脉冲星的旋转来自于超新星的积累冲击中的不稳定性
John M Blondin1, Anthony Mezzacappa
1Department of Physics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-8202, USA. john_blondin@ncsu.edu
Nature
|January 5, 2007
概括
一项新的研究揭示了一个超新星的冲击不稳定性,产生脉冲旋转. 这一发现解释了观测到的脉冲星周期,将它们与原始恒星旋转脱.
科学领域:
- 天体物理学 天体物理学
- 恒星进化 恒星进化
- 中子星物理学 中子星物理学
背景情况:
- 旋转驱动的脉冲星被观察到具有广泛的旋转周期.
- 传统模型将脉冲星旋转与原始恒星旋转联系起来,通过核心崩期间的角动量保存.
- 恒星理论努力解释脉冲星旋转周期的观察分布.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究一个新的机制,在核崩超新星期间产生中子星旋转.
- 为了解释脉冲星旋转周期的观察分布.
- 重新评估原始恒星旋转和脉冲星旋转之间的相关性.
主要方法:
- 在核心崩超新星模拟中分析停滞积累冲击不稳定性.
- 建模原中子星附近的旋转流的产生.
- 研究了对原质中子星的角运动量沉积.
主要成果:
- 停滞积累冲击的强大的不稳定性产生了强大的旋转流.
- 足够的角运动量沉积在原中子星上,以实现观察到的旋转周期.
- 这种机制即使在球形对称的初始条件下也起作用.
结论:
- 确定了中子星旋转生成的新型机制.
- 原始核心旋转和脉冲星旋转之间的假设直接相关性被削弱.
- 观察到的脉冲旋转分布可以通过超新星动态来解释,而不仅仅是祖先旋转.
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