吉明加的相位分辨率光谱显示了旋转的热点
P A Caraveo1, A De Luca, S Mereghetti
1Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via Bassini, 15-20133 Milano, Italy. pat@mi.iasf.cnr.it
概括
X射线观测揭示了Geminga脉冲星上的一个热点,它发出的热辐射. 这一发现可能将脉冲星与脉冲星联系起来.
科学领域:
- 天文学 天文学
- 天体物理学 天体物理学
- 高能天体物理学 高能天体物理学
背景情况:
- 孤立的中子星从非热和表面热辐射中发射X射线.
- 吉明加脉冲星是一个研究得很好的中子星.
研究的目的:
- 为了分析X射线多反射镜任务-牛顿对金刚脉冲星的观测.
- 为了研究来自Geminga脉冲星表面的X射线辐射的性质.
主要方法:
- 使用X射线多镜像任务-牛顿观测结果.
- 分析了来自Geminga脉冲星的光谱数据.
- 研究的热和非热排放组件.
主要成果:
- 从整个中子星表面检测到一个43 eV的光谱.
- 观察到2keV以上的功率定律元件.
- 在脉冲星表面确定了一个局部热点 (170 eV),在特定的相间隔内可见.
结论:
- 局部化的热点辐射表明磁层加速粒子的加热.
- 这一发现可能弥合了脉冲星X射线和马射线辐射之间的差距.
- 极地热点是观察到的热辐射的一个合理的解释.
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