The Fundamental Planes of Black Hole Activity for High-Synchrotron-Peaked BL Lacertae Objects

The radio–X-ray correlation and Fundamental Plane (FP) of black hole activity can serve as a diagnostic tool for the origin of X-ray emissions. There was a scaling relation between radio and X-ray emissions for High-synchrotron-peaked BL Lacertae objects (HBLs), i.e., LR∝ LX0.64, which can be explained by ADAF-dominated mode or synchrotron cooling (Syn-c). However, many results of studying blazar physics show that the X-ray emissions of HBLs are mainly produced by the synchrotron process of jets. Therefore, Syn-c appears to provide a plausible explanation for this relation. To further clarify the origin of X-ray emissions of HBLs, we constructed a sample containing 69 HBLs in this paper to re-investigate their radio–X-ray correlation and FP. Considering the Doppler beaming effect, we find that the intrinsic radio–X-ray correlation and FP of HBLs are LR,int∝ LX,int0.68 and log LR, int = (0.57 ± 0.06)log LX, int + (0.33 ± 0.11)log MBH + (12.65 ± 2.00), respectively. Our results agree with the scaling relation mention above, which suggests these scaling relations are not artificial. By employing the theoretical model of Syn-c, we find that these shallow radio–X-ray correlations and FP are caused by Syn-c, which implies that the X-ray emissions of HBLs may be produced by rapidly cooling, high-energy electrons accelerated at a shock. This is consistent with results of the recent X-ray polarization observations of HBLs. Our results provide the observational evidence of LR∝ L_ XSyn-c0.6~ 0.7.