The Estimation of Fundamental Physics Parameters for Fermi-LAT Blazars
Abstract
Aiming to delineate the physical framework of blazars, we present an effective method to estimate four important parameters based on the idea proposed by \citet{BK95}, including the upper limit of central black hole mass , the Doppler factor , the distance along the axis to the site of the -ray production (which then can be transformed into the location of -ray-emitting region ) and the propagation angle with respect to the axis of the accretion disk . To do so, we adopt an identical sample with 809 {\it Fermi}-LAT-detected blazars which had been compiled in \citet{Pei20PASA}. These four derived parameters stepping onto the stage may shed new light on our knowledge regarding -ray blazars. With regard to the paper of \citet{BK95}, we obtain several new perspectives, mainly in: (1) putting forward an updated demarcation between BL Lacs and FSRQs based on the relation between broad-line region luminosity and disk luminosity both measured in Eddington units, i.e., , indicating that there are some differences between BL Lacs and FSRQs on the accretion power in the disk; (2) proposing that there is a so-called `appareling zone', a potential transition field between BL Lacs and FSRQs where the changing-look blazars perhaps reside; (3) the location of -ray emission region is principally constrained outside the broad-line region, and for some BL Lacs are also away from the dusty molecular torus, which means the importance of emission components in the jet.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2112.00530,
title = {The Estimation of Fundamental Physics Parameters for Fermi-LAT Blazars},
author = {Zhiyuan Pei and Junhui Fan and Jianghe Yang and Danyi Huang and Ziyan Li},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2112.00530},
year = {2022}
}
Comments
24 pages, 9 figures, Accepted to ApJ