X射线双星回旋吸收线研究进展

X射线双星中的回旋共振散射吸收特征(即回旋吸收线特征)是直接测量中子星磁场的工具。回旋吸收线表现为X射线能谱中多阶吸收特征。截至目前,已在30多颗源中探测到该现象,其能量范围为10~80 keV,对应的磁场强度范围为10~7~10~9T。随着X射线探测技术的进步,回旋吸收线观测及理论研究也迅速发展,包括谐频和基频回旋吸收线能量之比、回旋吸收线形状的复杂性、回旋吸收线形态参数间的相关性、回旋吸收线能量与光度的关系、回旋吸收线的脉冲相位解析谱及回旋吸收线能量的长时标演化等。未来,人们将通过对回旋吸收线的研究,在探测高磁场中子星,以及在探究中子星磁场结构和吸积柱物理等方面取得更多成果。     

用INTEGRAL/IBIS卫星研究GX301-2中回旋共振散射线性质（英文）

利用INTEGRAL/IBIS卫星2003~2011年对X射线双星GX 301-2的观测数据,系统研究了GX 301-2在不同吸积光度和轨道相位的谱性质,得到GX 301-2的回旋吸收线的性质与X射线光度无关,其能量在35~47 ke V之间,且能量与光指数和截断能量正相关,回旋吸收线的深度与截断能量有弱正相关,这表明在吸积X射线脉冲星中,回旋共振散射线对截断能量有很大影响。而回旋吸收线宽度与能量比值和深度正相关,这表明在GX 301-2表面存在一个吸积柱。由GX 301-2的自旋周期得到表面磁场强度大约为2×1014Gs,与通过回旋吸收线得到的磁场强度不符,但可以用吸积柱模型很好地解释。     

对孤立中子星1E1207.4-5209 X-射线回旋吸收线的理论分析

近来的观测表明,在射电宁静孤立中子星1E1207．4-5209的X-射线连续谱中存在几条等间隔的吸收线,能量分别为0．7、1．4和2．1keV．根据近年发展的四极近似下的量子回旋辐射理论,澄清了目前的一些疑问,肯定了它们是电子回旋吸收线,而不是质子回旋线．并从理论上确定了该中子星自转轴的空间取向．     

γ爆的磁流管模型

本文讨论了一种基于老年中子星的γ爆的磁流管模型.这个模型认为中子星表面磁场包含有两种成分,一种为弱的偶极背景磁场,另一种为细管状局域强磁场.此模型可以同时解释回旋吸收线和高能尾巴的存在.本文还计算了磁场为1.7×10~(12)G时的Compton散射截面。对于GB880205,根据吸收线的深度定出磁流管内电子数密度与管的直径之积约为10~(21)cm~(-2).     

类星体吸收线红移的分布和它的起源

本文对现有的类星体的吸收线红移数据进行了统计分析.主要的分析项目有:相对速度分布,吸收红移体系的功率谱分析等.所有统计结果都有利于吸收线的宇宙学解释,即引起吸收线的物体并不处在类星体的近邻.特别地,我们指出了相对速度分布中的峰并不是吸收线的内禀起源模型的无歧义证据,因为它也可以用早期宇宙中的密度波扰动模型加以解释.     

九个类星体的氢L_α吸收线的统计研究

本文研究了九个类星体,即B2 1225+31.7,PKS 2126—158,Q 0002—422,Q 0453—423,PHL 957,PKS 0528—250,PKS 0805+046,PKS 1448—232和PKS 1442+101的高分辨率光谱中L_a吸收线的性质.发射线红移的范围是2.20≤Z_(em)≤3.54;L_a吸收线的红移范围是1.70≤Z_(abs)<3.54,总数为350条. 统计分析的结果支持了如下结论:(1)L_a吸收线的数密度在不同类星体之间没有显著差异;(2)L_a吸收线的数密度随红移没有显著变化;(3)L_a吸收线的静止等值宽度谱随红移没有显著变化;(4)L_a吸收线的性质在L_a发射线翼同连续区没有差别;(5)L_a吸收线的两点相关函数在分辨率极限内是平坦的,与星系相关函数的行为不同. 这些结果表明,高红移类星体中的L_a吸收线,很可能是均匀分布于宇宙空间的星系际氢云产生的.     

γ爆的一种新模型

本文提出了关于γ爆的一种新模型，认为γ爆起源于老年中子星，老年中子星表面磁场包含两部分：一为弱的背景偶极磁场；另一为细管状局域强磁场，该模型可以同时解释γ爆能谱中回旋吸收线和高能尾巴的存在。本文用蒙特卡洛方法拟合了ＧＢ８８０２０５的能谱，与观测结构符合得比较好。     

与发射线区成协的类星体CIV吸收系统的研究(Ⅰ)样本

高红移活动星系核的环境是目前亟待研究的领域,与类星体发射线区成协的吸收线系统有可能被使用.为此我们对CIV成协吸收系统进行了统计研究.本文是系列文章的首篇,在本文中我们搜集了87年以前的全部、及87年以后的大部分中、高分辨率CIV吸收线光谱资料,给出了包含228个类星体的均匀无偏统计样本,该样本有CIV吸收线229条,系由228个类星体的所有534条吸收线中选出.此外,我们还定义了4个子样本.     

回旋同步辐射自吸收的特性

详细研究了高能电子产生的回旋同步辐射自吸收的特性,并用磁偶极子场的 射电微波源模型计算了它的光学厚度.发现: (1)自吸率Kv随谐波数s的增加迅速地 下降,以致只有低次谐波(s<5)上的自吸收才会对微波爆发谱产生实质性的影响; (2) 自吸率κv随暗波数s下降的陡度还随高能电子的能谱指数δ的增加和其低能截止能量 E0的下降而迅速增加; (3)κv值还随传播角的增大而增加,并在70°至75°范围内达到 极值; (4)假设高能电子数密度为103cm-3,则在2≤s≤5范围内的自吸收的光学厚 度τvself在101-10-2之间变化,这些值约比回旋共振吸收的光学厚度τvgyro小3至4 个数量级.τvself在均匀磁场情况下可能被高估.只有当被加速的高能电子的数密度大于 104cm-3时,自吸收的光学厚度才开始能与回旋共振吸收的光学厚度相比较.     

类星体吸收线

类星体光谱中有大量的吸收线 ,它们或者产生于与类星体本身有联系的气体云 ,或者产生于类星体和观测者之间的吸收系统。因此 ,类星体吸收线是强有力的宇宙探针。对类星体吸收线的研究将有助于我们了解星系的形成和演化。本文介绍了类星体吸收线的性质并评述了近年来类星体吸收研究的最新进展。     

Influence of relativistic effects and vacuum polarization on the transfer of gyroresonance radiation and the stability of the atmospheres of compact stars

We consider the transfer of radiation and calculate the force of its pressure in the electron gyroresonance line in the atmospheres of magnetic degenerate stars. We specify the atmospheric parameters for which an outflow of plasma is possible under radiation pressure in the cyclotron line. We show that the permittivity tensor of a mildly relativistic plasma in a strong magnetic field found by applying relativistic corrections to the cyclotron resonance condition and by taking into account the vacuum polarization and recoil effects during photon scattering should be used to obtain proper results. We have determined the real and imaginary parts of the refractive indices and the polarization coefficients for normal electromagnetic waves when scattering dominates over absorption. Relativistic effects, which change greatly the dispersion and resonant absorption of waves propagating almost perpendicular to the magnetic field, and vacuum polarization have been found to change qualitatively the gyroresonance radiation spectrum and pressure for a wide range of parameters of stellar magnetospheres.     

Interaction of hot plasma with radiation of magnetic white dwarfs

The influence of radiation on the electron velocity distribution in a hot nonrelativistic plasma localized near the surface of magnetic white dwarfs is investigated. The part played by the plasma in the formation of cyclotron features in the optical spectrum of these stars is studied. The region of parameters where the transverse temperature of plasma is defined by the brightness temperature of extraordinary radiation at the gyrofrequency is found. When escaping from the plasma in a homogeneous magnetic field, this component forms a cyclotron line in absorption. The ordinary radiation at the gyrofrequency and both modes at higher cyclotron harmonics are in emission or absorption depending on the magnetic field strength and hot plasma density. Possible interpretation of the observed spectral features of magnetic white dwarfs in terms of the developed theory is discussed.     

Cyclotron absorption of radio emission within pulsar magnetospheres

Absorption of radio emission through normal cyclotron resonance within pulsar magnetospheres is considered. The optical depth for cyclotron damping is calculated using a plasma distribution with an intrinsically relativistic spread. We argue that such a broad distribution is plausible for pulsar plasmas and that it implies that a class of pulsars that should have cyclotron damping extends to include young pulsars with shorter periods and stronger magnetic fields. There is no obvious observational evidence for disruption of radio pulses, which implies that the optical depth cannot be too large. We propose that cyclotron resonance may cause marginal absorption of radio emission. It is shown that such marginal absorption produces potentially observable asymmetric features for double-peak pulse profiles with wide separation, with one peak tending to be suppressed.     

1997年11月2日微波尖峰源背景参数的诊断

利用北京天文台高时间和高频率分辨率的射电频谱仪对射电尖峰的测量,可以对背景等离子体参数进行的自洽诊断（ 磁场,密度,温度,波矢,及非热电子的性质） 。该诊断基于电子回旋脉塞不稳定性和回旋共振吸收。最后从诊断结果和太阳日冕典型参数的比较以确定尖峰辐射的谐波数。     

On the theory of X-ray pulsar radiation

The origin of hard X-ray spectrum (continuum and cyclotron lines) of pulsars in binary systems is discussed. A model of the polar region of a neutron star consisting of a hot spot in a dense plasma atmosphere with a quasi-homogeneous magnetic field and an extended accreting column in an inhomogeneous dipolar field is investigated. In the hot spot bremsstrahlung and Thomson scattering form continuum radiation, while bremsstrahlung and cyclotron scattering produce the absorption cyclotron lines. By the observed continuum intensity one can estimate the maximum distances to pulsars. Cyclotron scattering in gyro-resonant layers localized in the accreting column leads to a general attenuation of the radiation of a hot spot, but is unable to ensure the formation of cyclotron lines. For strong accretion the hot spot radiation becomes insignificant, the lines disappear and the pulsating component of an X-ray pulsar is produced by the accreting column bremsstrahlung transformed by Thomson scattering.     

On the theory of cyclotron lines in the spectra of magnetic white dwarfs

The radiation transfer at the gyrofrequency in the coronae of magnetic white dwarfs is considered. The electron distribution over Landau levels, taking both radiative and collisional transitions into account, is obtained. The emissivity and absorption coefficients of extraordinary radiation at the gyrofrequency are calculated. The ranges of parameters where cyclotron lines are observed in emission or absorption are found. The upper limit on coronal plasma density (2×10¹¹ cm^–3) for isolated magnetic white dwarfs with absorption lines in the spectrum is specified.     

On hard X-ray spectra of accreting neutron stars

Formation of the spectra of X-ray pulsars and gamma bursters is investigated. Interpretation of a hard X-ray spectrum of pulsars containing cyclotron lines is feasible on the basis of an isothermal model of a polar spot heated due to accretion to a neutron star. It has been ascertained that in the regions responsible for the formation of continuum radiation and lines the mode polarization is determined by a magnetized vacuum rather than by a plasma. Bearing this in mind, the influence of the magnetic field of a star on the wide wings of the cyclotron line and on its depth is discussed. The part played by the accreting column in the case of strong accretion (10¹⁹ el cm^–3) needed for long sustaining of the high level of X-rays from a neutron star-pulsar is studied. There occur the gaps in spectrum at frequencies close to the electron gyro-frequency and its harmonics due to the screening of the hot spot by the opaque gyro-resonant layers located within the accreting column. These gaps ensure the formation of cyclotron lines in absorption irrespective of the presence of such lines in the X-ray spectrum of a polar hot spot.The spectra of gamma-bursters recorded by Venus 11 and Venus 12 are interpreted in terms of a two-layer model of a polar hot spot. The estimates are given of the distance to some of the bursters, of the emission measure from a high-temperature layer responsible for continuum radiation and of the dispersion measure of a colder layer forming cyclotron lines in absorption. It is noted that the action of an accreting column leads generally to the radiation depression at frequencies below cyclotron lines. By the observed depression for one of the bursters the electron density of near-star accreting plasma during the burst has been directly estimated (4×10^–14 el cm^–3). Possible appearance of false cyclotron lines associated with cyclotron scattering in accreting column has been revealed.The problem of measuring the magnetic fields of neutron stars taking account of the gravitational redshift and the quantum recoil effect in emission and in absorption is discussed. Possibilty for a more precise measurement of the magnetic fields of those bursters whose spectrum contains both a cyclotron and an annihilation lines is noted.     

Double Plasma Resonance for Decimetric dot-Emissions

The mechanism of the double plasma resonance has been applied to the dot-like emission structures observed in the decimetric band. In particular, the existence of dot-emissions on definite trajectories in the dynamic spectra offers a rare opportunity to delineate the details of the double resonance mechanism as well as the diagnostics of the radio source and the ambient corona. The modeling of the chains of dots points to the excitation of the electron Bernstein modes predominantly at the second cyclotron harmonic and their subsequent coalescence to produce the observed dot-emissions. The coalescence process doubles the cyclotron harmonic number and thereby reduces the cyclotron absorption significantly. The discrete nature of the emissions results from the finite extent of the resonant region due to the presence of inhomogeneities. The determination of the relative scales of spatial variation of the magnetic field and the electron density in the region of the decimetric emission is particularly desirable as it has important consequences for the energy release, acceleration processes and the configuration of the participating plasma structures.     

Quantum relativistic theory of the synchrotron/cyclotron radiation in a strongly-magnetized plasma: The case of longitudinal propagation

Full quantum relativistic treatment of the cyclotron/synchrotron emission and absorption in tenuous plasmas with superstrong magnetic field is developed for the case when the radiation wave-vector is parallel to the magnetic field. The emissivities and absorption coefficients for a plasma with arbitrary distribution function of particles are presented in terms of simple sums over the Landau levels. On the basis of these expressions, the negative absorption (maser amplification) is shown to be impossible for the longitudinal propagation in a tenuous plasma. The summation over the Landau levels is performed analytically, and the quantum effects are analysed in detail, for the thermal distribution of plasma particles. A new type of quantum relativistic oscillations is predicted in the emission and absorption spectra for a plasma with anisotropic temperature. The results obtained are useful for an interpretation of the X-ray and gamma-ray observations of the objects associated with strongly magnetized neutron stars (particularly of the gamma-ray bursters).     

X-ray variability of the pulsar Vela X-1 as observed with ART-P/Granat

Observations of the X-ray pulsar Vela X-1 with the ART-P telescope onboard the Granat Observatory are presented. Variability on a time scale of several thousand seconds was detected; intensity variations are shown to be accompanied by changes in the source’s spectrum. The hardness was also found to be highly variable on a scale of one pulsation period. The source’s spectrum exhibits an absorption feature at energy ～7 keV, which is apparently attributable to cyclotron scattering/absorption in the neutron-star magnetic field. Weak persistent emission was detected during an X-ray eclipse, which probably resulted from the scattering of pulsar emission in the stellar wind from an optical star.