微量子星中的次秒周期性无线电振荡
Pengfu Tian1,2, Ping Zhang1,2, Wei Wang3,4
1Department of Astronomy, School of Physics and Technology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China.
Nature
|July 26, 2023
概括
天文学家在微准星GRS 1915+105中发现了新的5赫兹周期性振荡,揭示了其相对论喷射中的短暂特征. 这些发现为黑洞系统的增长提供了洞察力.
科学领域:
- 天体物理学
- 高能天体物理学
- 黑洞物理
背景情况:
- 像微量子星这样的黑洞通常会呈现出强大的相对论喷流.
- GRS 1915+105是一个已知的黑洞X射线二进制星,具有相对论喷射,显示持久的X射线活动和各种类周期性振荡.
研究的目的:
- 报告在微准星GRS 1915+105的无线电发射中检测到短暂的周期性振荡特征.
- 调查这些新观察到的振荡的性质和起源以及它们与相对论喷流的关系.
主要方法:
- 2021年1月至2022年6月在1.05至1.45GHz频段的无线电观测结果的分析.
- 检测和描述短暂的周期性振荡特征.
- 在振荡阶段观察循环偏振.
主要成果:
- 在无线电频段中检测到两个约为5Hz的短暂周期性振荡特征.
- 这些波动发生在2021年1月和2022年6月.
- 与这些振荡同时观察到循环极化.
结论:
- 检测到的5Hz振荡为黑洞附近和相对论喷流中发生的物理过程提供了新的观测约束.
- 循环极化可能提供有关磁场几何和粒子加速机制的线索.
- 需要进行进一步的研究,以充分了解GRS 1915+105中这些短暂现象的起源和影响.
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