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Echo Particle Image Velocimetry
Published on: December 27, 2012
光のエコーは,19世紀の大噴火中に意外と冷たい η Carinae を明らかにしています
A Rest1, J L Prieto, N R Walborn
1Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Drive, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA. arest@stsci.edu
Nature
|February 17, 2012
まとめ
カーニナの19世紀の大噴火は,太陽の10倍以上の質量を放出しました. 光のエコーは,ブルーシフトした吸収線を明らかにし,標準モデルが予測するより低い有効温度を示唆し,おそらく爆破波によるものです.
科学分野:
- 天文学と天体物理学について
- 恒星の進化について
- 巨大バイナリー星
背景:
- η Carinaeは19世紀の"大噴火"で知られている巨大な二重星系です.
- この噴火は10年間,エディントン光の限界を超え,太陽の10倍以上の質量を放出しました.
- このイベントは,恒星を破壊することなく,超新星に匹敵する重要なエネルギーを放出しました.
研究 の 目的:
- カーニナの大噴火からの光のエコーを分析するために.
- 投射された物質のスペクトル特性と物理的条件を決定する.
- 噴火の性質を理論的モデルや銀河外の類似モデルと比較する.
主な方法:
- 1838年から1858年のカーニナの大噴火による光の反響の観測.
- 光のエコーのスペクトル分析により,吸収線を特定し,そのシフトを測定します.
- 観測されたスペクトルと超巨大星のスペクトル (G2-G5) の比較.
主要な成果:
- 光の反響のスペクトルは, -210 km/sで青にシフトした吸収線のみを示しています.
- スペクトルの特徴は,G2からG5の超巨大惑星と一致し,有効気温は約5,000ケルビンであることを示しています.
- 観測された有効気温は,同様の爆発に対して標準的な不透明な風モデルによって予測されるよりも低い.
結論:
- カーニナの大噴火には,これまで考えられていたよりも低い効果温度が伴いました.
- 標準的な不透明な風モデルでは,噴火の物理を完全に説明できないかもしれません.
- エネルギーに満ちた衝撃波は,噴火を誘発し,影響を与えた潜在的なメカニズムです.
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