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SGR 1806-20から2004年12月27日の巨大フレアの無線対照が検出されました
P B Cameron1, P Chandra, A Ray
1Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy, 105-24, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA. pbc@astro.caltech.edu
Nature
|April 29, 2005
まとめ
研究者らは,巨大なフレアの後,マグネタール (SGR 1806-20) からのラジオ信号を検出しました. これにより,最初の直接的な距離測定が可能となり,放射放射は典型的な後光ではなく,放出された破片から生じたことを示唆しました.
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 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:
- ソフトガンマ線リピーター (SGR) は,非常に強い磁場を持つニュートロン星であるマグネタールから発生する高エネルギートランジントです.
- 2004年12月27日,SGR 1806-20から強力な巨大なフレアが検出されました.
研究 の 目的:
- SGR 1806-20の無線対応の巨大フレアを検出し,特徴づけるために.
- ラジオスペクトル解析を用いてSGR 1806-20までの距離を測定する.
- 観測された無線放射の起源と,磁性フレアモデルに対するその影響について調査する.
主な方法:
- 巨大なフレアの後のSGR 1806-20のマルチ周波数無線モニタリング (0.2から250 GHz)
- 恒星間中性水素を検出するために,高解像度21cmのラジオスペクトルを取得する.
- ラジオスペクトルを分析して,源までの距離を直接測定する.
主要な成果:
- SGR 1806-20の巨大フレアの衰える無線対照が検出されました.
- SGR 1806-20への直接距離測定は,6.4と9.8 kpcの間で制限されています.
- 観測された無線放射のエネルギーと急速な衰退は,標準的なガンマ線爆発後光モデルと矛盾しています.
結論:
- ラジオ放射は,マグネタール巨大なフレアイベント中に放出された破片から発生している可能性が高い.
- 修正された距離推定は,フレアの計算されたエネルギー予算に影響を与え,理論的な制約を緩和する可能性があります.
- この研究は,マグネタール巨大フレアとそれに関連する放出機構の物理に関する新しい洞察を提供します.
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