J/other/Nat/515.ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/other/Nat/515.376CDSGhisellini G.Tavecchio F.Maraschi L.Celotti A.Sbarrato T.2017-09-22T16:15:54Z2015-02-11T08:03:52ZCDS support team

CDS, Observatoire de Strasbourg, 11 rue de l'Universite, F-67000 Strasbourg, France

cds-question@unistra.frquasarsactive-galactic-nucleiredshiftedgamma-ray-astronomyTheoretical models for the production of relativistic jets from active galactic nuclei predict that jet power arises from the spin and mass of the central supermassive black hole, as well as from the magnetic field near the event horizon. The physical mechanism underlying the contribution from the magnetic field is the torque exerted on the rotating black hole by the field amplified by the accreting material. If the squared magnetic field is proportional to the accretion rate, then there will be a correlation between jet power and accretion luminosity. There is evidence for such a correlation, but inadequate knowledge of the accretion luminosity of the limited and inhomogeneous samples used prevented a firm conclusion. Here we report an analysis of archival observations of a sample of blazars (quasars whose jets point towards Earth) that overcomes previous limitations. We find a clear correlation between jet power, as measured through the {gamma}-ray luminosity, and accretion luminosity, as measured by the broad emission lines, with the jet power dominating the disk luminosity, in agreement with numerical simulations9. This implies that the magnetic field threading the black hole horizon reaches the maximum value sustainable by the accreting matter.2014Natur.515..376Ghttps://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/other/Nat/515.376CatalogResearchIsServedByTAP VizieR generic serviceIsServedByConesearch servicerelated-toJ/ApJ/715/429 : First Fermi-LAT AGN catalog (1LAC) (Abdo+, 2010)J/ApJ/743/171 : The 2LAC catalog (Ackermann+, 2011)J/ApJ/748/49 : Optical spectroscopy of 1LAC broad-line blazars (Shaw+, 2012)https://cds.unistra.fr/vizier-org/licences_vizier.htmlhttps://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/other/Nat/515.376https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/other/Nat/515.376http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/other/Nat/515.376https://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/votable?-source=J/other/Nat/515.376https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/votable?-source=J/other/Nat/515.376http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/votable?-source=J/other/Nat/515.376GETtext/xml+votablehttps://tapvizier.cds.unistra.fr/TAPVizieR/tapCone search capability for table J/other/Nat/515.376/table1 (Relevant parameters of the blazars in this study)https://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/conesearch/J/other/Nat/515.376/table1?https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/conesearch/J/other/Nat/515.376/table1?http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/conesearch/J/other/Nat/515.376/table1?GETtext/xml+votable180.050000true1.1485647-47.60544560.0055555555555555566/172 438 808 911 1222 1509 2140 2234 2574 2661 2741 3024 3128 4285 4352 4395 4407 4572 4601 4820 4866 4880 4940 5139 5162 5201 5284 5353 5371 5390 5458 5546 5775 5795 5817 5870 6101 6167 6292 6777 7045 7131 7346 7389 7426 7446 7709 8199 8299 8466 8487 8699 8830 9003 9075 9442 9460 9545 9629 9633 9773 9853 9914 9998 10249 10250 10352 10422 10426 10466 10561 10681 10910 10971 10996 11081 11177 11242 11430 11777 11787 12173 12386 12466 12475 12599 12625 12687 12842 13352 13410 13485 13572 13729 14641 14854 15286 15761 16532 16661 16971 17186 17364 17665 17944 18092 18109 18624 18853 19023 19109 19493 19593 19622 19851 19878 19910 19918 20888 21160 21266 21358 21437 21458 21972 22305 22501 22558 22730 22950 23383 23416 23436 23691 23897 25501 25649 26303 26340 26983 27060 27126 27243 27310 27433 28066 28083 28352 28370 28479 28492 28517 28673 29772 29903 30193 30446 30923 31430 31451 31664 31757 31844 31875 32808 32832 33549 33560 33611 33774 33825 33827 33964 34038 34086 34461 34637 34767 35119 35370 36090 36665 36708 36944 37512 38355 38766 39077 40174 41110 41335 41426 41460 41988 43246 43451 44669 44730 45081 45197 45454 45713 45943 46204 46835 46852 47512 48300https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/moc/J/other/Nat/515.376?format=asciiGamma-rayOpticaldefaultJ/other/Nat/515.376/table1Relevant parameters of the blazars in this study_RARight Ascension (J2000) from SIMBAD (not part of the original data)degpos.eq.ra;meta.mainrecnoRecord number assigned by the VizieR team. Should Not be used for identification.meta.recordintLACLink to 1LAC (J/ApJ/715/429) or 2LAC (J/ApJ/743/171) datameta.numberintnullableNameBlazar name (HHMM+DDMM, J2000)meta.id;meta.maincharz[0.05/3.1] Blazar redshiftsrc.redshiftfloatlogPradLogarithm of the radiation jet power (erg/s)log(1e-07W)phys.luminosityfloatlogPeLogarithm of the relativistic electron jet power (erg/s)log(1e-07W)phys.luminosityfloatlogPBLogarithm of the magnetic field jet powerlog(1e-07W)phys.luminosityfloatlogPpLogarithm of the proton jet powerlog(1e-07W)phys.luminosityfloatGbulk[5/18] Bulk Lorentz factor {Gamma}stat.fit.paramfloatQv[2/10] Viewing angledegsrc.orbital.inclinationfloatlogLdfLogarithm of the disk luminosity as resulting from disk fittinglog(1e-07W)phys.luminosityfloatlogLdlLogarithm of the disk luminosity as measured from the broad emission lineslog(1e-07W)phys.luminosityfloatlogMH? Logarithm of the black hole mass estimated through the virial method using the H{beta} broad emission line (1)log(solMass)phys.massfloatnullablelogMMg? Logarithm of the black hole mass estimated through the virial method using the MgII MgII broad emission line (1)log(solMass)phys.massfloatnullablelogMC? Logarithm of the black hole mass estimated through the virial method using the CIV broad emission line (1)log(solMass)phys.massfloatnullableSimbadNameSimbad column added by the CDSmeta.idchar_DEDeclination (J2000) from SIMBAD (not part of the original data)degpos.eq.dec;meta.main