在350 Mpc的长时间马射线爆发之后的一颗千诺瓦
Jillian C Rastinejad1,2, Benjamin P Gompertz3,4, Andrew J Levan5,6
1Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA. jillianrastinejad2024@u.northwestern.edu.
Nature
|December 8, 2022
概括
一个与玛射线爆发 (GRB) 211211A相关的千新星表明,紧的物体合并可以产生长时间的GRB,挑战传统的分类. 这一发现将GRB与重元素形成的重要地点联系起来.
科学领域:
- 天体物理学
- 多传递器天文学
背景情况:
- 马射线爆发通常被分为长 (来自巨大的恒星崩) 或短 (来自紧的物体合并).
- 根据持续时间进行分类是不完美的;一些短时间的扩展发射 (EE-SGRB) 可能来自合并.
- 紧物体的合并对r过程核合成至关重要,产生可观测的千新星.
研究的目的:
- 调查附近的一分钟时间的GRB 211211A的祖先.
- 为了确定GRB 211211A是否与千新星有关,
- 探索GRB分类和多信使天文学方面的影响.
主要方法:
- 与GRB 211211A相关的千诺瓦排放的观察和分析.
- 观察到的千新星属性 (亮度,持续时间,颜色) 与之前观察到的千新星属性进行比较,例如GW170817的千新星.
- GRB 211211A的特性与潜在的祖先模型的相关性.
主要成果:
- 发现可能与附近的GRB 211211A相关的千新星.
- 千新星的特性与二进制中子星合并GW170817的千新星相似.
- 这些发现表明GRB 211211A起源于一个紧的物体合并.
结论:
- 紧物体的合并可以产生长,复杂的光曲线的马射线爆发.
- 传统的基于持续时间的GRB分类可能不准确地反映它们的祖先.
- 未来对重力波信号的搜索与长GRB相吻合,对于多信使天文学来说至关重要.
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