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一次恒星耀斑的荧光X射线几何诊断

Geometry Diagnostics of a Stellar Flare from Fluorescent X-rays

P. Testa, J. J. Drake, B. Ercolano, F. Reale, D. P. Huenemoerder, L. Affer, G. Micela, D. Garcia-Alvarez

摘要:

我们目前的铁荧光发射的证据在钱德拉HETGS光谱的单个G型巨星HR 9024在一个大耀斑。类似于太阳X射线观测,我们解释所观察到的Fe K $α$线产生电离日冕X射线的光球照明,在这种情况下,对于一个给定的Fe光球丰度,其强度取决于X射线源的高度。HETGS观测,连同三维蒙特卡罗计算模拟的荧光发射,被用来获得一个直接的几何约束的规模高度的耀斑日冕等离子体。我们计算了Fe荧光发射引起的一个单一的耀斑日冕环,以及再现所观察到的X射线的时间和光谱特性,根据一个详细的流体动力学模型的发射。在观测不确定性范围内,预测的Fe荧光发射与观测值非常一致,指向标度高度$\lesssim 0.3$ \rstar。HR 9024耀斑与Swift最近在II Peg上观测到的耀斑的比较表明,后者与X射线光电离激发一致。

英文摘要:

We present evidence of Fe fluorescent emission in the Chandra HETGS spectrum of the single G-type giant HR 9024 during a large flare. In analogy to solar X-ray observations, we interpret the observed Fe K$α$ line as being produced by illumination of the photosphere by ionizing coronal X-rays, in which case, for a given Fe photospheric abundance, its intensity depends on the height of the X-ray source. The HETGS observations, together with 3D Monte Carlo calculations to model the fluorescence emission, are used to obtain a direct geometric constraint on the scale height of the flaring coronal plasma. We compute the Fe fluorescent emission induced by the emission of a single flaring coronal loop which well reproduces the observed X-ray temporal and spectral properties according to a detailed hydrodynamic modeling. The predicted Fe fluorescent emission is in good agreement with the observed value within observational uncertainties, pointing to a scale height $\lesssim 0.3$\rstar. Comparison of the HR 9024 flare with that recently observed on II Peg by Swift indicates the latter is consistent with excitation by X-ray photoionization.

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