Dusty Torus Formation by Anisotropic Radiative Feedback of
Dusty Torus Formation by Anisotropic Radiative Feedback of Active Galactic Nuclei Shuang-Nan Zhang, Yuan Liu, Jin Zhang Institute of High Energy Physics and National Astronomical Observatories of China Chinese Academy of Sciences Liu, Y. & Zhang, S. N. , 2011, Ap. JL, 728, L 44 1
The unified model of AGN Formation? Dusty torus Evolution? 2
AGN feedback n n n The distribution of the dust is anisotropic The UV/optical radiation from the accretion disk is also anisotropic The effect of radiation pressure is significant due to the presence of dust The normal of the accretion disk Observer & dust A~500 3
The evolution of AGNs A B C Momentum effect of radiation 4
Evaporation radius The inner radius of dust Energy effect of radiation 5
Torus formation time scale: ~105 -6 yr for 10 pc Radiation pressure ~0. 2 ly 1 year L=1044 erg/s; L/LEdd=0. 1; a=0. 1 mm; a:dust radius A=100 Evaporation Hot low density gas: Empty Seed for BLR? Vertical distance from the disk Z (pc) 6
The profile of a dusty torus 7
NH-L/LEdd plane Raimundo, Fabian, Bauer et al. 2010 8
The fraction of type 2 AGNs Hasinger 2008 9
The inner radius of dusty torus Suganuma et al. 2006 10
The evolution of dusty torus Luminous, with torus, but without bright BLR 105 -6 yr ? Low density gas High density clouds 11
Weak line quasars Shemmer et al. 2009; EW<5 A; continuum similar to normal quasars 12
Radio quiet BL Lac No obvious emission lines Plotkin et al. 2009 13
Are WLQs and Radio Quiet BL Lac the Objects Predicted by Our Model? n Predictions ¨ Luminous accretion disk emission ¨ Existence of Dusty Torus n Tests ¨ Low polarization disk not jet ¨ Low variability disk not jet ¨ Hot dust emission torus illuminated by luminous disk 14
Polarization Test: radio quiet BL Lac n n Very low polarization in continuum spectra: only two of 25 candidates are observed with weak polarization (Heidt & Nilsson 2011); non detection for all others The continuum spectrum is consistent with disk origin 15
Long Term Variability Test n So far observations are quite limited n Weaker than radio loud BL Lac? n Need more observations Plotkin et al. 2010 16
Long Term Variability Test n SDSS Stripe 82(12 radio quiet BL Lac,4 WLQ, 27 radio loud BL Lac) Radio quiet Radio loud 17
Lightcurve amplitudes Radio loud Radio quiet 18
Four SDSS Radio Quiet BL Lac Observed with Lijiang 2. 4 m at V, I and R bands SDSS 094533. 99+100950. 1 085025. 60+342750. 9 081250. 80+522530. 8 090107. 64+384658. 8 19
m(BL Lac)-m(Star) Short Term Variability Test Time (Hour) Very weak short timescale variability! 20
Hot Dust Test in weak line quasars Black body from hot dust Diamond-Stanic et al. 2009 Evidence of hot dust in WLQ 21
Conclusions n n n The distribution of dusty gas should also be anisotropic due to the influence of the anisotropic disk radiation. Our model can explain the presence of some obscured AGNs with high Eddington ratios and can also reproduce the observed decreasing fraction of type 2 AGNs with increasing luminosity. Our model predicts the existence of luminous AGNs with dusty tori, but without luminous broad line regions. ¨ Weak line quasars and radio quiet BL Lac? n Weak polarization, low variability and hot dust feature confirm our model predictions. Liu, Y. & Zhang, S. N. , 2011, Ap. JL, 728, L 44 22
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