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天鹅座X-1系统中聚焦风的钱德拉X射线光谱学。I.低/硬态下的非倾角光谱

Chandra X-ray spectroscopy of the focused wind in the Cygnus X-1 system. I. The non-dip spectrum in the low/hard state

Manfred Hanke, Joern Wilms, Michael A. Nowak, Katja Pottschmidt, Norbert S. Schulz, Julia C. Lee

摘要:

利用钱德拉高能透射光栅光谱仪(HETGS)对超巨星X射线双星Cygnus X-1/HDE 226868进行了50 ks的观测分析。天鹅座X-1处于光谱硬态,观测是在黑洞的高级会合期间进行的,允许沿着视线对吸积的恒星风进行光谱分析。观测的一个重要部分涵盖了天鹅座X-1在这个轨道阶段通常观察到的X射线下降,然而,在这里我们只分析高计数率的非下降光谱。完整的0.5-10 keV的连续可以描述由一个单一的模型,包括一个磁盘,一个狭窄的和相对论加宽的Fe K α线,和幂律分量,这是一致的同时RXTE宽带数据。我们检测到的吸收边缘从过剩的中性O,Ne和Fe,和吸收线系列从高度电离的离子和推断列密度和多普勒频移。与发射线的He类镁XI,我们检测到两个等离子体组件的速度和密度一致的基础上的球形风和一个集中的风。对光电离区的简单模拟表明,聚焦流之外的大部分球形风都被完全电离,这与在吸收线中观察到的低速度(<200 km/s)一致,因为在低投射速度下球形风中吸收体的位置受到很好的限制。我们的观测结果为将HDE 226868的风活动与黑洞上的吸积流特性相结合的模型提供了输入。

英文摘要:

We present analyses of a 50 ks observation of the supergiant X-ray binary system Cygnus X-1/HDE 226868 taken with the Chandra High Energy Transmission Grating Spectrometer (HETGS). Cyg X-1 was in its spectrally hard state and the observation was performed during superior conjunction of the black hole, allowing for the spectroscopic analysis of the accreted stellar wind along the line of sight. A significant part of the observation covers X-ray dips as commonly observed for Cyg X-1 at this orbital phase, however, here we only analyze the high count rate non-dip spectrum. The full 0.5-10 keV continuum can be described by a single model consisting of a disk, a narrow and a relativistically broadened Fe Kalpha line, and a power law component, which is consistent with simultaneous RXTE broad band data. We detect absorption edges from overabundant neutral O, Ne and Fe, and absorption line series from highly ionized ions and infer column densities and Doppler shifts. With emission lines of He-like Mg XI, we detect two plasma components with velocities and densities consistent with the base of the spherical wind and a focused wind. A simple simulation of the photoionization zone suggests that large parts of the spherical wind outside of the focused stream are completely ionized, which is consistent with the low velocities (<200 km/s) observed in the absorption lines, as the position of absorbers in a spherical wind at low projected velocity is well constrained. Our observations provide input for models that couple the wind activity of HDE 226868 to the properties of the accretion flow onto the black hole.

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