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Wolf-Rayet双星系统WR 147的XMM-牛顿X射线观测

XMM-Newton X-ray Observations of the Wolf-Rayet Binary System WR 147

S. L. Skinner, S. A. Zhekov, M. Guedel, W. Schmutz

摘要:

本文介绍了用XMM-Newton对Wolf-Rayet(WR)双星WR 147进行的20 ksec X射线观测结果。以前的研究表明,这个系统由一颗氮型的WN 8恒星和一颗OB伴星组成,它们的风相互作用产生碰撞的风激波。从pn和MOS探测器的X射线光谱证实了从IR研究报告的高消光,并揭示了热等离子体,包括在6.67 keV的Fe K-α线复合物的第一次检测。与恒温平面平行激波模型的光谱拟合给出了激波温度kT(激波)= 2.7 keV [T(激波)~ 31 MK],接近但略高于碰撞风激波预测的最高温度。光学薄等离子体模型表明甚至更高的温度,这还没有被排除。X射线谱比使用基于标称质量损失参数的二维数值碰撞风激波模型所能解释的要硬。可能的解释包括:(i)低估了终端风速或风丰度,(ii)过于简单的碰撞风模型,或(iii)除了碰撞风冲击之外,还存在其他X射线发射机制。需要进一步改进数值模型,以包括潜在的重要物理,如非平衡电离,以严格测试碰撞风的解释。

英文摘要:

We present results of a 20 ksec X-ray observation of the Wolf-Rayet (WR) binary system WR 147 obtained with XMM-Newton. Previous studies have shown that this system consists of a nitrogen-type WN8 star plus an OB companion whose winds are interacting to produce a colliding wind shock. X-ray spectra from the pn and MOS detectors confirm the high extinction reported from IR studies and reveal hot plasma including the first detection of the Fe K-alpha line complex at 6.67 keV. Spectral fits with a constant-temperature plane-parallel shock model give a shock temperature kT(shock) = 2.7 keV [T(shock) ~ 31 MK], close to but slightly hotter than the maximum temperature predicted for a colliding wind shock. Optically thin plasma models suggest even higher temperatures, which are not yet ruled out. The X-ray spectra are harder than can be accounted for using 2D numerical colliding wind shock models based on nominal mass-loss parameters. Possible explanations include: (i) underestimates of the terminal wind speeds or wind abundances, (ii) overly simplistic colliding wind models, or (iii) the presence of other X-ray emission mechanisms besides colliding wind shocks. Further improvement of the numerical models to include potentially important physics such as non-equilibrium ionization will be needed to rigorously test the colliding wind interpretation.

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