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極化X線がブラックホールX線バイナリCygnus X-1のディスクジェット幾何学を制約する
Henric Krawczynski1, Fabio Muleri2, Michal Dovčiak3
1Department of Physics and McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA.
Science (New York, N.Y.)
|November 10, 2022
まとめ
ブラックホールのX線バイナリ (BHXB) Cygnus X-1の極測観測は,そのジェットが電場と一致していることを明らかにした. これは,ジェット軸に垂直に広がったプラズマで,内部のX線放射領域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
- 高エネルギー天体物理学
- ブラックホール物理学
背景:
- ブラックホールX線バイナリ (BHXB) は,通常の星のガスがブラックホールに蓄積され,X線を生成するシステムです.
- BHXBの幾何学と放出メカニズムを理解することは ブラックホール物理学にとって極めて重要です
研究 の 目的:
- ブラックホールX線バイナリ (BHXB) Cygnus X-1におけるジェットの構造と起源を調査する.
- ジェットに対する熱いX線を放つプラズマの空間的分布を決定する.
主な方法:
- イメージングX線極測探査機 (IXPE) でCygnus X-1の極測観測を活用した.
- 電場位置の角度とX線放射の偏極度を分析した.
主要な成果:
- 電場位置の角度が 流出するジェットと一致していることが判明しました
- 2〜8キロエレクトロンボルトの間の偏り度は4. 01 ± 0. 20%であった.
- 蓄積円盤は,二重軌道よりもエッジオンに近く見られます.
- 熱いX線を放つプラズマは,ジェット軸に垂直した平面で空間的に広がっています.
結論:
- Cygnus X-1のジェットはX線を放射する内側から発射される.
- 積分円盤の向きは,極化測定によって制限されます.
- 熱プラズマの幾何学は平面であり,ジェットに垂直である.
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