Expanding atmosphere models for SSS spectra of novae

Super Soft Source (SSS) spectra are powered by nuclear burning on the surface of a white dwarf. The released energy causes a radiatively‐driven wind that leads to a radially extended atmosphere around the white dwarf. Significant blue shifts in photospheric absorption lines are found in the spectra of novae during their SSS phase, being an evidence of continued mass loss in this phase. We present spherically symmetric PHOENIX models that account for the expansion of the ejecta. A comparison to a plane parallel, hydrostatic atmosphere model demonstrates that the mass loss can have a significant impact on the model spectra. The dynamic model yields less pronounced absorption edges, and harder X‐ray spectra are the result. Therefore, lower effective temperatures are needed to explain the observed spectra. Although both types of models are yet to be fine‐tuned in order to accurately determine best fit parameters, the implications on the chemical abundances are going in opposite directions. With the expanding models the requirement for strong depletion of the crucial elements that cause these edges is now avoidable (© 2010 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

V5116 Sgr: A disc‐ecipsed SSS post‐outburst nova?

Nova V5116 Sgr 2005 No. 2, discovered on 2005 July 4, was observed with XMM‐Newton in March 2007, 20 months after the optical outburst. The X‐ray spectrum showed that the nova had evolved to a pure supersoft X‐ray source, indicative of residual H‐burning on top of the white dwarf. The X‐ray light‐curve shows abrupt decreases and increases of the flux by a factor 8 with a periodicity of 2.97 h, consistent with the possible orbital period of the system. The EPIC spectra are well fit with an ONe white dwarf atmosphere model, with the same temperature both in the low and the high flux periods. This rules out an intrinsic variation of the X‐ray source as the origin of the flux changes, and points to a possible partial eclipse as the origin of the variable light curve. The RGS high resolution spectra support this scenario showing a number of emission features in the low flux state, which either disappear or change into absorption features in the high flux state. A new XMM‐Newton observation in March 2009 shows the SSS had turned off and V51 16 Sgr had evolved into a weaker and harder X‐ray source (© 2010 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

SSS in young stellar populations and the “prompt” component of Type Ia supernovae

We present the results of a search for UV and optical counterparts of the SSS population in M 31. We find that out of the 56 sources we included in our search, 16 are associated with regions of ongoing or recent star formation. We discuss two particularly interesting sources that are identified optically as early type stars, one of which displayed long term X‐ray evolution similar to that observed in classical novae. We discuss the physical origin of supersoft X‐rays in these and the other SSS in young regions, and their possible link to the so‐called “prompt” component of the Type Ia supernova population (© 2010 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

利用Excel VBA自动绘制物化探平剖图

提出在Excel VBA平台,结合Active X技术,自动实现平剖面图的数据整理及Surfer成图,应用于云南中甸铅锌矿数据成图工作,取得满意效果。     

菲尔德斯半岛3种金发藓植株的同步辐射X射线荧光分析

为了研究南极不同苔藓植株及其器官间的元素组成和分布的差异 ,我们利用同步辐射X射线荧光对菲尔德斯半岛 3种金发藓植株进行了重元素分析。这 3种植物是高山金发藓(Polytrichumalpinum) ,桧叶金发藓 (P .juniperinum)和极地金发藓 (P .alpestre)。它们所含的元素种类大致相同 ,主要有K、Ca、Mn、Fe、Cu、Zn和Sr等 ,这说明在菲尔德斯半岛 3种金发藓植株的生境条件是相似的。但是 ,在Polytrichumalpinum叶内 ,K峰远大于Ca ,Ca峰大于Fe ;在P .juniperinum植物叶片中 ,K峰大于Ca ,而Ca峰接近于Fe ;在P .alpestre叶内 ,K、Ca和Fe峰几乎相等。通过对P .alpestre不同部位进行X荧光分析 ,并用荧光计数法表示元素相对含量 ,我们发现各部位间的元素含量差异很大。在顶芽处 ,K的含量最高 ,K/Ca比等于 1 .30 ,而其他部位的K/Ca比均小于 1。在假根部位 ,Mn的含量在所有部位中是最高的 ,并且Mn/Fe比值最大 ,为 0 .2 1。在老叶片和假根部位 ,Cu/Zn比分别等于 1 .2 0和 1 .84,而其他部位的Cu/Zn比均小于 1。特别是这两个部位还出现了Br元素 ,这可能与器官的衰老有关。     

First detection of a magnetic field in the fast rotating runaway Oe star ζ Ophiuchi

The star ζ Ophiuchi is one of the brightest massive stars in the northern hemisphere and was intensively studied in various wavelength domains. The currently available observational material suggests that certain observed phenomena are related to the presence of a magnetic field. We acquired spectropolarimetric observations of ζ Oph with FORS 1 mounted on the 8‐m Kueyen telescope of the VLT to investigate if a magnetic field is indeed present in this star. Using all available absorption lines, we detect a mean longitudinal magnetic field 〈B_z〉_all = 141 ± 45 G, confirming the magnetic nature of this star. We review the X‐ray properties of ζ Oph with the aim to understand whether the X‐ray emission of ζ Oph is dominated by magnetic or by wind instability processes (© 2011 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Non-thermal emission from Vela X and PWN G0.9＋0.1

We study the multi-waveband non-thermal emission from the pulsar wind neb- ulae (PWNe) Vela X and G0.9 + 0.1 in the frame of a time-dependent model describing non-thermal radiation from the PWNe. In such a model, the relativistic wind of parti- cles driven by a central pulsar blows into the ambient medium and creates a termination shock that accelerates the particles to very high energy in a PWN. The non-thermal pho-tons in the PWN are produced both by synchrotron radiation and the inverse Compton process, with electrons coming directly from the pulsar magnetosphere and electrons be- ing accelerated at the termination shock. We apply this model to reproduce the observed multi-waveband photon spectra of Vela X and the G0.9+0.1, both of which have been detected emitting very high energy photons. Our results indicate that TeV photons are produced by the inverse Compton scattering of the high-energy electrons in the infrared photon field in both Vela X and PWN G0.9+0.1. The TeV photons from these two PWNe may have leptonic origins.     

Formation Mechanism of Soft X-Ray Transient Trans-Equatorial Loop System

The Soft X-ray Telescope (SXT) onboard Yohkoh often observed large-scale coronal loops connecting two active regions situated in opposite hemispheres. These are the trans-equatorial loop systems (TLSs). The formation mechanism of TLSs is not yet known. We analyzed a TLS observed simultaneously with Yohkoh/SXT and a coronagraph (SOHO/LASCO-C1). SOHO/LASCO-C1 observed loop expansion and eruption at the west solar limb. Yohkoh/SXT observed a rising motion (chromospheric evaporation) of hot and dense plasmas from the active regions located at the footpoints of the loop. Important results of our analyses are that (1) the loop eruption and the rising motion of the plasmas were simultaneous, (2) the TLS had a cusp-like appearance, and (3) the highest temperature region of the TLS was located above the bright loop seen in soft X rays. These observational results (loop expansion, eruption, and chromospheric evaporation) suggest that this bright (high-density) TLS was created by the same mechanism by which a solar flare occurs, namely, magnetic reconnection. In this paper, we propose a formation mechanism of the TLS that forms between two independent active regions.     

Fe~（＋24）、Fe~（＋25）低能态能级结构及K_α、K_β特征线的计算──相对论微扰法

本文采用相对论微扰法处理Ｆｅ（＋２４）系统，利用解析形式的波函数计算其低能态的能级结构及Ｋα、Ｋβ特征线（作为对比，我们也计算了Ｆｅ（＋２５）系统）．通过与现有的Ｆｅ（＋２５）Ｋα线的实验和理论比较，证明我们的方法是准确可信的，而在数学计算上则更加简便。利用这一结果，对小质量Ｘ射线密近双星的Ｆｅ（＋２４）Ｋ特征线进行了简要的定性分析．     

Mapping of the Disc Structure of the Neutron Star X-ray Binary X1822-371

We report the results of simultaneous optical/X-ray observations of X1822-371 at 0.1 second time resolution. The preliminary analysis finds no correlation between the optical/X-ray light curves. We aim to constrain the vertical structure and radius of the accretion disc.Deceased Feb. 13, 2005