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寻找年轻孤立中子星的亚星伴星

Searching for substellar companions of young isolated neutron stars

B. Posselt, R. Neuhäuser, F. Haberl

摘要:

背景:目前已知只有两个围绕着老ms-12的行星系统。年轻的射电恒星和射电宁静的中子星不能被通常应用的射电脉冲计时技术所覆盖。然而,在这些中子星周围寻找亚恒星伴星将是非常有趣的-不仅因为伴星可能是奇异的形成,而且还因为可能进入中子星物理学。目的:我们调查最近的年轻中子星,寻找它们周围的亚恒星同伴。方法:年轻的,因此温暖的亚恒星同伴是可见的近红外线,而中子星本身是暗淡得多。四颗年轻的中子星移动得足够快,可以在几年内进行一次共同的自行搜索,寻找亚恒星的伴星。结果对于Geminga,RX J0720.4-3125,RX J1856.6-3754和PSR J1932+1059,我们没有发现任何共同运动的伴星,质量分别为12,15,11,42木星质量,假设年龄分别为1,1,1,3.1百万年,距离分别为250,361,167,361 pc。近红外线的限制,这四个以及其他五个中子星,我们目前只有在一个时代的观察。结论:我们的结论是年轻孤立的中子星很少有褐矮星伴星。

英文摘要:

Context: Only two planetary systems around old ms-pulsars are currently known. Young radio pulsars and radio-quiet neutron stars cannot be covered by the usually-applied radio pulse timing technique. However, finding substellar companions around these neutron stars would be of great interest -- not only because of the companion's possible exotic formation but also due to the potential access to neutron star physics. Aims: We investigate the closest young neutron stars to search for substellar companions around them. Methods: Young, thus warm substellar companions are visible in the Near Infrared while the neutron star itself is much fainter. Four young neutron stars are moving fast enough to enable a common proper motion search for substellar companions within few years. Results. For Geminga, RX J0720.4-3125, RX J1856.6-3754, and PSR J1932+1059 we did not find any co-moving companion down to 12, 15, 11, 42 Jupiter masses for assumed ages of 1, 1, 1, 3.1 Myrs and distances of 250, 361, 167, 361 pc, respectively. Near Infrared limits are presented for these four as well as five other neutron stars for which we currently have only observations at one epoch. Conclusions: We conclude that young isolated neutron stars rarely have brown dwarf companions.

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