Intermediate-Mass Black Holes: The Essential Population to Explore the Unified Model for Accretion and Ejection Processes
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2023

We study radio and X-ray emissions from intermediate-mass black holes (IMBHs) and explore the unified model for accretion and ejection processes. The radio band survey of IMBH (candidate) hosted galaxies indicates that only a small fraction (∼0.6%) of them are radio-band active. In addition, very long baseline interferometry observations reveal parsec-scale radio emission of IMBHs, further resulting in a lower fraction of actively ejecting objects (radio emission is produced by IMBHs other than hosts), which is consistent with a long quiescent state in the evolution cycle of IMBHs. Most (75%, i.e., 3 out of 4 samples according to a recent mini-survey) of the radio-emitting IMBHs are associated with radio relics and there is also evidence of dual radio blobs from episodic ejecting phases. Taking the radio emission and the corresponding core X-ray emission of IMBH, we confirm a universal fundamental plane relation (FMP) of black hole activity. Furthermore, state transitions can be inferred by comparing a few cases in XRBs and IMBHs in FMP, i.e., both radio luminosity and emission regions evolve along these state transitions. These signatures and evidence suggest an analogy among all kinds of accretion systems which span from stellar mass to supermassive black holes, hinting at unified accretion and ejection physics. To validate the unified model, we explore the correlation between the scale of outflows (corresponding to ejection powers) and the masses of central engines; it shows that the largest scale of outflows (Formula presented.) follows a power-law correlation with the masses of accretors (Formula presented.), i.e., (Formula presented.). In conclusion, this work provides evidence to support the claim that the ejection (and accretion) process behaves as scale-invariant and their power is regulated by the masses of accretors.

intermediate-mass black holes

jets

black holes

very long baseline interferometry

accretion

stellar-mass black holes

supermassive black holes

Författare

Xiaolong Yang

Shanghai Key Laboratory of Space Navigation and Positioning Techniques

Shanghai Astronomical Observatory

Jun Yang

Chalmers, Rymd-, geo- och miljövetenskap, Onsala rymdobservatorium

Galaxies

20754434 (eISSN)

Vol. 11 2 53

Ämneskategorier

Subatomär fysik

Meteorologi och atmosfärforskning

Astronomi, astrofysik och kosmologi

DOI

10.3390/galaxies11020053

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2023-05-15