Super-Eddington accretion in the Q2237+0305 quasar?

The interband time lags between the flux variations of the Q2237+0305 quasar have been determined from light curves in the Johnson-Cousins V , R , and I spectral bands. The values of the time lags for filter pairs R  −  V , I  −  R , and I  −  V are significantly higher than those predicted by the s...

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Published in:Astronomy and astrophysics (Berlin) 2021-01, Vol.645, p.A78
Main Authors: Berdina, L. A., Tsvetkova, V. S., Shulga, V. M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accretion disks
Band spectra
Light curve
Quasars
Spectral bands
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Summary:The interband time lags between the flux variations of the Q2237+0305 quasar have been determined from light curves in the Johnson-Cousins V , R , and I spectral bands. The values of the time lags for filter pairs R  −  V , I  −  R , and I  −  V are significantly higher than those predicted by the standard accretion disk model by Shakura and Sunyaev. To explain the discrepancy, the idea of a supercritical accretion regime in quasars considered in 1973 by Shakura and Sunyaev is applied. This regime has been shown by them to cause an extended scattering envelope around the accretion disk. The envelope efficiently scatters and re-emits the radiation from the accretion disk and thus increases the apparent disk size. We made use of analytical expressions for the envelope radius and temperature derived by Shakura and Sunyaev in their analysis of super-Eddington accretion and show that our results are consistent with the existence of such an envelope. The corresponding parameters of the accretion regime were calculated. They provide the radii of the envelope in the V , R , and I spectral bands consistent with the inter-band time lags determined in our work.
ISSN:0004-6361
1432-0746
DOI:10.1051/0004-6361/202039379