银河系M85中的一个异常明亮的短暂物体
S R Kulkarni1, E O Ofek, A Rau
1Caltech Optical Observatories, California Institute of Technology, California 91125, USA. srk@astro.caltech.edu
Nature
|May 25, 2007
概括
天文学家在Messier 85星系中发现了一个明亮的光学瞬态,M85 OT2006-1. 这种恒星融合事件比新星更亮,但比超新星更暗,为恒星进化提供了新的见解.
科学领域:
- 天文学 天文学
- 天体物理学 天体物理学
- 宇宙的短暂时间.
背景情况:
- 可变和短暂的天文来源为宇宙提供了新的视角.
- 像Messier 85这样的晶状星系通常由较老的恒星组成,使得不寻常的短暂事件值得注意.
研究的目的:
- 报告一个显著的光学瞬态的发现和初步表征,M85 OT2006-1.
- 调查这种不寻常的天体事件的性质和潜在起源.
主要方法:
- 在Messier 85星系中观测一个光学瞬态的观测.
- 分析它的峰值绝对R大小和能量输出.
- 与已知的天文短暂物 (如新星和超新星) 的比较.
- 对档案图像进行检查,以排除诸如明亮的蓝色可变恒星喷发等可能性.
主要成果:
- 发现了M85 OT2006-1,这是Messier 85.5中的一个光学过渡体.
- 峰值绝对R大小为-12,比新星更亮,比Ia型超新星更暗.
- 两个月的总辐射能量大约为10^47 erg.
- 过渡性在峰值后在光学上消失.
- 事件的亮度是M31.1.中类似的短暂事件的六倍.
结论:
- M85 OT2006-1是一个独特的短暂事件,与典型的恒星爆炸不同.
- 一个恒星的合并是观察到的属性的一个合理的解释.
- 对类似事件的进一步搜索可以阐明超爱丁顿源和恒星二进制进化.
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