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银心暗X射线瞬变GRS 1741.9-2853的爆发行为

Bursting behavior of the Galactic Center faint X-ray transient GRS 1741.9-2853

G. Trap, M. Falanga, A. Goldwurm, E. Bozzo, R. Terrier, P. Ferrando, D. Porquet, N. Grosso, M. Sakano

摘要:

中子星低质量X射线双星GRS 1741.9-2853是已知的银河系中心I型爆发。它是短暂的,微弱的,位于一个非常拥挤的区域,距离超大质量黑洞Sgr A* 只有10弧分。因此,迄今为止对其爆裂行为的研究很少。特别是,由于缺乏敏感性或混乱,它的持续发射很少在连续爆发之间被检测到。这就是为什么GRS 1741.9-2853成为BeppoSAX号卫星几年前确定的九个“爆发源”之一。GRS 1741.9-2853爆发的物理性质仍然非常有趣,因为我们对低吸积率爆发的核机制知之甚少。在这里,我们第一次检查几个爆发的持续排放的来源,使用积分,XMM牛顿,和斯威夫特的意见。我们调查了2005年和2007年长爆发期间的源通量变化和爆发行为。GRS 1741.9-2853的持久光度在~1.7和10.5 10^36 erg s^-1之间变化,即爱丁顿光度的0.9-5.3%。在整个爆发过程中,由吸收幂律描述的光谱形状保持不变,光子指数为γ ~ 2,柱密度为N_{\rm H} ~ 12 × 10^22 cm^-2。我们用INTEGRAL发现了11个I型爆发,并检查了另外4个爆发:2个由XMM-牛顿记录,2个由斯威夫特记录。从这个爆发中,我们得到了一个源距的上限约为7 kpc。观测到的爆发特征和源吸积速率表明,纯氦爆炸在柱体深度y_{ign} ~ 0.8-4.8 10^8 g cm^-1处点燃,典型的能量释放为~1.2-7.4 10^39 erg。

英文摘要:

The neutron star low-mass X-ray binary GRS 1741.9-2853 is a known type-I burster of the Galactic Center. It is transient, faint, and located in a very crowded region, only 10 arcmin from the supermassive black hole Sgr A*. Therefore, its bursting behavior has been poorly studied so far. In particular, its persistent emission has rarely been detected between consecutive bursts, due to lack of sensitivity or confusion. This is what made GRS 1741.9-2853 one of the nine "burst-only sources" identified by BeppoSAX a few years ago. The physical properties of GRS 1741.9-2853 bursts are yet of great interest since we know very little about the nuclear regimes at stake in low accretion rate bursters. We examine here for the first time several bursts in relation with the persistent emission of the source, using INTEGRAL, XMM-Newton, and Swift observations. We investigate the source flux variability and bursting behavior during its 2005 and 2007 long outbursts. The persistent luminosity of GRS 1741.9-2853 varied between ~1.7 and 10.5 10^36 erg s^-1, i.e. 0.9-5.3% of the Eddington luminosity. The shape of the spectrum as described by an absorbed power-law remained with a photon index Gamma ~ 2 and a column density $N_{\rm H} ~ 12 10^22 cm^-2 throughout the outbursts. We discovered 11 type-I bursts with INTEGRAL, and inspected 4 additional bursts: 2 recorded by XMM-Newton and 2 by Swift. From the brigthest burst, we derive an upper limit on the source distance of ~7 kpc. The observed bursts characteristics and source accretion rate suggest pure helium explosions igniting at column depths y_{ign} ~ 0.8-4.8 10^8 g cm^-1, for typical energy releases of ~1.2-7.4 10^39 erg.

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