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V723仙后座仍然在X射线中:爆发12年后的明亮超软源

V723 Cassiopeia still on in X-rays: A bright Super Soft Source 12 years after outburst

J. U-. Ness, G. Schwarz, S. Starrfield, J. P. Osborne, K. L. Page, A. P. Beardmore, R. M. Wagner, C. E. Woodward

摘要:

我们发现,经典新星V723 Cas(1995年)仍然是一个活跃的X射线源超过12年后爆发和分析7个X射线观测与斯威夫特之间进行2006年1月31日和2007年12月3日。平均计数率为0.022+/-0.01 cts ^-1,但源的变化在平均值的2倍之内,并且没有显示出任何关闭的迹象。我们目前支持的光学观测表明,在2001年和2006年之间,一个潜在的热源是目前与稳步上升的温度。为了确认X射线发射来自V723 Cas,我们提取了1990年拍摄的ROSAT观测结果,发现新星位置没有X射线源。Swift XRT光谱类似于超软X射线双星源(SSS)的光谱,RXTE调查数据证实了这一点,该数据显示在1996年至2007年期间没有超过2 keV的X射线发射。使用黑体拟合,我们将有效温度限制在T_eff=(2.8-3.8)x10^5 K和热光度>5x10^36 erg s^-1之间,并警告说,黑体的光度通常被高估,温度被低估。我们讨论了一些可能的解释持续的X射线活动,包括稳定的氢燃烧由于重新吸积有趣的可能性。

英文摘要:

We find that the classical nova V723 Cas (1995) is still an active X-ray source more than 12 years after outburst and analyze seven X-ray observations carried out with Swift between 2006 January 31 and 2007 December 3. The average count rate is 0.022+/-0.01 cts s^-1 but the source is variable within a factor of two of the mean and does not show any signs of turning off. We present supporting optical observations which show that between 2001 and 2006 an underlying hot source was present with steadily increasing temperature. In order to confirm that the X-ray emission is from V723 Cas, we extract a ROSAT observation taken in 1990 and find that there was no X-ray source at the position of the nova. The Swift XRT spectra resemble those of the Super Soft X-ray binary Sources (SSS) which is confirmed by RXTE survey data which show no X-ray emission above 2 keV between 1996 and 2007. Using blackbody fits we constrain the effective temperature to between T_eff=(2.8-3.8)x10^5 K and a bolometric luminosity >5x10^36 erg s^-1 and caution that luminosities from blackbodies are generally overestimated and temperatures underestimated. We discuss a number of possible explanations for the continuing X-ray activity, including the intriguing possibility of steady hydrogen burning due to renewed accretion.

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