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天鹅座X-1-II的X射线和射电发射的超轨道变化。轨道调制和光谱硬度对超轨道相位的依赖性

Superorbital variability of X-ray and radio emission of Cyg X-1 - II. Dependence of the orbital modulation and spectral hardness on the superorbital phase

Juri Poutanen, Andrzej A. Zdziarski, Askar Ibragimov

摘要:

我们发现了一个显着的依赖于X射线轨道调制的强度和硬度在天鹅座X-1在硬态上的超轨道相。我们的结果可以很好地模拟为两种效应的组合:吸积盘的进动(导致超轨道通量调制)和吸积凸起中依赖于轨道相位的X射线吸收,该吸积凸起位于吸积盘边缘,靠近超巨星伴星,但距离恒星连接线约25 ^o。我们的发现得到了X射线倾角分布的支持,表明浓度朝向零超轨道阶段,这对应于通过视线的凸起。我们傅立叶分析我们的模型,并发现它解释了以前发现的非对称拍频(轨道和超轨道调制之间)在所观察到的功率谱,提供光盘进动是obtede。我们发现在15-GHz的无线电数据的轨道调制与超轨道相位的统计上没有显着的变化。这种缺失与系统中喷流发射的无线电一致,在这种情况下,轨道调制是由远离圆盘的风吸收引起的。我们还发现,天鹅座X-1在硬态下的X射线和射电通量在大于10^4-s的时间尺度上都具有对数正态分布,这补充了先前在硬态下1-s时间尺度上的对数正态通量分布的发现。我们指出,通量分布的对数正态特征要求通量曲线而不是通量本身应用于平均和误差分析。我们还提供了一个正确的公式的不确定性均方根的光变曲线的情况下,当不确定性高于测量。

英文摘要:

We discover a pronounced dependence of the strength of the X-ray orbital modulation and the hardness in Cyg X-1 in the hard state on its superorbital phase. Our results can be well modelled as a combination of two effects: the precession of the accretion disc (which causes the superorbital flux modulation) and the orbital-phase dependent X-ray absorption in an accretion bulge, located at the accretion disc edge close to the supergiant companion but displaced from the line connecting the stars by about 25^o. Our findings are supported by the distribution of the X-ray dips showing concentration towards zero superorbital phase, which corresponds to the bulge passing through the line of sight. We Fourier analyse our model, and find it explains the previous finding of asymmetric beat (between the orbital and superorbital modulations) frequencies in the observed power spectrum, provided the disc precession is prograde. We find no statistically significant changes of the orbital modulation with the superorbital phase in the 15-GHz radio data. This absence is consistent with the radio being emitted by a jet in the system, in which case the orbital modulation is caused by wind absorption far away from the disc. We also find that both the X-ray and radio fluxes of Cyg X-1 in the hard state on time scales >10^4-s have lognormal distributions, which complements a previous finding of a lognormal flux distribution in the hard state on 1-s time scales. We point out that the lognormal character of the flux distribution requires that flux logarithms rather than fluxes themselves should be used for averaging and error analysis. We also provide a correct formula for the uncertainty of rms of a light curve for the case when the uncertainty is higher than the measurement.

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