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半人马座A中LMXB的光度函数:球状星团与场的关系

Luminosity functions of LMXBs in Centaurus A: globular clusters versus the field

R. Voss, M. Gilfanov, G. R. Sivakoff, R. P. Kraft, A. Jordan, S. Raychaudhury, M. Birkinshaw, N. J. Brassington, J. H. Croston, D. A. Evans, W. R. Forman, M. J.… 展开作者

R. Voss, M. Gilfanov, G. R. Sivakoff, R. P. Kraft, A. Jordan, S. Raychaudhury, M. Birkinshaw, N. J. Brassington, J. H. Croston, D. A. Evans, W. R. Forman, M. J. Hardcastle, W. E. Harris, C. Jones, A. M. Juett, S. S. Murray, C. L. Sarazin, K. A. Woodley, D. M. Worrall

摘要:

本文研究了邻近早型星系Centaurus A中低质量X射线双星(LMXB)的X射线光度函数(XLF),主要集中在两个方面:低光度极限下的XLF行为和球状星团与场源的比较。深度钱德拉VLP计划的800 ksec曝光使我们能够达到8 e35 erg/s的极限光度,比以前的调查深2-3倍。我们确认了在log(L_X)=37.2-37.6处LMXB XLF的低光度突变的存在,低于该突变,光度分布服从常数dN/d(ln L)。分离球状星团和场源,我们发现一个统计上显着的差异,在球状星团人口的微弱源相对不足的两个光度分布。这表明,样本是从不同的母种群,并可能反驳的假设,即整个LMXB人口在早期类型的星系是动态创建的球状星团。作为一个合理的解释,这种差异的XLF,我们认为,有一个增强部分的氦吸积系统的球状星团,这是在红巨星和中子星之间的碰撞。由于He的电离温度高出4倍,这样的系统在大约20倍的质量吸积速率下会受到吸积盘不稳定性的影响,因此在低光度下不会被观察到作为持久源。

英文摘要:

We study the X-ray luminosity function (XLF) of low mass X-ray binaries (LMXB) in the nearby early-type galaxy Centaurus A, concentrating primarily on two aspects of binary populations: the XLF behavior at the low luminosity limit and comparison between globular cluster and field sources. The 800 ksec exposure of the deep Chandra VLP program allows us to reach a limiting luminosity of 8e35 erg/s, about 2-3 times deeper than previous investigations. We confirm the presence of the low luminosity break in the overall LMXB XLF at log(L_X)=37.2-37.6 below which the luminosity distribution follows a constant dN/d(ln L). Separating globular cluster and field sources, we find a statistically significant difference between the two luminosity distributions with a relative underabundance of faint sources in the globular cluster population. This demonstrates that the samples are drawn from distinct parent populations and may disprove the hypothesis that the entire LMXB population in early type galaxies is created dynamically in globular clusters. As a plausible explanation for this difference in the XLFs, we suggest that there is an enhanced fraction of helium accreting systems in globular clusters, which are created in collisions between red giants and neutron stars. Due to the 4 times higher ionization temperature of He, such systems are subject to accretion disk instabilities at approximately 20 times higher mass accretion rate, and therefore are not observed as persistent sources at low luminosities.

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