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在2XMMp星表中寻找新的热发射孤立中子星--发现一个有希望的候选者

Searching for new thermally emitting isolated neutron stars in the 2XMMp catalogue - Discovery of a promising candidate

Adriana M. Pires, Christian Motch

摘要:

ROSAT发现的7颗热发射和射电宁静的孤立中子星(INSs)构成了一个邻近的种群,在局部看来与经典射电星一样多。到目前为止,试图扩大这一特定群体的INS发现更多的远程对象未能确认任何候选人。我们在2XMMp目录中发现了一些没有编目对应物的源,其X射线光谱与ROSAT发现的INS相似,但在更大的距离上看到,因此经历了更高的星际散射。为了排除活动星系核(AGN)或CV等其他识别方法,我们获得了X射线最亮候选者的深ESO-VLT和SOAR光学成像。我们在这里报告我们搜索的当前状态,并讨论我们候选人的可能性质。我们特别关注我们样本中最亮的X射线源2XMM J104608.7-594306,它是XMM-牛顿天文台在四年多的时间里偶然观测到的。X射线与光通量比的下限约为300,加上稳定的通量和软X射线光谱,使其成为最有希望的热发射INS候选者。除了发现新成员,我们的研究旨在限制这个人口在大距离的空间密度,并确定他们显然高的局部密度是否是一个异常。

英文摘要:

The group of 7 thermally emitting and radio-quiet isolated neutron stars (INSs) discovered by ROSAT constitutes a nearby population which locally appears to be as numerous as that of the classical radio pulsars. So far, attempts to enlarge this particular group of INSs finding more remote objects failed to confirm any candidate. We found in the 2XMMp catalogue a handful of sources with no catalogued counterparts and with X-ray spectra similar to those of the ROSAT discovered INSs, but seen at larger distances and thus undergoing higher interstellar absorptions. In order to rule out alternative identifications such as an AGN or a CV, we obtained deep ESO-VLT and SOAR optical imaging for the X-ray brightest candidates. We report here on the current status of our search and discuss the possible nature of our candidates. We focus particularly on the X-ray brightest source of our sample, 2XMM J104608.7-594306, observed serendipitously over more than four years by the XMM-Newton Observatory. A lower limit on the X-ray to optical flux ratio of ~ 300 together with a stable flux and soft X-ray spectrum make it the most promising thermally emitting INS candidate. Beyond the finding of new members, our study aims at constraining the space density of this population at large distances and at determining whether their apparently high local density is an anomaly or not.

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