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银河系中心511 keV发射的起源

On the Origin of the 511 keV Emission in the Galactic Centre

Reba M. Bandyopadhyay, Joseph Silk, James E. Taylor, Thomas J. Maccarone

摘要:

来自冷正电子湮灭的511 keV弥散谱线发射,在银河系中心方向已经观测了30多年。由SPI仪器在INTEGRAL上制作的这种发射的最新高分辨率地图表明,至少有一种发射成分在空间上与在软伽马射线波段检测到的~70个发光的低质量X射线双星的分布一致。然而,X射线波段通常是X射线双星群体的更灵敏的探针。最近对银河系中心的X射线巡天发现了更多(>4000个)微弱的硬X射线点源。我们调查的可能性,在银河系中心的方向观察到的正电子起源于对占主导地位的喷气机产生的人口较暗的吸积动力的X射线双星。我们还简要地考虑这些来源是否可以解释与银河系中心在微波(WMAP“阴霾”)和其他波长的不明原因的漫发射。最后,我们指出了几个未解决的问题,在银河系中心511千电子伏的发射与最明亮的X射线双星。

英文摘要:

Diffuse 511 keV line emission, from the annihilation of cold positrons, has been observed in the direction of the Galactic Centre for more than 30 years. The latest high-resolution maps of this emission produced by the SPI instrument on INTEGRAL suggest at least one component of the emission is spatially coincident with the distribution of ~70 luminous, low-mass X-ray binaries detected in the soft gamma-ray band. The X-ray band, however, is generally a more sensitive probe of X-ray binary populations. Recent X-ray surveys of the Galactic Centre have discovered a much larger population (>4000) of faint, hard X-ray point sources. We investigate the possibility that the positrons observed in the direction of the Galactic Centre originate in pair-dominated jets generated by this population of fainter accretion-powered X-ray binaries. We also consider briefly whether such sources could account for unexplained diffuse emission associated with the Galactic Centre in the microwave (the WMAP `haze') and at other wavelengths. Finally, we point out several unresolved problems in associating Galactic Centre 511 keV emission with the brightest X-ray binaries.

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