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銀河磁星の候補者からのフレアは,暗く孤立した中性子星への欠けているリンクを示唆しています
A J Castro-Tirado1, A de Ugarte Postigo, J Gorosabel
1Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía del Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (IAA-CSIC), PO Box 03004, E-18080 Granada, Spain. ajct@iaa.es
Nature
|September 27, 2008
まとめ
研究者らはSWIFT J195509+261406からの強烈な光学フレアリングを観察し,それが孤立した磁星であることを示唆しました. この発見は,柔らかいガンマ線リピーターと薄暗い孤立した中性子星を結びつけています.
科学分野:
- * 天文学と天体物理学
- * 高エネルギー天体物理学
- * 中性子星物理学
背景:
- *磁星は,非常に強力な磁場 (10^14-10^15 G) を特徴とする若い中性子星です.
- * 通常は,ソフトガンマ線リピーター (SGR) または異常なX線パルサー (AXP) として観測される.
- * マグネタールフレアや静止状態の光学的な対応は,未だに難解である.
研究 の 目的:
- * 謎めいた天の源の性質を調査する SWIFT J195509+261406.
- * 複数の波長におけるその発火活動を特徴づけるため.
- *磁星としての潜在的分類と,他の中性子星のタイプとの関係を決定する.
主な方法:
- *光学,赤外線,ラジオ天文学を含む複数の波長の観測.
- * 長期にわたるフレアエピソードのモニタリング.
- * 銀河系の起源を確かめ,距離を推定するためのラジオ観測.
主要な成果:
- *3日以内にSWIFT J195509+261406から40以上の光学フレアエピソードが検出されました.
- * 初期の光学活動から11日後,微弱な赤外線フレアが観測されました.
- * ラジオ観測により,光源の銀河系起源が確認され,最小距離は3.7 kpcと定められた.
結論:
- * SWIFT J195509+261406は,光学的な破裂活動を示す孤立したマグネタールであると提案されています.
- * この現象は,この磁星に対して,潜在的に短命なX線放射相があることを示唆している.
- * 源は,持続的なSGRs/AXPsを薄暗い孤立中性子星と接続する移行物体を表す可能性があります.
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