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来自仙王座A恒星形成区动力源的X射线

X-rays from the Power Sources of the Cepheus A Star-Forming Region

S. H. Pravdo, Y. Tsuboi, A. Uzawa, Y. Ezoe

摘要:

本文报道用Chandra/ACIS仪器观测仙王座A激发区的X射线辐射。曾经是一个未解决的X射线源,包括假定的电源,现在被分解为至少3个点状源,每个源具有相似的X射线特性和不同的无线电和亚毫米波特性。这些光源是HW 9、HW 3c和一个在其他波长“h10”处未检测到的新光源。“他们都推断出X射线的光度大于等于10^31 erg·s^-1,具有硬光谱,T大于等于10^7 K,并且具有相当于几十到一百个可见光吸收量级的高低能吸收。通常被认为是质量最大、能量最高的恒星HW 2没有被探测到,其上限比探测到的低7倍。X射线可能是通过与回旋同步辐射源有关的漫射辐射区域中的热韧致辐射产生的,或者它们可能来自强大的恒星风。我们还分析了Spitzer/IRAC对该恒星形成区的中红外观测,给出了附近恒星的X射线结果和中红外分类。HH 168在X射线下并不像以前报道的那样不亮。

英文摘要:

We report an observation of X-ray emission from the exciting region of Cepheus A with the Chandra/ACIS instrument. What had been an unresolved X-ray source comprising the putative power sources is now resolved into at least 3 point-like sources, each with similar X-ray properties and differing radio and submillimeter properties. The sources are HW9, HW3c, and a new source that is undetected at other wavelengths "h10." They each have inferred X-ray luminosities >= 10^31 erg s^-1 with hard spectra, T >= 10^7 K, and high low-energy absorption equivalent to tens to as much as a hundred magnitudes of visual absorption. The star usually assumed to be the most massive and energetic, HW2, is not detected with an upper limit about 7 times lower than the detections. The X-rays may arise via thermal bremsstrahlung in diffuse emission regions associated with a gyrosynchrotron source for the radio emission, or they could arise from powerful stellar winds. We also analyzed the Spitzer/IRAC mid-IR observation from this star-formation region and present the X-ray results and mid-IR classifications of the nearby stars. HH 168 is not as underluminous in X-rays as previously reported.

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