在黑洞中,冠状体收缩
E Kara1,2,3,4, J F Steiner5, A C Fabian6
1University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA. ekara@astro.umd.edu.
Nature
|January 11, 2019
概括
恒星质量黑洞的积累盘显示了更短的X射线反响延迟, 这挑战了以前的模型,认为磁盘截断是光谱变化的主要驱动因素.
科学领域:
- * 天体物理学
- * 高能天体物理学
- * 黑洞积累物理
背景情况:
- * 恒星质量黑洞周围的积累流几何在每月的时间尺度上发生变化.
- *从硬 (热冠) 到软 (薄盘) 状态的光谱过渡是有争议的.
- 超大质量黑洞中的X射线反响滞后表明密集的冠状体和接近黑洞的磁盘.
研究的目的:
- * 为了研究恒星质量黑洞的积累流的几何.
- * 确定黑洞积累状态中的光谱过渡的驱动因素.
- * 解决关于圆盘截断与冠状缩小的争论.
主要方法:
- *对黑洞瞬态MAXI J1820+070的X射线观测
- * 对冠状和积聚盘之间的反响时间滞后的分析.
- * 扩大铁K排放线的监测.
主要成果:
- * 反响时间比之前观察到的时间短6至20倍.
- * 延迟时间尺度在几周内减少了数量级.
- * 铁K排放线的形状在观察期间保持不变.
结论:
- * 结果表明冠状病毒的空间范围有所减少.
- * 这与强调积累盘内边缘变化的模型相矛盾.
- 这项研究为黑洞积聚动力学提供了新的见解.
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