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Published on: July 2, 2012
La emisión de rayos X inducida por el intercambio de cargas del cometa C/1999 S4 (LINEAR)
C M Lisse1, D J Christian, K Dennerl
1University of Maryland, Department of Astronomy, College Park, MD 20742, USA. lisse@astro.umd.edu
Resumen
Las observaciones de rayos X suaves revelaron una emisión de intercambio de carga en el cometa C/1999 S4 (LINEAR).
Área de la Ciencia:
- Ciencia de los Cometas Ciencia de los Cometas
- Física del plasma es la física del plasma.
- Astronomía de rayos X La astronomía de rayos X es una ciencia.
Sus antecedentes:
- Los cometas son cuerpos helados que liberan gases y polvo.
- Las interacciones del viento solar con los comas cometarios pueden producir emisiones.
- Estudios anteriores han sugerido la emisión de rayos X de los cometas.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para investigar la emisión de rayos X blandos del cometa C/1999 S4 (LINEAR).
- Para identificar la fuente y las características de la emisión de rayos X observada.
- Para entender la interacción entre el viento solar y el coma cometario.
Principales métodos:
- Observaciones de rayos X blandos utilizando el Observatorio de rayos X Chandra.
- Análisis del espectro de emisión de rayos X y su morfología.
- Análisis contemporáneo de la curva de luz de rayos X blandos utilizando el Explorador Ultravioleta Extremo.
Principales resultados:
- Detección de una línea de emisión de rayos X en forma de media luna que se extiende a 300.000 km del núcleo.
- Identificación de seis líneas espectrales (320-670 eV) atribuidas al intercambio de cargas.
- Correlación del aumento de la emisión cometaria con un evento de erupción solar.
Conclusiones:
- El intercambio de cargas entre los iones del viento solar altamente ionizado y los neutros cometarios se confirma como la fuente de emisión de rayos X.
- La emisión observada proporciona información sobre la composición del viento solar y las propiedades del coma cometario.
- La emisión de rayos X cometarios es variable e influenciada por la actividad solar.
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