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1.
We report XMM-Newton observations of the isolated neutron star RBS1774 and confirm its membership as an XDINS. The X-ray spectrum is best fit
with an absorbed blackbody with temperature kT=101 eV and absorption edge at 0.7 keV. No power law component is required. An absorption feature in the RGS data at 0.4 keV
is not evident in the EPIC data, but it is not possible to resolve this inconsistency. The star is not seen in the UV OM data
to m
AB
∼21. There is a sinusoidal variation in the X-ray flux at a period of 9.437 s with an amplitude of 4%. The age as determined
from cooling and magnetic field decay arguments is 10 5–10 6 yr for a neutron star mass of 1.35–1.5 M ⊙.
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2.
We present spectral variations of the binary X-ray pulsar LMC X-4 observed with the RXTE/PCA during different phases of its
30.5 day long third period. Only out-of-eclipse data were used for this study. The 3–25 keV spectrum, modeled with high energy
cut-off power-law and iron line emission is found to show strong dependence on the intensity state. Correlations between the
Fe line emission flux and different parameters of the continuum are presented here. 相似文献
3.
Large-scale, decelerating, relativistic X-ray jets from microquasar XTE J1550−564 has been recently discovered with Chandra by Corbel et al. (2002). We find that the dynamical evolution of the approaching jet at the late time is consistent with
the well-known Sedov evolutionary phase R∝ t
2/5. A trans-relativistic external shock dynamic model by analogy with the evolution of gamma-ray burst remnants, is shown to
be able to fit the proper-motion data of the approaching jet reasonably well. The inferred interstellar medium density around
the source is well below the canonical value n
ISM∼1 cm −3. The rapidly fading X-ray emission can be interpreted as synchrotron radiation from the non-thermal electrons in the adiabatically
expanding ejecta. These electrons were accelerated by the reverse shock (moving back into the ejecta) which becomes important
when the inertia of the swept external matter leads to an appreciable slowing down of the original ejecta. 相似文献
4.
We present the results of a study with the Swift Burst Alert Telescope in the 14–195 keV range of the long-term variability of five low-mass X-ray binaries with reported or suspected superorbital periods – 4U 1636−536, 4U 1820−303, 4U 1916−053, Cyg X-2 and Sco X-1. No significant persistent periodic modulation was detected around the previously reported periods in the 4U 1916−053, Cyg X-2 or Sco X-1 light curves. The ∼170-d period of 4U 1820−303 was detected up to 24 keV, consistent with variable accretion due to the previously proposed triple system model. The ∼46-d period in 4U 1636−536 was detected up to 100 keV, with the modulation in the low- and high-energy bands found to be phase shifted by ∼180° with respect to each other. This phase shift, when taken together with the near-coincident onset of the ∼46-d modulation and the low/hard X-ray state, leads us to speculate that the modulation could herald transient jet formation. 相似文献
5.
A new orbital period analysis for U Geminorum is made by means of the standard O–C technique based on 187 times of light minima
including the three newest CCD data from our observation. Although there are large scatter near 70,000 cycles in its O–C diagram,
there is strong evidence (>99.9% confidence level) to show the secular increase of orbital period with a rate
s −1. Using the physical parameters recently derived by Echevarría et al. (Astron. J. 134:262, 2007), the range of mass transfer rate for U Geminorum is estimated as from −3.5(5)×10 −9 M
⊙ yr −1 to −1.30(6)×10 −8 M
⊙ yr −1. Moreover, the data before 60,000 cycles shows the obvious quasi-period variations. The least square estimation of a ∼17.4 yr
quasi-periodic variation superimposed on secular orbital period increase is derived. Considering the possibility that solar-type
magnetic activity cycles in the secondary star of U Geminorum may produce the quasi-period variations of the orbital period,
Applegate’s mechanism is discussed and the results indicate such mechanism has difficulty explaining the quasi-period variation
for U Geminorum. Hence, we attempted to apply the light-travel time effect to interpret the quasi-period variation and found
the perturbation of ∼17.4 yr quasi-period may result from a brown dwarf. If the orbital inclination is assumed as i∼15°, corresponding to the upper limit of mass of a brown dwarf, then its orbital radii is ∼7.7 AU. 相似文献
6.
We have investigated the temporal variability of the X-ray flux measured from the high-mass X-ray binary LMCX-4 on time scales from several tens of days to tens of years, i.e., exceeding considerably the orbital period (~1.408 days). In particular, we have investigated the 30-day cycle of modulation of the X-ray emission from the source (superorbital or precessional variability) and refined the orbital period and its first derivative. We show that the precession period in the time interval 1991–2015 is near its equilibrium value P
sup = 30.370 days, while the observed historical changes in the phase of this variability can be interpreted in terms of the “red noise” model. We have obtained an analytical law from which the precession phase can be determined to within 5% in the entire time interval under consideration. Using archival data from several astrophysical observatories, we have found 43 X-ray eclipses in LMC X-4 that, together with the nine eclipses mentioned previously in the literature, have allowed the parameters of the model describing the evolution of the orbital period to be determined. As a result, the rate of change in the orbital period ?
orb/P
orb = (1.21 ± 0.07) × 10?6 yr?1 has been shown to be higher than has been expected previously. 相似文献
7.
ISOGAL is a survey at 7 and 15 μm with ISOCAM of the inner galactic disk and bulge of our Galaxy. The survey covers ∼ 22 deg 2 in selected areas of the central l = ±30 degree of the inner Galaxy. In this paper, we report the study of a small ISOGAL field in the inner galactic bulge
( l = 0°, b = −1°, area = 0.033deg 2). Using the multicolor nearinfrared data (IJK s) of DENIS (DEep Near Infrared Southern Sky Survey) and mid-infrared ISOGAL data, we discuss the nature of the ISOGAL sources.
The various color-color and color-magnitude diagrams are discussed in the paper. While most of the detected sources are red
giants (RGB tip stars), a few of them show an excess in J-K s and K s-[15] colors with respect to the red giant sequence. Most of them are probably AGB stars with large mass-loss rates. 相似文献
8.
Accretion of interstellar material by an isolated neutron star is discussed. The point I address here is the interaction between
the accretion flow and the stellar magnetosphere. I show that the interchange instabilities of the magnetospheric boundary
under the conditions of interest are basically suppressed. The entry of the material into the magnetosphere is governed by
diffusion. Due to this reason the persistent accretion luminosity of isolated neutron stars is limited to <4×10 26 erg s −1. These objects can also appear as X-ray bursters with the burst durations of ∼30 min and repetition time of ∼10 5 yr. This indicates that the number of the accreting isolated neutron stars which could be observed with recent and modern
X-ray missions is a few orders of magnitude smaller than that previously estimated.
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9.
We present a radio survey of X-ray sources in the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds with the Australia Telescope Compact Array at 6.3 and 3.5 cm. Specifically, we have observed the fields of five LMC and two SMC supersoft X-ray sources, the X-ray binaries LMC X-1, X-2, X-3 and X-4, the X-ray transient Nova SMC 1992, and the soft gamma-ray repeater SGR 0525-66. None of the targets are detected as point sources at their catalogued positions. In particular, the proposed supersoft jet source RXJ 0513-69 is not detected, placing constraints on its radio luminosity compared to Galactic jet sources. Limits on emission from the black hole candidate systems LMC X-1 and X-3 are consistent with the radio behaviour of persistent Galactic black hole X-ray binaries, and a previous possible radio detection of LMC X-1 is found to be almost certainly a result of nearby field sources. The SNR N49 in the field of SGR 0525-66 is mapped at higher resolution than it has been previously, but there is still no evidence for any enhanced emission or disruption of the SNR at the location of the X-ray source. 相似文献
10.
We explore the change in the period of axial rotation and in the radius of a magnetized compact star in a binary system, induced
by the accretion on it of mass with angular momentum from the surface of its non-compact companion. No specific assumption
is made concerning the accretion model, and the primary’s interior is described by the Fermi-Dirac statistics for degenerate
matter. The rate of change with time of the period and radius is expressed in terms of the compact primary’s physical parameters
and total absolute luminosity. The conditions are fully derived under which the above changes can be positive, negative or
even vanish. In the case of the millisecond pulsars in binary X-ray sources the predicted values of the period time derivative,
depending on the values of the accretion rate and. the absolute luminosity, can be positive or negative—if not vanishing—and
they fall absolutely in the range 10 −21 −10 −17 ss −1, in good agreement with current observational data. The corresponding rate of change of radius, either positive or negative,
fall in the range of 10 −3 −10 −1 cm y −1. Finally, it is proved that the well-known bursters can be explained by thermonuclear flash due to gravitational instability
in the accreted matter, but their explanation as a result of direct contraction could be possible only for quite high accretion
rates (>10 −7
M ⊙ y −1). This last result indicates that, in contrast to the accretion-induced change in period, which can be of either sign irrespective
of the primary’s age, the accretion-induced non-catastrophic contraction is impossible, while according to repent results
the contraction in general is possible for young compact objects. 相似文献
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We have carried out a sensitive high-latitude ( |b| > 15°) HI 21 cm-line absorption survey towards 102 sources using the GMRT. With a 3σ detection limit in optical depth of
∼ 0.01, this is the most sensitive HI absorption survey. We detected 126 absorption features most of which also have corresponding
HI emission features in the Leiden Dwingeloo Survey of Galactic neutral Hydrogen. The histogram of random velocities of the
absorption features is well-fit by two Gaussians centered at V 1sr ∼ 0 km s −1 with velocity dispersions of 7.6 ± 0.3 km s −1 and 21 ± 4 km s −1 respectively. About 20% of the HI absorption features form the larger velocity dispersion component. The HI absorption features
forming the narrow Gaussian have a mean optical depth of 0.20 ± 0.19, a mean HI column density of (1.46 ± 1.03) × 10 20 cm −2, and a mean spin temperature of 121 ± 69 K. These HI concentrations can be identified with the standard HI clouds in the
cold neutral medium of the Galaxy. The HI absorption features forming the wider Gaussian have a mean optical depth of 0.04
± 0.02, a mean HI column density of (4.3 ± 3.4) × 10 19 cm −2, and a mean spin temperature of 125 ± 82 K. The HI column densities of these fast clouds decrease with their increasing random
velocities. These fast clouds can be identified with a population of clouds detected so far only in optical absorption and
in HI emission lines with a similar velocity dispersion. This population of fast clouds is likely to be in the lower Galactic
Halo. 相似文献
12.
We consider sterile neutrinos as a component of dark matter in the Milky Way and clusters, and compare their rest mass, decay
rate and the mixing angle. A radiative decaying rate of order Γ∼10 −19 s −1 for sterile neutrino rest mass m
s
=18–19 keV can satisfactorily account for the cooling flow problem and heating source in Milky Way center simultaneously.
Also, these ranges of decay rate and rest mass match the prediction of the mixing angle sin 22 θ∼10 −3 with a low reheating temperature in the inflation model, which enables the sterile-active neutrino oscillation to be visible
in future experiments. However, decaying sterile neutrinos have to be ruled out as a major component of dark matter because
of the high decay rate. 相似文献
13.
V2213 Cyg was discovered as a variable star by Pavlenko (1999) in 1998. We present our photometry of V2213 Cyg from 1998–2003
based on CCD observations with the K-380 Cassegrain telescope of CrAO and the 60 cm Zeiss telescope of SAI. Observations have
been carried out mostly in R and sometimes in B and V Johnson system. The total amount of data is 2270 points, covering ∼50 nights. We classify this binary as a W UMa-type contact
system. Using all data we determined the orbital period to be 0.350079 ± 0.000007 day. The mean brightness varies between
R = 14.35 and 14.05. The mean 1999–2003 orbital light curve has two humps and a primary minimum (I), which is 0.04 mag brighter
than the deeper secondary one (II). The mean humps have slightly different height. The difference between two individual maxima
varies within 0.1 mag, which may indicate an activity of the components. The highest hump is an asymmetrical one: it has sort
of a shoulder at phases 0.75–0.80, before entering the less deep primary minimum (phase 0.0). The system is rather reddened,
its colour indices are: B− V ∼ 0.8 and V− R ∼ 0.7, and give a spectral class of V2213 Cyg earlier than K. 相似文献
14.
We present results from a Keck optical and near IR spectroscopic study of the giant emission line halos of the z>3 High Redshift Radio Galaxies (HiZRGs) 4C 41.17, 4C 60.07 and B2 0902+34. The outer regions of these halos show quiet kinematics
with typical velocity dispersions of a few hundred km s −1 and velocity shears consistent with rotation. The inner regions contain shocked, clumpy cocoons of gas closely associated
with the radio lobes with disturbed kinematics and expansion velocities and/or velocity dispersions >1000 km s −1. We also find evidence for the ejection of chemically enriched material in 4C 41.17 up to a distance of ∼60 kpc along the
radio-axis. We infer that these HiZRGs are undergoing a final jet-induced phase of star formation with the ejection of most
of their interstellar medium before evolving to become “red and dead” Elliptical galaxies. 相似文献
15.
Optical spectroscopic data are presented on nova LW Serpentis 1978, obtained during its decline from V 9.0 to ≃10.2 (compared to a value of ∼ 8.0 at recorded maximum). The spectrum and its evolution compare well with a typical
nova, though the principal absorption (∼ −750 km s −l) was very weak in comparison with the diffuse-enhanced absorption (∼ −1300 km s −1). The principal absorption could be identified only in the lines of O I λλ7774, 8446, and in moderate-resolution observations
of Hα. The salient features of spectral evolution follow: The near-infrared triplet of Ca n continuously weakened. O I λ8446
was always brighter than O I λ 7774, indicating continued importance of Lyman Β fluorescence. The lines due to [O I], [N II]
and N n brightened considerably near the end of our observations (37 days from maximum). The Hα emission line was asymmetric
all through with more emission towards the red. Its emission profile showed considerable structure. Based on the individual
peaks in the Hα line profile, a kinematical model is proposed for the shell of LW Ser. The model consists of an equatorial
ring, and a polar cone on the side away from the earth. The nearer polar cone did not show significant emission of Hα during
our observations. The polar axis of the shell is inclined at a small angle (∼ 15‡) to the line of sight. 相似文献
16.
Using the archival ROSAT PSPC observations, AB Dor is found to be variable in X-rays. The periodic variations are consistent with previously reported rotational period of 0
d
.514. The average spectrum of AB Dor is best represented with two-temperature Raymond-Smith model with kT values of 0.19±0.07 and 1.17±0.02 keV. The quiescent luminosity of the system is found to be 4.36±0.6×10 30 ergs s –1. A flare with a rise time of 350 seconds is detected during which X-ray luminosity rises from 5.8±1.6×10 30 to 15.8±4.9×10 30 ergs s –1. We conclude that AB Dor is very similar to the active components of RS CVn binaries and other active classes. In view of the wide separation from the binary companion Rst 137B, this activity must be intrinsic to the active star. 相似文献
17.
We model thermal evolution of magnetars with a phenomenological heat source in a spherical internal layer and compare the
results with observations of persistent thermal radiation from magnetars. We show that the heat source should be located in
the outer magnetar’s crust, at densities ρ≲5×10 11 g cm −3, and the heating rate should be ∼10 20 erg cm −3 s −1. Heating deeper layers is extremely inefficient because the thermal energy is mainly radiated away by neutrinos and does
not warm up the surface to the magnetar’s level. This deep heating requires too much energy; it is inconsistent with the energy
budget of neutron stars.
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We have discovered a giant radio halo in the massive merging cluster MACSJ0417.5-1154. This cluster, at a redshift of 0.443,
is one of the most X-ray luminous galaxy cluster in the MAssive Cluster Survey (MACS) with an X-ray luminosity in the 0.1–2.4
keV band of 2.9×10 45 erg s − 1. Recent observations from GMRT at 230 and 610 MHz have revealed a radio halo of ∼ 1.2 × 0.3 Mpc 2 in extent. This halo is elongated along the North-West, similar to the morphology of the X-ray emission from Chandra. The
1400 MHz radio luminosity ( L
r) of the halo is ∼2 × 10 25 W Hz − 1, in good agreement with the value expected from the L
x − L
r correlation for cluster halos. 相似文献
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A detailed analysis of characteristics of coronal mass ejections and flares associated with deca-hectometer wavelength type-II radio bursts (DH-CMEs and DH-flares) observed in the period 1997–2008 is presented. A sample of 62 limb events is divided into two populations known as after-flare CMEs (AF-CMEs) and before-flare CMEs (BF-CMEs) based on the relative timing of the flare and CME onsets. On average, AF-CMEs (1589 km s −1) have more speed than the BF-CMEs (1226 km s −1) and the difference between mean values are highly significant ( P∼2%). The average CME nose height at the time of type-II start is at larger distance for AF-CMEs than the BF-CMEs (4.89 and 3.84 R o, respectively). We found a good anti-correlation for accelerating ( R a=−0.89) and decelerating ( R d=−0.78) AF-CMEs. In the case of decelerating BF-CMEs, the correlation seems to be similar to that for decelerating AF-CMEs ( R d=−0.83). The number of decelerating AF-CMEs is 51% only; where as, the number of decelerating BF-CMEs is 83%. The flares associated with BF-CMEs have shorter rise and decay times than flares related to AF-CMEs. We found statistically significant differences between the two sets of associated DH-type-II bursts characteristics: starting frequency ( P∼4%), drift rate ( P∼1%), and ending frequency ( P∼6%). The delay time analysis of DH-type-II start and flare onset times shows that the time lags are longer in AF-CME events than in BF-CME events ( P≪1%). From the above results, the AF-CMEs which are associated with DH-type-II bursts are found to be more energetic, associated with long duration flares and DH-type-IIs of lower ending frequencies. 相似文献
20.
Using the Submillimeter Array (SMA), we have obtained high angular-resolution (∼1″) interferometric maps of the submillimeter
(0.88 mm) continuum and CO J=3–2 line from IRAS 22036+5306 (I 22036), a bipolar pre-planetary nebula (PPN) with knotty jets discovered in our HST SNAPshot
survey of young PPNe. In addition, we have obtained supporting lower-resolution (∼10″) 2.6 mm continuum and CO, 13CO J=1–0 observations with the Owens Valley Radio Observatory (OVRO) interferometer. We find an unresolved source of submillimeter
(and millimeter-wave) continuum emission in I 22036, implying a very substantial mass (0.02–0.04 M
⊙) of large (i.e., radius ≳1 mm), cold (≲50 K) dust grains associated with I 22036’s toroidal waist. The CO J=3–2 observations show the presence of a very fast (∼220 km s −1), highly collimated, massive (0.03 M
⊙) bipolar outflow with a very large scalar momentum (about 10 39 g cm s −1), and the characteristic spatio-kinematic structure of bow-shocks at the tips of this outflow. The fast outflow in I 22036,
as in most PPNe, cannot be driven by radiation pressure. The large mass of the torus suggests that it has most likely resulted
from common-envelope evolution in a binary, however it remains to be seen whether or not the time-scales required for the
growth of grains to millimeter sizes in the torus are commensurate with such a formation scenario. The presence of the torus
should facilitate the formation of the accretion disk needed to launch the jet. We also find that the 13C/ 12C ratio in I 22036 is very high (0.16), close to the maximum value achieved in equilibrium CNO-nucleosynthesis (0.33). The
combination of the high circumstellar mass (i.e., in the torus and an extended dust shell inferred from ISO far-infrared spectra)
and the high 13C/ 12C ratio in I 22036 provides strong support for this object having evolved from a massive (≳4 M
⊙) progenitor in which hot-bottom-burning has occurred. 相似文献
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