shows a low-frequency turnover which we interpret as evidence for free–free absorption by ionized gas with an emission measure between 3 × 10⁵ and 10⁶ pc cm⁻⁶. The free–free absorption appears to be localized to a region ∼50 pc in extent, and we consider models in which the ionized gas may be closely associated with a neutral molecular torus.  相似文献   

On the polarization of Hα scattered by neutral hydrogen in active galactic nuclei     

Hee-Won Lee  & Jong-Hyeun Yun 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》1998,301(1):193-202

Raman scattering by atomic hydrogen converts the UV continuum around Lyβ into optical continuum around Hα, and the basic atomic physics has been discussed in several works on symbiotic stars. We propose that the same process may operate in active galactic nuclei (AGN) and calculate the linear polarization of the broad emission lines Raman-scattered by high-column neutral hydrogen component. The conversion efficiency of the Raman scattering process is discussed and the expected scattered flux is computed using the spectral energy distribution of an AGN given by a typical power law. The high-column H  i component in AGN is suggested by many observations, encompassing the radio through UV and X-ray ranges.   When neutral hydrogen component with a column density ∼10²² cm⁻² is present around the active nucleus, it is found that the scattered Hα is characterized by a very broad width ∼20 000 km s⁻¹ and that the strength of the polarized flux is comparable to that of the electron-scattered flux expected from a conventional unified model of narrow-line AGN. The width of the scattered flux is mainly determined by the column density of the neutral scatterers where the total scattering optical depth becomes of order unity. The asymmetry in the Raman scattering cross-section around Lyβ introduces red asymmetric polarized profiles around Hα. The effects of the blended Lyβ and O  vi 1034 doublet are also investigated.   We briefly discuss the spectropolarimetric observations performed on the Seyfert galaxy IRAS 110548-1131 and the narrow line radio galaxy Cyg A. Several predictions regarding the scattering by the high-column neutral hydrogen component in AGN are discussed.  相似文献   

Persistent organochlorine residues in sediments of Hong Kong Victoria Harbour and Xiamen Western Bay   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

陈伟琪  张珞平  徐立  王新红  洪华生 《中国海洋湖沼学报》1998,16(1):36-44

INTRODUCTIONOrganochiorine(OC)compounds,suchaspolych1orinatalbiphenyIsrpCBs),hexachlorocycohexane(HCH)andDDThaveentetalmarineenvirorimentSthI0ughatmospherictransport,estuarinerunofTcoastalwaterdischarge,andsoon.InspiteoftheastriCtion0rbanonOCsusageinmostcountriesformanyyears,OCnsiduescanstillbefoundatconsiderableleveIsinvari0usmarineaservotrisuchasseaWhtef,maforor-ganismandtaltrit.ooinrnarineenvirOrimenthavedrawnmuchattenti0ntheuse0ftheirubiquity,persistenceandt0xidty.Marinesedtri…  相似文献   

天山乌鲁木齐河源1号冰川的气候敏感性研究   总被引：6，自引：1，他引：5  

王宁练  姚檀栋 《干旱区地理》1998,21(4):34-40

依据山地冰川规模对于气候变化平衡态响应的一种统计模型,探讨了天山乌鲁木齐河源１号冰川东,西支在不同气候情景下的平衡态规模大小,根据该冰川的历史变化并应用这一统计模型,对于乌鲁木齐河源地区气候变化的趋势进行了研究。  相似文献   

海洋初级生产力遥感与GIS评估模型研究   总被引：9，自引：1，他引：8  

李国胜  邵宇宾 《地理学报》1998,53(6):546-553

本文探讨了利用遥感和地理信息系统技术获取海洋初级生产力的基本原理和方法。根据表层海水叶绿素遥感信息反演模型。介绍了三种基于表层海水中叶绿素浓度的海洋初级生产力算法。根据这三种算法,利用ＧＩＳ建模技术,推导了具有空间特征的海洋初级生产力的ＧＩＳ理论估算模型,以及这种模型的求解方法。  相似文献   

Reconstructing the Palaeoclimate of Jæren, Southwestern Norway, for the Period 1821–1850, from Historical Documentary Records     

Elisabeth Kastellet  Atle Nesje  & Einar Solheim Pedersen 《Geografiska Annaler: Series A, Physical Geography》1998,80(1):51-65

Documentary data provide long time series and sometimes high-resolution, detailed data from historical times to the present and can give valuable information about palaeoclimate, and for the prediction of future climates. In this paper, documentary data containing qualitative information on climate, in the form of a diary written by the farmer I.G. Grude, and two newspapers, were used for the reconstruction of the palaeoclimate at Jæren, in the county of Rogaland, in southwestern Norway, during the period 1821–50. An index method to quantify the qualitative climate data was developed and used for a low-resolution reconstruction of winter, summer and annual temperatures. A high-resolution climate reconstruction of temperature and precipitation for the winter of 1837/38 is also presented, making use of a method that keeps the climate data in a qualitative form. The climate reconstructions are compared to an instrumental temperature series from Bergen, for the same period. The two data sets are in good agreement except for summer temperature (annual temperature: r = 0.75, winter temperature: r = 0.77, summer temperature: r = 0.44). Compared to average temperatures during 1961–90, the instrumental data from Bergen during the 1821–50 period show slightly different temperatures: annual average was 0.3°C lower, winter 0.4°C lower, and summer 0.1°C lower than at present, implying conditions consistent with the "Little Ice Age" climate.  相似文献