一个长时间的马射线爆发具有特殊的起源
Jun Yang1,2, Shunke Ai3,4, Bin-Bin Zhang5,6
1School of Astronomy and Space Science, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.
Nature
|December 8, 2022
概括
一个特殊的长时间马射线爆发 (GRB) 表明了新的起源. 观测表明白矮星与中子星的合并,挑战了以前的GRB分类,并揭示了新的祖先.
科学领域:
- 天体物理学与宇宙学
- 高能天体物理学
- 紧型对象合并
背景情况:
- 长时间的马射线爆发通常与巨大的恒星核心崩有关.
- 短时间的GRB通常与紧的双星星团合并有关.
- 新出现的证据表明"奇怪"的GRB不符合简单的基于持续时间的分类,需要多个标准的分析.
研究的目的:
- 在物理上对特殊的长时间马射线爆发GRB 211211A进行分类.
- 研究GRB 211211A的原始和发射机制.
- 探索新的玛射线爆发的原始类型.
主要方法:
- 对GRB 211211A即时发射特性进行分析.
- 多频段观测 (光学和近红外) 检测过度的辐射.
- 与已知的马射线爆发类型 (I型) 和相关现象 (千新星) 的比较.
主要成果:
- GRB 211211A 具有与已知的 I 型 GRB 不同的即时发射特性.
- 检测到大量的光学和近红外辐射,类似于千诺瓦辐射.
- 这些观测表明GRB 211211A的起源不是巨大的恒星.
结论:
- GRB 211211A的特征与典型的大质量恒星核心崩不一致.
- 一个白矮子中子星合并的场景与一个合并后的磁星引擎提供了一个自相一致的解释.
- 这表明了马射线爆发的新祖先通道, 扩大了我们对紧物体融合的理解.
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