在三重恒星系统中的一个毫秒脉冲星
S M Ransom1, I H Stairs2, A M Archibald3
1National Radio Astronomy Observatory, 520 Edgemont Road, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903-2475, USA.
Nature
|January 7, 2014
概括
一个带有毫秒脉冲星和两个白矮星的三重系统表现出强大的引力相互作用. 这个系统提供了一个独特的实验室,用于测试爱因斯坦的广义相对论和强等效原理.
科学领域:
- 天文学和天体物理学.
- 引力物理 引力物理
- 恒星进化中的恒星演变
背景情况:
- 三体系统在银河系中很常见,并为天体特性和引力理论提供了洞察力.
- 含有脉冲星的三重系统很少见,并为测试物理提供精确的测量.
- 像PSR B1620-26这样的先前系统显示弱相互作用,限制了它们的实用性.
研究的目的:
- 报告等级三重系统PSR J0337+1715的精确计时和多波长观测结果.
- 为了分析这个系统内的强大的引力相互作用.
- 评估其测试广义相对论强等价原理的潜力.
主要方法:
- 毫秒脉冲星的精确计时.
- 对系统组件的多波长观测.
- 分析轨道动力学和引力相互作用.
主要成果:
- 确定了脉冲星及其两个白矮伴侣的质量.
- 测量了轨道的倾斜度,大约为39.2度.
- 观察到意想不到的共平面和几乎圆形的轨道,这表明了异国情调的进化历史.
结论:
- 外部白矮星的强大的引力场加速了内部的双星,包括中子星.
- PSR J0337+1715 作为一个理想的实验室来测试强等效原理.
- 该系统的轨道配置挑战了现有的恒星系统演变模型.
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