arXivDaily arXiv每日学术速递 周一至周五更新
arXiv 0709.1887astro-ph
收藏

激变变量的空间密度:来自ROSAT北极巡天的约束

The space density of cataclysmic variables: constraints from the ROSAT North Ecliptic Pole Survey

M. L. Pretorius, C. Knigge, D. O'Donoghue, J. P. Henry, I. M. Gioia, C. R. Mullis

摘要:

我们使用ROSAT北南极(NEP)巡天构建一个小的,但纯粹的X射线通量有限的激变变星(CV)的样本。该样本仅包括4个系统,其中2个(RX J1715.6+6856和RX J1831.7+6511)是新发现的。我们提出了新CV的时间分辨光谱,并测量了RX 1715.6+6856和RX J1831.7+6511的轨道周期分别为1.64 \pm 0.02 h和4.01 \pm 0.03 h。我们还估计了样本中所有CV的距离,主要基于它们在红外线中的视亮度。由我们的小样本表示的CV总体的空间密度为(1.1 + 2.3/-0.7)10^-5 pc^-3。我们还可以对任何过于微弱而无法包含在NEP调查中的CV子群体的空间密度设置上限。特别地,我们证明了如果CV的总空间密度高达2 10^-4 pc^-3(正如理论上预测的那样),那么绝大多数CV必定比L_X \simeq 2 10 ^29 erg/s更暗。

英文摘要:

We use the ROSAT North Ecliptic Pole (NEP) survey to construct a small, but purely X-ray flux-limited sample of cataclysmic variable stars (CVs). The sample includes only 4 systems, 2 of which (RX J1715.6+6856 and RX J1831.7+6511) are new discoveries. We present time-resolved spectroscopy of the new CVs and measure orbital periods of 1.64 \pm 0.02 h and 4.01\pm 0.03 h for RX 1715.6+6856 and RX J1831.7+6511, respectively. We also estimate distances for all the CVs in our sample, based mainly on their apparent brightness in the infrared. The space density of the CV population represented by our small sample is (1.1 +2.3/-0.7) 10^-5 pc^-3. We can also place upper limits on the space density of any sub-population of CVs too faint to be included in the NEP survey. In particular, we show that if the overall space density of CVs is as high as 2 10^-4 pc^-3 (as has been predicted theoretically), the vast majority of CVs must be fainter than L_X \simeq 2 10^29 erg/s.

机构、总结、中文摘要均由AI分析而来,可能存在错误,请以论文正文为准。

↑