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RE J1034 +396:软X射线过剩和QPO的起源

RE J1034+396: The origin of the soft X-ray excess and QPO

Matthew Middleton, Chris Done, Martin Ward, Marek Gierlinski, Nick Schurch

摘要:

RE J1034+396中的X射线准周期振荡(QPO)是迄今为止活动星系核中唯一的。在这里,我们看看RE J1034+396的另一个独特的功能,即其巨大的软X射线过剩,看看这是否以任何方式与QPO的检测有关。结果表明,所有考虑软能量过剩的势能模型都能拟合0.3-10 keV的X射线谱,但快变的能量依赖性(其由QPO主导)强烈支持其中软过量来自盘发射的低温康普顿化的光谱分解,并且大部分保持恒定,而快速变化是由归一化中幂律尾部变化产生的。在黑洞双星系统中,QPO出现在尾部而不是盘中是一个共同的特征,但是盘谱的低温康普顿化在这些系统中通常是看不到的。主要的例外是GRS 1915+105,它是唯一经常显示超艾丁顿光度的黑洞联星。我们推测,超爱丁顿吸积率导致光盘结构的变化,这也触发了X射线QPO。

英文摘要:

The X-ray quasi-periodic oscillation (QPO) seen in RE J1034+396 is so far unique amongst AGN. Here we look at the another unique feature of RE J1034+396, namely its huge soft X-ray excess, to see if this is related in any way to the detection of the QPO. We show that all potential models considered for the soft energy excess can fit the 0.3-10 keV X-ray spectrum, but that the energy dependence of the rapid variability (which is dominated by the QPO) strongly supports a spectral decomposition where the soft excess is from low temperature Comptonization of the disc emission and remains mostly constant, while the rapid variability is produced by the power law tail changing in normalization. The presence of the QPO in the tail rather than in the disc is a common feature in black hole binaries, but low temperature Comptonization of the disc spectrum is not generally seen in these systems. The main exception to this is GRS 1915+105, the only black hole binary which routinely shows super-Eddington luminosities. We speculate that super-Eddington accretion rates lead to a change in disc structure, and that this also triggers the X-ray QPO.

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