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超铝X射线源的光谱态及其演化

Spectral States and Evolution of Ultraluminous X-ray Sources

Hua Feng, Philip Kaaret

摘要:

我们研究了表观光度约为10^40尔格/秒的超铝X射线源(ULX)的光谱演化。基于本文的新结果和文献报道的结果,我们发现了两种常见的光谱行为:星暴星系中的ULX具有变化的光度(L),但仍保持在具有幂律谱和恒定的硬光子指数(Gamma)的硬态。其他ULX,如NGC 5204 X-1,显示了L和Gamma之间的相关性。我们解释这个L-Gamma相关相位作为一个中间状态的混合属性从热占主导地位的和陡峭的幂律状态。当NGC 5204 X-1的光谱用吸积盘黑体加幂律模型拟合时,X射线光度随吸积盘有效温度的增加而增加,其方式与恒星质量黑洞X射线双星相似,表明辐射来自于吸积盘.光度、盘的大小和温度表明NGC 5204 X-1拥有一个比恒星质量黑洞更大的致密物体。相比之下,IC 342 X-1中的圆盘模型被排除,因为光度随着温度的升高而降低;具有这种行为的源可能代表一类具有超爱丁顿吸积的物体。此外,我们报告了一个独特的软光谱功能IC 342 X-2和变化的时间尺度上的20 ks从Holmberg II X-1。需要更多的观察来检验这些结果。

英文摘要:

We examined spectral evolution in ultraluminous X-ray sources (ULXs) with apparent luminosities of about 10^40 ergs/s. Based on new results in this paper and those reported in the literature, two common spectral behaviors were found. Some ULXs in starburst galaxies have varying luminosity (L) but remain in the hard state with power-law spectra and a constant, hard photon index (Gamma). Other ULXs, such as NGC 5204 X-1, show a correlation between L and Gamma. We interpret this L-Gamma correlated phase as an intermediate state with hybrid properties from the thermal dominant and steep power-law states. When the spectra of NGC 5204 X-1 are fitted with a multicolor disk blackbody plus power-law model, the X-ray luminosity increases with the effective temperature of the accretion disk in a manner similar to that found in stellar-mass black hole X-ray binaries, suggesting that the emission arises from an accretion disk. The luminosity, disk size, and temperature suggest that NGC 5204 X-1 harbors a compact object more massive than stellar-mass black holes. In contrast, the disk model in IC 342 X-1 is ruled out because the luminosity decreases as the temperature increases; sources with such behaviors may represent a class of objects with super-Eddington accretion. Also, we report a peculiar soft spectral feature from IC 342 X-2 and variability on a time scale of 20 ks from Holmberg II X-1. More observations are needed to test these results.

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