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球状星团NGC 4472中黑洞X射线双星的[ OIII ] 5007发射

[OIII] 5007 Emission from the Black-Hole X-ray Binary in a NGC 4472 Globular Cluster

Stephen E. Zepf, Thomas J. Maccarone, Gilles Bergond, Arunav Kundu, Katherine L. Rhode, John J. Salzer

摘要:

我们提出的[OIII] 5007发射的发现与黑洞的X射线双星最近在一个球状星团在室女座椭圆星系NGC 4472。这个天体是第一个在球状星团中被确认的黑洞X射线双星。[OIII] 5007从黑洞的主机球状星团发射的识别是基于两个独立的光纤光谱获得的VLT与火焰,其覆盖波长范围为5000-5800埃,光谱分辨率约为6000。在这些光谱中,我们发现在5031.2埃处的发射线具有零点几埃的不确定性。这与先前通过分析球状星团的吸收线确定的球状星团在1475 +/- 7 km/s径向速度下的[OIII] 5007发射是一致的。在小的不确定性范围内的这种一致性强烈支持将该线解释为来自容纳球状星团的黑洞的[OIII] 5007发射。我们还发现,发射线最有可能有几百公里/秒的速度宽度。这样的速度宽度排除了行星状星云对[OIII] 5007发射的解释,并暗示黑洞是驱动星云发射的动力源。

英文摘要:

We present the discovery of [OIII] 5007 emission associated with the black hole X-ray binary recently identified in a globular cluster in the Virgo elliptical galaxy NGC 4472. This object is the first confirmed black-hole X-ray binary in a globular cluster. The identification of [OIII] 5007 emission from the black-hole hosting globular cluster is based on two independent fiber spectra obtained at the VLT with FLAMES, which cover a wavelength range of 5000-5800 Angstrom at a spectral resolution of about 6000. In each of these spectra we find an emission line at 5031.2 Angstrom with an uncertainty of several tenths of an Angstrom. These are consistent with [OIII] 5007 emission at the 1475 +/- 7 km/s radial velocity of the globular cluster previously determined from an analysis of its absorption lines. This agreement within the small uncertainties argues strongly in favor of the interpretation of the line as [OIII] 5007 emission from the black-hole hosting globular cluster. We also find that the emission line most likely has a velocity width of several hundred km/s. Such a velocity width rules out a planetary nebula explanation for the [OIII] 5007 emission and implicates the black hole as the source of the power driving the nebular emission.

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