12 research outputs found
FRADO explains the Low Ionized Broad Emission Lines of AGNs
Broad emission lines (BELs) are the most characteristic features in the
spectra of active galaxies. They mostly show either a single-peaked or
double-peaked profiles; and originate from a complex dynamics of the likely
discrete clouds moving in a spatially extended region so-called Broad Line
Region (BLR). We follow a non-hydrodynamical single-cloud approach to the BLR
dynamics based on the dust-driving model of Czerny & Hryniewicz. We previously
showed in details that the 2.5D version of the model could provide us with the
3D geometry of the BLR. In this paper, we provide a large grid of results based
on which we aim at testing the model with calculation of the spectral line
generic profiles. We show that the shape of profiles not only depends on the
accretion rate of the source, the black hole mass, and the viewing angle, but
also it is most significantly affected by the adopted dust-to-gas mass ratio
regulating the strength of the radiation pressure. We also show that the model
can nicely/consistently explain the low ionized broad lines of the mean
spectrum of quasars, such as MgII and Hbeta.Comment: 9 pages, 5 figures, Submitted to A&
The Wind Dynamics of Super-Eddington Sources in FRADO
We perform non-hydrodynamical 2.5D simulations to study the dynamics of
material above accretion disk based on the disk radiation pressure acting on
dust. We assume a super-accreting underlying disk with the accretion rate of 10
times the Eddington rate with central black hole mass ranging from up to
. Such high accretion rates are characteristic for extreme
sources. We show that for high accretors radiatively dust-driving mechanism
based on FRADO model always leads to a massive outflow from the disk surface,
and the failed wind develops only at larger radii. The outflow rate strongly
depends on the black hole mass, and in optically-thick energy-driven solution
can exceed the accretion rate for masses larger than but
momentum-driven outflow does not exceed the accretion rate even for
super-Eddington accretion, therefore not violating the adopted stationarity of
the disk. However, even in this case the outflow from the disk implies a strong
mechanical feedback.Comment: 13 pages, 3 figures, Accepted for publication in the journal of
Dynamics (MDPI
Dusty plasma in active galactic nuclei
Since many years we know that dust in the form of the dusty-molecular torus
is responsible for the obscuration in active galactic nuclei (AGN) at large
viewing angles and thus for the classification of AGN. Recently, we gained some
observational and theoretical insight into geometry of the region and the role
of the dust in the dynamics of the outflow and failed winds. We will briefly
touch on all these aspects, including our dust-based model (FRADO - Failed
Radiatively Accelerated Dusty Outflow) of the formation of the Balmer lines in
AGN.Comment: Partially based on talk at 31st Symposium on the Physics of Ionized
Gases in Belgrade, submitted to the European Physical Journal D Topical
Issue: "Physics of Ionized Gases and Spectroscopy of Isolated Complex
Systems: Fundamentals and Applications
Time-delay measurement of MgII broad line response for the highly-accreting quasar HE 0413-4031: Implications for the MgII-based radius-luminosity relation
We present the monitoring of the AGN continuum and MgII broad line emission
for the quasar HE 0413-4031 () based on the six-year monitoring by the
South African Large Telescope (SALT). We managed to estimate a time-delay of
days in the rest frame of the source using seven
different methods: interpolated cross-correlation function (ICCF), discrete
correlation function (DCF), -transformed DCF, JAVELIN, two estimators of
data regularity (Von Neumann, Bartels), and method. This time-delay is
below the value expected from the standard radius-luminosity relation. However,
based on the monochromatic luminosity of the source and the SED modelling, we
interpret this departure as the shortening of the time-delay due to the higher
accretion rate of the source, with the inferred Eddington ratio of .
The MgII line luminosity of HE 0413-4031 responds to the continuum variability
as , which is consistent with
the light-travel distance of the location of MgII emission at . Using the data of 10 other quasars, we confirm the
radius-luminosity relation for broad MgII line, which was previously determined
for broad H line for lower-redshift sources. In addition, we detect a
general departure of higher-accreting quasars from this relation in analogy to
H sample. After the accretion-rate correction of the light-travel
distance, the MgII-based radius-luminosity relation has a small scatter of only
dex.Comment: 39 pages (23 pages - Main text, 16 pages - Appendix), 21 figures, 14
tables; accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journa
Time delay measurement of Mg II line in CTS C30.10 with SALT
We report 6 yr monitoring of a distant bright quasar CTS C30.10 (z = 0.90052)
with the Southern African Large Telescope (SALT). We measured the rest-frame
time-lag of days between the continuum variations and the response
of the Mg II emission line, using the Javelin approach. More conservative
approach, based on five different methods, imply the time delay of
days. This time delay, combined with other available
measurements of Mg II line delay, mostly for lower redshift sources, shows that
the Mg II line reverberation implies a radius-luminosity relation very similar
to the one based on a more frequently studied H line.Comment: submitted to ApJ; comments welcom
Nonthermal Emission from Fall-back Clouds in the Broad-line Region of Active Galactic Nuclei
International audienceThe spectra of active galactic nuclei exhibit broad-emission lines that presumably originate in the broad-line region (BLR) with gaseous-dusty clouds in a predominantly Keplerian motion around the central black hole. Signatures of both inflow and outflow motion are frequently seen. The dynamical character of BLR is consistent with the scenario that has been branded as the failed radiatively accelerated dusty outflow. In this scheme, frequent high-velocity impacts of BLR clouds falling back onto the underlying accretion disk are predicted. The impact velocities depend mainly on the black hole mass, accretion rate, and metallicity, and they range from a few km s up to thousands of km s. Formation of strong shocks due to the collisions can give rise to the production of relativistic particles and associated radiation signatures. In this work, the nonthermal radiation generated in this process is investigated, and the spectral energy distributions for different parameter sets are presented. We find that the nonthermal processes caused by the impacts of clouds can lead to emission in the X-ray and the gamma-ray bands, playing the cloud density and metallicity key roles