Observations of PKS 1510-089 indicate the existence of a deep flux minimum with a timescale of -35 min and an interval of about 336 ± 14 d. A binary black hole system is proposed to be at the nucleus of this obje...Observations of PKS 1510-089 indicate the existence of a deep flux minimum with a timescale of -35 min and an interval of about 336 ± 14 d. A binary black hole system is proposed to be at the nucleus of this object. The secondary black hole orbits around the primary black hole. The minimum is caused by the periodic eclipse of the primary black hole by the secondary black hole. Based on the observations of PKS 1510-089, we estimate the parameters of the binary black hole system. The masses for the primary and secondary black holes are 1.37 × 10^9M⊙（M⊙ is the solar mass） and 1.37 × 10^7M⊙, and the major axis for this pair being about 0.1 parsec（pc）.展开更多
基金Project supported by State Key Development Program for Basic Research of China （Grant No 19990754）, the National Science Foundation for 0utstanding Young Scientists of China （Grant No 10125313）, the National Natural Science Foundation of China （Grant No 10573005）, and the Fund for Top Scholars of Guangdong Province, China （Grant No 02114）. Acknowledgments The authors wish to thank the referee for the comments and suggestions, and are also grateful for useful discussion to Dr Wang Hong-Guang, Liu Yi, Zhou Ji- Liang, Chen Jian-Ling and Xu Shou-Xi.
文摘Observations of PKS 1510-089 indicate the existence of a deep flux minimum with a timescale of -35 min and an interval of about 336 ± 14 d. A binary black hole system is proposed to be at the nucleus of this object. The secondary black hole orbits around the primary black hole. The minimum is caused by the periodic eclipse of the primary black hole by the secondary black hole. Based on the observations of PKS 1510-089, we estimate the parameters of the binary black hole system. The masses for the primary and secondary black holes are 1.37 × 10^9M⊙（M⊙ is the solar mass） and 1.37 × 10^7M⊙, and the major axis for this pair being about 0.1 parsec（pc）.
