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Published on: July 2, 2012
ヘリウムに富んだ恒星核の潮による破壊による紫外線光学フレア
1Department of Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA.
Nature
|May 12, 2012
まとめ
天文学者は,超大質量ブラックホールから恒星を消費する明るいフレアを観測しました. この潮の乱れは,ブラックホールの正確な測定を可能にしました.
科学分野:
- 天文学と天体物理学について
- ブラックホールの研究
- 銀河核の研究 銀河核の研究
背景:
- 超大質量ブラックホール (SMBHs) は,銀河の中心部で休眠状態にあることが多い.
- 潮破壊イベント (TDE) は,これらのSMBHsのユニークな探査を提供します.
- 以前のTDE候補には,観測された上昇時間や恒星の性質が欠けていた.
研究 の 目的:
- 不活性な銀河から発する輝く紫外線光学フレアを報告し,分析する.
- 恒星の潮破壊イベントのタイミングと特徴を正確に決定するために.
- SMBHと破壊された星の性質を制限するために.
主な方法:
- 赤道偏移0.1696.6の非活動銀河における紫外線光学フレアの観測.
- 質量蓄積率をモデル化するために,フレアの光の曲線の分析.
- 破壊された恒星物質を特定するために,結合していない破片のスペクトル分析.
主要な成果:
- よくサンプリングされた上昇と衰退の曲線を持つ明るいフレアが検出されました.
- 光の曲線分析により,2日間の間隔を正確に測定した.
- スペクトロスコープのサインは,破壊された星がヘリウムに富んだ恒星核であることを示した.
- SMBHの質量は,約200万太陽質量と推定された.
結論:
- このTDEは,SMBH活動の正確な測定を提供します.
- この研究は,TDEが,隠されたSMBHを特徴づける力を持っていることを示しています.
- ヘリウムが豊富な恒星の核の特定は,恒星の進化と破壊過程についての私たちの理解を前進させます.
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