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珍しいG-rayトランジントのSwift J164449.3+573451で相対論的な流出が生まれた
B A Zauderer1, E Berger, A M Soderberg
1Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA. bzauderer@cfa.harvard.edu
Nature
|August 26, 2011
まとめ
研究者らは,破壊された恒星によって燃料を供給された超大質量ブラックホールから相対論ジェットの珍しい誕生を観察した. この発見は,活発な銀河核とジェット形成の洞察を提供しており,宇宙の距離を越えて検出できます.
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 高エネルギー天体物理学
- ブラックホール物理学 ブラックホール物理学
背景:
- 活発な銀河核 (AGN) は,超大質量ブラックホールへの蓄積によって動かし,相対論ジェットを生成します.
- AGNジェットの寿命が長いため,その誕生を観察することは極めて稀です.
- 恒星の潮の乱れのような一時的な蓄積イベントは,ジェット形成を研究するためのユニークな機会を提供します.
研究 の 目的:
- 異常な蓄積現象に関連した光る無線トランジエントの起源と進化を調査する.
- 観測されたトランジントが相対論ジェットの誕生を表しているかどうかを判断する.
- 超大質量ブラックホールからの相対論的な流出を,一時的な蓄積過程で駆動する物理的メカニズムを理解する.
主な方法:
- 短波源 Swift J164449.3+573451.1の複数の波長 (センチメートルからミリメートル) の観測結果
- ラジオトランジエントの最初の1ヶ月間の進化の分析.
- 観測された性質を相対論的ジェット発射と恒星の潮破壊の理論モデルと比較.
主要な成果:
- 発光した無線トランジントが,不活性な銀河の核と一致していることが観察されました.
- トランジエントの性質は,百万太陽質量のブラックホールから新たに形成された相対論的流出と一致しています.
- 恒星の潮の乱れは,観測された高エネルギーと無線光度に対する自然な説明を提供します.
結論:
- この研究は,相対論的流出の誕生の説得力のある証拠を提示し,おそらくは恒星の潮の混乱によって引き起こされた.
- このイベントは,このようなシナリオでは相対論的アウトフローを予測しない既存のモデルに挑戦します.
- 類似のイベントの無線検索は,それらを約6の赤偏移まで検出することができ,ジェット研究のための観測可能な宇宙を拡大します.
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