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在A0535 +26中X射线爆发开始时耀斑活动中磁层不稳定性的出现

The appearance of magnetospheric instability in flaring activity at the onset of X-ray outbursts in A0535+26

K. Postnov, R. Staubert, A. Santangelo, D. Klochkov, P. Kretschmar, I. Caballero

摘要:

我们认为,在瞬态X射线脉冲星A 0535+26中观测到的X射线耀斑变率是由于磁层的低模不稳定性。这种不稳定性在吸积开始时,在吸积盘和中子星磁层之间的薄边界层中发展。因此,在边界层中收集的物质可以迅速地落在靠近磁极的NS表面上,但并不完全沿着稳定吸积进行的场线。这就解释了使用RXTE数据测量的回旋线能量在爆发前的尖峰,相对于主爆发期间观察到的线能量的变化。此外,不稳定性可以解释不同的脉冲轮廓,以及它们的能量演化,这是不同的爆发前耀斑和主爆发。

英文摘要:

We argue that X-ray flaring variability observed in the transient X-ray pulsar A 0535+26 is due to low-mode magnetospheric instability. This instability develops at the onset of accretion, in the thin boundary layer between the accretion disk and neutron star magnetosphere. As a result, the matter collected in the boundary layer can rapidly fall onto the NS surface close to the magnetic poles, but not exactly along the field lines by which the stationary accretion proceeds. This explains the shift in cyclotron line energy measured using RXTE data in a pre-outburst spike, with respect to the line energy observed during the main outburst. Furthermore, the instability can account for the difference in pulse profiles, and their energy evolution that is different in the pre-outburst flare and main outburst.

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