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类FUor爆发时Z CMa的X射线发射及其X射线喷流的探测

The X-ray emission from Z CMa during an FUor-like outburst and the detection of its X-ray jet

B. Stelzer, S. Hubrig, S. Orlando, G. Micela, Z. Mikulasek, M. Schoeller

摘要:

吸积激波是前主序星的一种重要的X射线发射机制。然而,由剧烈吸积引起的FUor爆发的X射线性质却很少受到关注。我们用Chandra观测了FUor天体ZCMa在光学爆发和平静期间的活动。X射线亮度和谱形没有明显变化,表明X射线发射具有日冕性质。由于Z CMa的二元性质,X射线源的起源是不明确的。然而,从我们的数据中得出的中等氢柱密度使得嵌入的主星不太可能是X射线源。第二颗恒星,也就是FUor天体,因此负责发射X射线和目前正在进行的吸积爆发,然而这似乎是不相关的现象。次级也被称为驱动一个大的外流和喷流,我们在这里首次在X射线中检测到。X射线流出源到中心恒星的距离比低质量恒星的喷流要远。

英文摘要:

Accretion shocks have been recognized as important X-ray emission mechanism for pre-main sequence stars. Yet the X-ray properties of FUor outbursts, events that are caused by violent accretion, have been given little attention. We have observed the FUor object Z CMa during optical outburst and quiescence with Chandra. No significant changes in X-ray brightness and spectral shape are found, suggesting that the X-ray emission is of coronal nature. Due to the binary nature of Z CMa the origin of the X-ray source is ambiguous. However, the moderate hydrogen column density derived from our data makes it unlikely that the embedded primary star is the X-ray source. The secondary star, which is the FUor object, is thus responsible for both the X-ray emission and the presently ongoing accretion outburst, which seem however to be unrelated phenomena. The secondary is also known to drive a large outflow and jet, that we detect here for the first time in X-rays. The distance of the X-ray emitting outflow source to the central star is higher than in jets of low-mass stars.

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