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Jiancheng Wang

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arXiv2017

Can Turbulence Dominate Depolarization of Optical Blazars?

We carefully examine the depolarization feature of blazars in the optical and near-infrared bands using the sample of Mead et al. Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) turbulence could be one possible reason for the depolarization of optical/infrared blazars when we apply the theoretical analysis of Lazarian and Pogosyan. We further identify in the sample that the depolarization results shown in most blazars roughly obey the form of the three-dimensional anisotropic Kolmogorov scaling. The effective Faraday rotation window length scale is not small enough to resolve the polarization correlation length scale in the blazar sample. The depolarization and the related turbulent features show diversities in different blazar sources. We suggest more simultaneous observations in both the optical/infrared and the high-energy bands for the study of the blazar polarization.

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arXiv2017

Possible Quasi-Periodic modulation in the z = 1.1 $γ$-ray blazar PKS 0426-380

We search for $γ$-ray and optical periodic modulations in a distant flat spectrum radio quasar (FSRQ) PKS 0426-380 (the redshift $z=1.1$). Using two techniques (i.e., the maximum likelihood optimization and the exposure-weighted aperture photometry), we obtain $γ$-ray light curves from \emph{Fermi}-LAT Pass 8 data covering from 2008 August to 2016 December. We then analyze the light curves with the Lomb-Scargle Periodogram (LSP) and the Weighted Wavelet Z-transform (WWZ). A $γ$-ray quasi-periodicity with a period of 3.35 $\pm$ 0.68 years is found at the significance-level of $\simeq3.6\ σ$. The optical-UV flux covering from 2005 August to 2013 April provided by ASI SCIENCE DATA CENTER is also analyzed, but no significant quasi-periodicity is found. It should be pointed out that the result of the optical-UV data could be tentative because of the incomplete of the data. Further long-term multiwavelength monitoring of this FSRQ is needed to confirm its quasi-periodicity.

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arXiv2017

Linear Polarization, Circular Polarization, and Depolarization of Gamma-ray Bursts: A Simple Case of Jitter Radiation

Linear and circular polarizations of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) have been detected during recent years. We adopt a simplified model to investigate GRB polarization characteristics in this paper. A compressed two-dimensional turbulent slab containing stochastic magnetic fields is considered, and jitter radiation can produce the linear polarization under this special magnetic field topology. Turbulent Faraday rotation measure (RM) of this slab makes strong wavelength-dependent depolarization. The jitter photons can also scatter with those magnetic clumps inside the turbulent slab, and a nonzero variance of the Stokes parameter $V$ can be generated. Furthermore, the linearly and circularly polarized photons in the optical and radio bands may suffer heavy absorptions from the slab. Thus we consider the polarized jitter radiation transfer processes. Finally, we compare our model results with the optical detections of GRB 091018, GRB 121024A, and GRB 131030A. We suggest simultaneous observations of GRB multi-wavelength polarization in the future.

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arXiv2017

Kerr-Newman-AdS Black Hole In Quintessential Dark Energy

Quintessential dark energy with pressure $p$ and density $ρ$ is related by equation of state $p=ωρ$ with the state parameter $-1<ω<-1/3$. The cosmological dark energy influence on black hole spacetime are interesting and important. In this paper, we study the Kerr-Newman-AdS solutions of the Einstein-Maxwell equation in quintessence field around a black hole by Newman-Janis algorithm and complex computations. From the horizon structure equation, we obtain the expression between quintessence parameter $α$ and cosmological constant $Λ$ if the black hole exists two cosmological horizon $r_{q}$ and $r_{c}$ when $ω=-2/3$, the result is different from rotational black hole in quintessence matter situation. Through analysis we find that the black hole charge cannot change the value of $α$. But the black hole spin and cosmological constant are opposite. The black hole spin and cosmological constant make the maximum value of $α$ to become small. The existence of four horizon leads seven types of extremal black holes to constraint the parameter $α$. With the state parameter $ω$ ranging from $-1$ to $-1/3$, the maximum value of $α$ changes from $Λ$ to $1$. When $ω\rightarrow -1$, the quintessential dark energy likes cosmological constant. The singularity of the black holes is the same with that of Kerr black hole. We also discuss the rotation velocity of the black holes on the equatorial plane for $ω=-2/3,-1/2$ and $-1/3$. For small value of $α$, the rotation velocity on the equatorial plane is asymptotically flat and it can explain the rotation curves in spiral galaxies.

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arXiv2017

Revisiting Quasi-Periodic modulation in $γ$-ray Blazar PKS 2155-304 with Fermi Pass 8 data

We examine the gamma-ray quasi-periodic variability of PKS 2155-304 with the latest publicly available \emph{Fermi}-LAT Pass 8 data which covers the years from 2008 August to 2016 October. We produce the light curves in two ways, i.e., the exposure-weighted aperture photometry and the maximum likelihood optimization. The light curves are then analyzed by using Lomb-Scargle Periodogram (LSP) and Weighted Wavelet Z-transform (WWZ); and the results reveal a significant quasi-periodicity with a period of $1.74\pm0.13$ years and a significance of $\sim$ 4.9 $σ$. The constraint of multifrequencies quasi-periodic variabilities on blazar emission model is discussed.

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arXiv2016

A mixture evolution scenario of the AGN radio luminosity function

We propose a mixture evolution scenario to model the evolution of the radio luminosity function (RLF) of steep spectrum AGNs (active galactic nuclei) based on a Bayesian method. In this scenario, the shape of the RLF is determined by both the density and luminosity evolution. Our models indicate that the density evolution is positive until a redshift of $\thicksim 0.9$, at which point it becomes negative, while the luminosity evolution is positive to a higher redshift ($z \thicksim 5$ for model B and $z \thicksim 3.5$ for model C), where it becomes negative. Our mixture evolution model works well, and the modeled RLFs are in good agreement with previous determinations. The mixture evolution scenario can naturally explain the luminosity-dependent evolution of the RLFs.

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arXiv2015

Location of gamma-ray flaring region in quasar 4C +21.35

4C +21.35 is a flat-spectrum-radio-quasar-type blazar, in which the rapid variability of very high energy (VHE, $E_γ\gtrsim 100$\,GeV) emission as short as $\sim$ 10 minutes was observed by MAGIC Cherenkov telescopes, and the VHE spectrum extends up to at least 400\,GeV. In this paper, by using a flat broad-line region (BLR) structure, we study the location and properties of $γ$-ray emitting region of 4C +21.35 under the constraints of multiwavelength data. We fit three quasi-simultaneous spectral energy distributions (SEDs) using homogeneous one-zone leptonic model, in which the flat BLR with the aperture angle of $α=25^{\circ}$ and a spherically symmetric hot dusty torus with the temperature of $T_{\rm sub}=1200$\,K, are assumed. The results show that the jet structure of 4C +21.35 is nearly conical with a half-opening angle of $θ_{\rm j}\simeq 0.29^{\circ}-0.6^{\circ}$. Furthermore, the emitting region is located within the BLR clouds and approaches to outer radius of the BLR during the flaring states, while it is well beyond the dusty torus in quiescent state. The quiescent high-energy emission is dominated by synchrotron self-Compton (SSC) process, the high-energy emission during the flaring periods is dominated by Compton scattering of BLR and dusty torus photons with the value of Compton-dominance parameter is about 30. Moreover, the fit to optical/ultraviolet data provides a further support that the central black hole (BH) mass of 4C +21.35 is $6\times 10^{8}$\,$M_{\odot}$.

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arXiv2015

Force-free magnetosphere on near-horizon geometry of near-extreme Kerr black holes

We study force-free magnetospheres in the Blandford-Znajek process from rapidly rotating black holes by adopting the near-horizon geometry of near-extreme Kerr black holes (near-NHEK). It is shown that the Znajek regularity condition on the horizon can be directly derived from the resulting stream equation. In terms of the condition, we split the full stream equation into two separate equations. Approximate solutions around the rotation axis are derived. They are found to be consistent with previous solutions obtained in the asymptotic region. The solutions indicate energy and angular-momentum extraction from the hole.

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arXiv2014

Modeling the spectral-energy-distribution of 3C 454.3 in a "flat" broad-line-region scenario

The broad-line region (BLR) of flat-spectrum radio quasars (FSRQs) could have a "flat" geometrical structure to allow GeV gamma-ray photons escape, to produce the observed gamma-ray flares with short timescales. In this paper, we collect the quasi-simultaneous spectral energy distributions (SEDs) of the FSRQ 3C 454.3 obtained by the multi-wavelength campaigns spanning from 2007 July to 2011 January, and use a model with the "flat" structure BLR, the accretion disc and the dust torus to explain the SEDs of gamma-ray outbursts. We obtain the following results: (i) The jet is almost in equipartition between magnetic and particle energy densities during the outbursts; (ii) When the emitting region locates inside the cavity of the BLR, the covering factor $f_{\rm BLR}$ of the BLR is very small; as the emitting region goes into the BLR structure, $f_{\rm BLR}$ increases. (iii) The aperture angle $α$ describing the BLR structure is about $45^{\circ}$; (iv) The central black hole (BH) mass is about $5\times 10^{8}$\,$M_{\odot}$ rather than $4.4\times 10^{9}$\,$M_{\odot}$.

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arXiv2014

The hadronic origin of hard gamma-ray spectrum from blazar 1ES 1101-232

The very hard $γ$-ray spectrum from distant blazars challenges the traditional synchrotron self-Compton (SSC) model, which may indicate that there is the contribution of an additional high-energy component beyond the SSC emission. In this paper, we study the possible origin of the hard $γ$-ray spectrum from distant blazars. We develop a model to explain the hard $γ$-ray spectrum from blazar 1ES 1101-232. In the model, the optical and X-ray radiation would come from the synchrotron radiation of primary electrons and secondary pairs, the GeV emission would be produced by the SSC process, however, the hard $γ$-ray spectrum would originate from the decay of neutral pion produced through proton-photon interactions with the synchrotron radiation photons within the jet. Our model can explain the observed SED of 1ES 1101-232 well, especially the very hard $γ$-ray spectrum. However, our model requires the very large proton power to efficiently produce the $γ$-ray through proton-photon interactions.

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arXiv2013

On the location of the gamma-ray emission region for 21 flat spectrum radio quasars with quasi-simultaneous observations

We try to infer the location of the GeV emission region for 21 flat spectrum radio quasars (FSRQs) with quasi-simultaneous spectral energy distributions (SEDs), in which the SEDs of 21 FSRQs are reproduced by the one-zone leptonic model including the synchrotron-self Compton (SSC) and external Compton (EC) processes. We suggest that the X-ray emission could be produced by the SSC process and the GeV emission could come from the EC process. The EC emission could originate from the inverse Compton (IC) scattering of photons from the broad line region (BLR) and accretion disk or dust torus by the same electron population, which mainly depend on the location of the $γ$-ray emission region. We propose a method to constrain the location of the GeV emission region based on the spectral shapes. When the GeV emission is located within the BLR, the IC scattering could occur at the Klein-Nishina regime and produce a broken/steep spectrum in the GeV energy band. When the GeV emission is produced outside the BLR, the IC scattering could take place at the Thomson regime and the GeV spectrum would have the same spectral index as the optical-infrared spectrum. We infer that the location of the GeV emission region is inside the BLR for 5 FSRQs and beyond the BLR for 16 FSRQs. Our results show that the ratio of the magnetic field and electron energy density is close to equipartition condition for 21 FSRQs.

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arXiv2013

Particle Acceleration And Emission Processes In Mrk 421

We investigate the X-ray and $γ$-ray flares of Mrk 421 on 2008 June 6-15 using the synchrotron self- Compton(SSC) model with electron acceleration, in which an evident correlation between the X-ray and $γ$-ray bands appears, while no significant correlation between the optical and X-ray band is observed. We argue that the emission from Mrk 421 may originate from two different components. One is the steady component from the outer region that is mainly attributed to the optical band, in which the electrons are accelerated by first-order Fermi acceleration mechanism. We use a steady electron spectrum to produce the synchrotron self-Compton emission. The other is the variable component from the inner region, in which the electrons are accelerated by the stochastic acceleration process. We use the time-dependent SSC model to produce the emission from the variable component. We suggest that the flares are due to the hardening of the electron spectrum under the process of the stochastic acceleration, which leads to the hardening of the observed spectrum in the X-ray and $γ$-ray bands. Furthermore, we find that the energy densities of electrons and magnetic fields are near equipartition in both jet regions.

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arXiv2013

The effect of the broad-line region with geometrical structures on gamma-ray absorption in blazars

The broad-line region (BLR) is an important component of blazars, especially for the flat spectrum radio quasars (FSRQs). The soft photons arising from the BLR will substantially affect the transparency of the gamma-ray photons produced in the relativistic jet. In the paper, we study the effect of the geometrical structure of the BLR on the absorption of gamma-rays. We find that the gamma-ray optical depth strongly depends on the geometrical structure of the BLR. For a "flat" geometry of the BLR, the gamma-ray photons with specified energies could escape transparently even their emission region locates inside the cavity of the BLR.

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arXiv2013

A magnetic reconnection origin for the soft X-ray excess in AGN

We present a new scenario to explain the soft X-ray excess in Active Galactic Nucleus. The magnetic reconnection could happen in a thin layer on the surface of accretion disk. Electrons are accelerated by shock wave and turbulence triggered by magnetic reconnection, then they take place inverse Compton scattering above accretion disk which contributes soft X-rays. Based on standard disk model, we estimate the magnetic field strength and the energy released by magnetic reconnection along accretion disk, and find that the luminosity caused by magnetic reconnection mainly emits in the inner disk which is dominated by radiation pressure. We then apply the model to fit the spectra of AGNs with strong soft X-ray excess.

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arXiv2013

YNOGK: A new public code for calculating null geodesics in the Kerr spacetime

Following \cite{dexagol2009} we present a new public code for the fast calculation of null geodesics in the Kerr spacetime. Using Weierstrass' and Jacobi's elliptic functions, we express all coordinates and affine parameters as analytical and numerical functions of a parameter $p$, which is an integral value along the geodesic. This is a main difference of our code compares with previous similar ones. The advantage of this treatment is that the information about the turning points do not need to be specified in advance by the user, and many applications such as imaging, the calculation of line profiles or the observer-emitter problem, etc become root finding problems. All elliptic integrations are computed by Carlson's elliptic integral method as \cite{dexagol2009} did, which guarantees the fast computational speed of our code. The formulae to compute the constants of motion given by \cite{cunnbard1973} have been extended, which allow one readily to handle the situations, in which the emitter or the observer has arbitrary distance and motion state with respect to the central compact object. The validation of the code has been extensively tested by its application to toy problems from the literature. The source FORTRAN code is freely available for download on the web.

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arXiv2013

A New Result on the Origin of the Extragalactic Gamma-ray Background

In the paper, we continually use the method of image stacking to study the origin of the extragalactic gamma-ray background (EGB) at GeV bands, and find that the Faint Images of the Radio Sky at Twenty centimeters (FIRST) sources undetected by the Large Area Telescope on the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope can contribute about (56{plus minus}6)% of the EGB. Because the FIRST is a flux limited sample of radio sources with incompleteness at the faint limit, we consider that the point-sources, including blazars, non-blazar AGNs,starburst galaxies, could produce a much larger fraction of the EGB.

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arXiv2013

On the minimum mass ratio of W UMa binaries

Using Eggleton's stellar evolution code, we study the minimum mass ratio ($q_{\rm min}$) of W Ursae Majoris (W UMa) binaries that have different primary masses. It is found that the minimum mass ratio of W UMa binaries decreases with increasing mass of the primary if the primary's mass is less than about 1.3$M_{\rm \odot}$, and above this mass the ratio is roughly constant. By comparing the theoretical minimum mass ratio with the observational data, it is found that the existence of low-$q$ systems can be explained by the different structure of the primaries with different masses. This suggests that the dimensionless gyration radius ($k_1^2$) and thus the structure of the primary is very important in determining the minimum mass ratio. In addition, we investigate the mass loss during the merging process of W UMa systems and calculate the rotation velocities of the single stars formed by the merger of W UMa binaries due to tidal instability. It is found that in the case of the conservation of mass and angular momentum, the merged single stars rotate with a equatorial velocity of about $588\sim819$ km s$^{-1}$, which is much larger than their break-up velocities ($v_{\rm b}$). This suggests that the merged stars should extend to a very large radius (3.7$\sim$5.3 times the radii of the primaries) or W UMa systems would lose a large amount of mass (21$\sim$33 per cent of the total mass) during the merging process. If the effect of magnetic braking is considered, the mass loss decreases to be 12$\sim$18 per cent of their total masses. This implies that the significant angular momentum and mass might be lost from W UMa systems in the course of the merging process, and this kind of mass and angular momentum loss might be driven by the release of orbital energy of the secondaries, which is similar to common-envelope evolution.

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arXiv2013

A graphical analysis of the systematic error of classical binned methods in constructing luminosity functions

The classical 1/Va and PC methods of constructing binned luminosity functions (LFs) are revisited and compared by graphical analysis. Using both theoretical analysis and illustration with an example, we show why the two methods give different results for the bins which are crossed by the flux limit curves $L=L_{lim}(z)$. Based on a combined sample simulated by a Monte Carlo method, the estimate $ϕ$ of two methods are compared with the input model LFs. The two methods give identical and ideal estimate for the high luminosity points of each redshift interval. However, for the low luminosity bins of all the redshift intervals both methods give smaller estimate than the input model. We conclude that once the LF is evolving with redshift, the classical binned methods will unlikely give an ideal estimate over the total luminosity range. Page & Carrera (2000) noticed that for objects close to the flux limit $ϕ_{1/V_{a}}$ nearly always to be too small. We believe this is due to the arbitrary choosing of redshift and luminosity intervals. Because $ϕ_{1/V_{a}}$ is more sensitive to how the binning are chosen than $ϕ_{PC}$. We suggest a new binning method, which can improve the LFs produced by the 1/Va method significantly, and also improve the LFs produced by the PC methods. Our simulations show that after adopting this new binning, both the 1/Va and PC methods have comparable results.

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