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发现了短马射线爆发GRB 050709 的发现
J S Villasenor1, D Q Lamb, G R Ricker
1MIT Kavli Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 70 Vassar Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA. jsvilla@space.mit.edu
Nature
|October 7, 2005
概括
研究人员发现了短硬玛射线爆发 (GRB) 的X射线和光学余照,揭示了它的宇宙起源. 这一发现表明,紧的二进制星体的合并可能导致这些神秘的宇宙爆炸.
科学领域:
- 天体物理学 天体物理学
- 宇宙爆炸,宇宙爆炸.
- 高能天体物理学 高能天体物理学
背景情况:
- 马射线爆发 (GRBs) 被分为短硬或长软.
- 据了解,长软GRBs起源于宇宙学距离的大规模恒星爆炸,呈现X射线和光学余照.
- 短硬的GRB仍然是关于它们的距离,能量和祖先的.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究短硬马射线爆发的性质和起源.
- 为了确定短硬GRB是否发生在宇宙学距离,并确定它们的祖先.
主要方法:
- 准确地定位一个短硬的马射线爆发.
- 后续观察以检测X射线和光学后照.
- 确定宿主星系和红移的确定.
主要成果:
- 发现了短强GRB的X射线和光学余照.
- 确定宿主星系是晚期类型的星系,红移z=0.16.
- 证实至少有一些短硬GRB在宇宙学距离发生.
结论:
- 短硬的马射线爆发可以发生在宇宙学距离,与之前的假设相反.
- 观测到的余照和宿主星系表明,合并的紧二进制星系是这些事件的可能祖先.
- 这项研究解决了围绕短硬GRBs的关键团,将它们与二进制合并联系起来.
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