收缩盘旋风作为微类星体GRS 1915+105中的喷气抑制机制
1Harvard University Department of Astronomy, 60 Garden Street, MS-10, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA. jneilsen@cfa.harvard.edu
Nature
|March 28, 2009
概括
微量子星,像GRS 1915+105一样,显示出不同的X射线状态. 一个喷气照明的积累盘会在硬态中引起广泛的辐射线,而强大的风会在软态中抑制喷气.
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
- 黑洞物理学 黑洞物理学
背景情况:
- 微量子星,具有相对论喷射的恒星质量黑洞,作为研究积累盘进化和喷射形成的关键实验室.
- 了解黑洞系统中触发和抑制喷气形成的机制是天体物理学中的一个重大挑战.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究微准星GRS 1915+105.5中控制喷气形成和抑制的物理过程.
- 为了将观察到的光谱特征与增积盘和喷气活动相关联.
主要方法:
- 来自微准星GRS 1915+105.5的X射线辐射的观测分析.
- 频谱分析以确定广的发射线和狭窄的吸收线.
- 频谱状态 (硬和软) 与喷气的存在和强度的相关性.
主要成果:
- 检测到一个宽的发射线在微弱的,硬状态,归因于内部积聚盘的喷射照明.
- 在明亮,柔软的状态下观察狭窄的吸收线,与强大的辐射驱动的热风相关.
- 证据表明,这种风显著减少了进入无线电喷气的质量流,有效地抑制了喷气形成.
结论:
- 观察到的光谱特征为积累盘风与相对论喷气产生之间的相互作用提供了直接证据.
- 这些发现阐明了负责在微量子星中开启和关闭喷气活动的机制.
- GRS 1915+105作为一种模型系统,用于理解活跃的银河系核和类星体中的喷气动力学.
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