双脉冲星系统的几何形状 J0737-3039 来自系统的强度变化
Fredrick A Jenet1, Scott M Ransom
1Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, California 91109, USA. merlyn@alum.mit.edu
Nature
|May 1, 2004
概括
这项研究模拟了一个二进制脉冲星系统 (PSR J0737-3039A和B),解释伴侣脉冲星B的射电流变化. 该模型预测脉冲星A的脉冲形状演变和未来由于地测前行而消失.
科学领域:
- 天文学 天文学
- 天体物理学 天体物理学
- 脉冲星天文学 脉冲星天文学
背景情况:
- 在高度相对论轨道上发现了一个独特的双脉冲星系统,PSR J0737-3039A和B.
- 脉冲星B表现出显著的,轨道依赖的无线电流变化,这种现象以前没有解释.
研究的目的:
- 开发一个解释脉冲星B所观察到的强度变化的几何模型.
- 为了限制脉冲星A的旋转轴方向和辐射几何,A.
主要方法:
- 对二进制脉冲星系统的几何模型的开发.
- 假设脉冲星B的流量变化是由脉冲星A发射的照明引起的.
主要成果:
- 该模型成功地解释了脉冲星B的强度变化.
- 该模型提供了脉冲星A旋转轴方向和辐射几何学的约束.
- 预测脉冲星A在几年内显著脉冲形状演变的预测,由于地质前行.
结论:
- 几何模型为PSR J0737-3039系统中观察到的现象提供了全面的解释.
- 预计脉冲星A的辐射将在15-20年内停止,因为它的脉冲形状因地质前行而演变和消失.
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