在附近的潮破坏事件多年后,近期的X射线喷发
M Nicholl1, D R Pasham2, A Mummery3
1Astrophysics Research Centre, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK. matt.nicholl@qub.ac.uk.
Nature
|October 9, 2024
概括
准周期性喷发 (QPE) 是来自银河系核的X射线爆发. 我们发现了九个来自潮破坏事件的QPE, 暗示轨道上的物体与积聚盘相撞,
科学领域:
- 天文学与天体物理学
- 高能天体物理学
- 星系核的现象
背景情况:
- 准周期性喷发 (QPE) 是来自活跃星系核的反复发射的X射线爆发,其起源不明.
- 目前的理论涉及到积累盘的不稳定性或与轨道上的恒星物体的相互作用.
- 潮干扰事件 (TDE) 假设在某些QPE之前发生,但直接关联仍未得到证实.
研究的目的:
- 调查TDE和QPE之间的关系.
- 确定与已确认的TDE相关的重复QPE.
- 测试一个轨道天体通过磁盘相互作用引起QPE的假设.
主要方法:
- 检测和分析来自TDE AT2019qiz的X射线,紫外线和光学辐射.
- 积累盘属性和轨道动态的建模.
- 重复的X射线爆发 (QPE) 的识别和特征.
主要成果:
- 从AT2019qiz检测到9个X射线QPE,复发时间为~48小时.
- 观测到的QPE与轨道上的物体撞击积累盘是一致的.
- 我们成功地模拟了积累盘的发射.
结论:
- 这些发现提供了QPE重复和TDE之间的首次确认关联.
- 轨道上的物体与积累盘碰撞是产生QPE的可信机制.
- 这项研究提高了我们对银河系核的积聚盘动力学和能量现象的理解.
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