长玛射线爆发和核心崩超新星具有不同的环境
A S Fruchter1, A J Levan, L Strolger
1Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Drive, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA. fruchter@stsci.edu
Nature
|May 12, 2006
概括
长时间的马射线爆发 (GRBs) 不在与核心崩超新星相同的银河系区域中发现. GRB发生在更明亮的星系区域,这表明它们起源于极大质量的恒星.
科学领域:
- 天体物理学 天体物理学
- 恒星进化 恒星进化
- 太空爆炸 太空爆炸
背景情况:
- 巨大的恒星以核心崩的超新星结束了他们的生命.
- 一些核心崩的超新星也会产生长时间的马射线爆发 (GRB).
- GRBs是异常发光的相对论爆炸.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究长时间马射线爆发 (GRB) 和核心崩超新星的银河系环境.
- 测试GRB和超新星在类似的恒星环境中发生的假设.
主要方法:
- 对GRB和超新星宿主星系属性的比较分析.
- 绘制GRB和超新星在其宿主星系内的空间分布.
主要成果:
- 与超新星相比,GRB在宿主星系中最明亮的区域更为集中.
- 长时间GRB的宿主星系比超新星的宿主星系更微弱,更不规则.
- 这些发现挑战了对这两种现象相似的银河系环境的预期.
结论:
- 长时间的GRB与极大质量的恒星有关.
- GRB可能仅限于化学进化较少的星系.
- 长时间的GRB在像银河系这样的星系中可能很少见.
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