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異常なX線パルサー4U0142+61からの光学パルス
1Division of Physics, Mathematics, and Astronomy, California Institute of Technology, MS 405-47, Pasadena, California 91125, USA. bdk@srl.caltech.edu
Nature
|May 31, 2002
まとめ
異常X線パルサー (AXP) は,磁星と呼ばれる高度に磁化された中性子星である. AXP 4U0142+61から検出された光学脈動は,AXPと柔らかいガンマ線リピーターをリンクして,その磁性性質を確認しています.
科学分野:
- 天文学と天体物理学について
- 高エネルギー天体物理学
- 中性子星物理学 中性子星物理学
背景:
- 異常なX線パルサー (AXP) は,その回転エネルギー損失をはるかに超えるX線光度を示し,代替エネルギー源を示唆しています.
- 表面磁場>10 ^ 14 Gのニュートロン星である磁石星は,AXPの主要な仮説であり,それらを柔らかいガンマ線リピーター (SGR) と並べています.
- AXP 4U0142+61の光学的な同位体の以前の観測は,磁星と一致していましたが,磁性化された白矮星や集積中性子星などの他の物体とも一致していました.
研究 の 目的:
- 光学パルス探査により,異常X線パルサー4U0142+61の性質を調査する.
- AXP 4U0142+61の放出について,マグネタールモデルと代替説明を区別する.
- AXPとソフトガンマ線リピーターの間の直接的な観測リンクを確立する.
主な方法:
- X線バイナリ星4U0142+61.1から光学パルサーが検出されました.
- 光学光のパルス分数の測定. 光学光のパルス分数の測定.
- 光学パルス分数とX線パルス分数の比較.
主要な成果:
- AXP 4U0142+61.1.から光学脈動が検出されました.
- 光学光のパルス分子は27%で測定されました.
- 光学パルス分子は,柔らかいX線パルス分数より5〜10倍大きい.
結論:
- 有意な光学パルサーの検出は,4U0142+61が磁気星であることを確認しています.
- この発見は,異常なX線パルサーと柔らかいガンマ線リピーターの間の直接的な観測関係を確立しています.
- AXP,SGR,そして普通の電波パルサーをつなぐ正確な進化の経路は,まだ開かれた疑問です.
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