長いガンマ線爆発と核崩壊超新星は,異なる環境を持っています
A S Fruchter1, A J Levan, L Strolger
1Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Drive, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA. fruchter@stsci.edu
Nature
|May 12, 2006
まとめ
長期ガンマ線爆発 (GRB) は,核崩壊超新星と同じ銀河の領域で見つからない. GRBは,より明るい銀河の領域で発生し,非常に大きな恒星から発生することを示唆しています.
科学分野:
- 天体物理学 天体物理学
- 恒星の進化について
- コスミック・エクスプロージョン (宇宙の爆発)
背景:
- 巨大な恒星は,核崩壊の超新星で命を終える.
- 核崩壊超新星の中には,長時間続くガンマ線爆発 (GRB) も発生する超新星もあります.
- GRBは例外的に明るい相対論的爆発です.
研究 の 目的:
- 長期ガンマ線爆発 (GRBs) と核崩壊超新星の銀河環境を調査する.
- GRBと超新星が類似の恒星環境で発生するという仮定を検証する.
主な方法:
- GRBと超新星の宿主銀河の性質の比較分析.
- 宿主銀河内のGRBと超新星の空間分布をマッピングする.
主要な成果:
- GRBは,超新星と比較して,宿主銀河の最も明るい領域に著しく集中しています.
- 長期GRBの宿主銀河は,超新星よりも弱く,不規則である.
- これらの発見は,両現象の類似の銀河環境の期待に挑戦しています.
結論:
- 長期にわたるGRBは,非常に大きな恒星と関連しています.
- GRBは,化学的進化が少ない銀河に限られている可能性があります.
- 長期にわたるGRBは,天の川のような銀河では稀である可能性が高い.
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