一个短的马射线爆发显然与一个圆星系有关,红移z = 0.22525的圆星系
N Gehrels1, C L Sarazin, P T O'Brien
1NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA.
Nature
|October 7, 2005
概括
研究人员在圆星系附近定位了一个短马射线爆发 (GRB),GRB 050509B. 这一发现支持了短GRBs起源于融合中子星或黑洞双星的理论.
科学领域:
- * 天体物理学 * 天体物理学
- *高能天体物理学 *高能天体物理学
- * 观测宇宙学是一种观测性宇宙学.
背景情况:
- * 马射线爆发 (GRBs) 分类为长 (>2s) 或短,艰难的事件.
- * 长GRBs,通常具有高红移 (z~1),源自巨大的恒星核心崩.
- * 短GRB缺乏准确,快速定位,阻碍了起源研究.
研究的目的:
- * 为了检测和定位短玛射线爆发GRB 050509B.
- *通过确定它们的位置来调查短GRBs的起源.
- * 为了解释在历史上很难定位短GRBs.
主要方法:
- *从短暂的GRB 050509B中检测到X射线余照.
- *将GRB 050509B定位到一个精确的天空位置 (<10").
- * 搜索了光学后照,设置了严格的上限.
主要成果:
- * GRB 050509B被定位在一个发光,非恒星形成的圆星系附近,红移z=0.225.
- *X射线的余光是微弱的,在几个小时内迅速消失.
- *没有检测到光学后照,与之前的定位挑战一致.
结论:
- *GRB 050509B的位置支持二进制融合起源 (中子星或黑洞).
- * 微弱的,短暂的余光解释了短时间GRBs快速定位的困难.
- * 这项研究为短GRB祖先提供了关键的观察证据.
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