Probing Multi-Wavelength Spectral Energy Distribution of NGC 315
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Jianchao Feng
School of Physics and Electronic Science, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang, China
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Jianchao Feng ([email protected])
Ai-Jun Dong ([email protected])
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School of Physics and Electronic Science, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang, China
Search for more papers by this authorQian Peng
School of Materials and Architectural Engineering, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang, China
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Ai-Jun Dong
School of Physics and Electronic Science, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang, China
Correspondence:
Jianchao Feng ([email protected])
Ai-Jun Dong ([email protected])
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Jianchao Feng
School of Physics and Electronic Science, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang, China
Correspondence:
Jianchao Feng ([email protected])
Ai-Jun Dong ([email protected])
Search for more papers by this authorCong Ran
School of Physics and Electronic Science, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang, China
Search for more papers by this authorQian Peng
School of Materials and Architectural Engineering, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang, China
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Ai-Jun Dong
School of Physics and Electronic Science, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang, China
Correspondence:
Jianchao Feng ([email protected])
Ai-Jun Dong ([email protected])
Search for more papers by this authorFunding: This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant 11847091); Natural Science Foundation of the Department of Education of Guizhou Province (Grants QJHKYZ[2021]296 and [2022]158); Guizhou Provincial Science and Technology Department (Grants QKHJC[2020]1Y018 and ZK[2022]General311).
ABSTRACT
The majority of nearby low-luminosity active galactic nuclei (LLAGNs), are widely found in compact radio cores and/or weak jets. The central of galaxy is believed to be powered by hot accretion flow and jet. Besides the famous LLAGN sources M87 and Sgr A*, NGC 315 is also a well-known supermassive black hole (SMBH), which can be used to explore accretion and jet physics. The aim of this work is to model the multi-wavelength spectral energy distribution (SED) of the NGC 315, and all the data we used here in the literature correspond to the core emission. Similarly to M87 and Sgr A*, we find that the SED is hard to fit with a pure jet model or pure advection-dominated accretion flow (ADAF). And with a coupled ADAF-jet model, we find that the low-frequency radio emission is better fitted by the synchrotron radiation of nonthermal electrons in the jet, and high-frequency radio emission is mainly consistent with the inverse Compton radiation from electrons in ADAF. Furthermore, the high-energy X-ray emission can also be simultaneously explained by ADAF. From the SED fitting, we obtain important parameters of the central engine, we find that the SMBH in NGC 315 should be fast rotating with a dimensionless spin parameter , and only a small fraction of the material captured at the outer radius reaches the SMBH. These results will help us better understand the accretion and jet physics. And future further simultaneous multi-wavelength observations will help us to better understand these questions.
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