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测量高质量X射线双星倾角的高精度光学偏振计

A High Precision, Optical Polarimeter to Measure Inclinations of High Mass X-Ray Binaries

Sloane J. Wiktorowicz, Keith Matthews

摘要:

我们目前的调试数据的波兰仪器上获得的黑尔5米望远镜。这种高精度旋光计的目标是约束高质量X射线双星的轨道倾角,从而获得独立的质量估计,为他们的黑洞同伴。我们在标准星上获得了光子散粒噪声的有限精度,并且我们在每夜的基础上测量了百万分之一水平的亮星偏振。系统的影响已减少到小于1%的极化源和弱极化源的百万分之一的水平测量的偏振。这种仪器对不对称性的高灵敏度表明,它将在许多其他领域做出有价值的贡献,包括太阳系外行星、碎片盘和恒星天体物理学的研究。

英文摘要:

We present commissioning data for the POLISH instrument obtained on the Hale 5-m telescope. The goal of this high precision polarimeter is to constrain orbital inclination of high mass X-ray binaries and to therefore obtain independent mass estimates for their black hole companions. We have obtained photon shot noise limited precision on standard stars, and we have measured the polarization of bright stars at the part per million level on a nightly basis. Systematic effects have been reduced to less than 1% of the measured polarization for polarized sources and to the part per million level for weakly polarized sources. The high sensitivity of this instrument to asymmetry suggests that valuable contributions will be made in many other fields, including studies of extrasolar planets, debris disks, and stellar astrophysics.

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