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在4U 0614+091的中子星上点燃了什么?

What ignites on the neutron star of 4U 0614+091?

E. Kuulkers, J. J. M. in 't Zand, J. -L. Atteia, A. M. Levine, S. Brandt, D. A. Smith, M. Linares, M. Falanga, C. Sanchez-Fernandez, C. B. Markwardt, T. E. Stro… 展开作者

E. Kuulkers, J. J. M. in 't Zand, J. -L. Atteia, A. M. Levine, S. Brandt, D. A. Smith, M. Linares, M. Falanga, C. Sanchez-Fernandez, C. B. Markwardt, T. E. Strohmayer, A. Cumming, M. Suzuki

摘要:

LMXB 4U 0614+091是一个偶发的热核(I型)X射线爆发源。我们在EURECA/WATCH,RXTE/ASM,BeppoSAX/WFC,HETE-2/FREGATE,INTEGRAL/IBIS/ISGRI和Swift/BAT的偶然宽场X射线观测中发现了具有各种特征的爆发,以及RXTE/PCA和HEXTE的定点观测。它们中的大多数达到~15螃蟹的峰值通量,但少数仅达到低于螃蟹的峰值通量。其中一个爆发显示了一个非常强烈的光球半径膨胀阶段。这使我们能够评估到源的距离:3.2 kpc。爆发持续时间在10秒到5分钟之间。然而,在一个中等持续时间的爆发之后,在爆发开始后至少约2.4小时可以看到微弱的尾部。一个很长的爆发持续了几个小时。这个超级爆发候选者在19天后被一个正常的I型爆发所跟随。据我们所知,这是超级爆发中爆发-熄灭时间最短的。在这个系统中,如果超暴吸积在~1% LEdd,则很难调和。中等持续时间的爆发发生在4U 0614+091持久发射最低和平静的时候,爆发不频繁(平均每月一次至3个月)。在此期间之后,平均破裂率显著增加。最高平均爆裂复发率为每周一次至2周。如果在来自施主恒星的吸积物质中至少存在相当数量的氦,那么就可以部分地理解爆发行为。如果这个系统是一个超紧凑的X射线双星,有一个CO白矮星施主,这是出乎意料的。如果爆发是由氦提供动力的,我们发现每累积质量的能量生产比纯氦物质的预期少约2.5倍。

英文摘要:

[abridged] The LMXB 4U 0614+091 is a source of sporadic thermonuclear (type I) X-ray bursts. We find bursts with a wide variety of characteristics in serendipitous wide-field X-ray observations by EURECA/WATCH, RXTE/ASM, BeppoSAX/WFC, HETE-2/FREGATE, INTEGRAL/IBIS/ISGRI, and Swift/BAT, as well as pointed observations by RXTE/PCA and HEXTE. Most of them reach a peak flux of ~15 Crab, but a few only reach a peak flux below a Crab. One of the bursts shows a very strong photospheric radius-expansion phase. This allows us to evaluate the distance to the source: 3.2 kpc. The burst durations are between 10 sec to 5 min. However, after one of the intermediate-duration bursts, a faint tail is seen to at least ~2.4 hours after the start of the burst. One very long burst lasted for several hours. This superburst candidate was followed by a normal type-I burst only 19 days later. This is, to our knowledge, the shortest burst-quench time among the superbursters. A superburst in this system is difficult to reconcile if it accretes at ~1% L_Edd. The intermediate-duration bursts occurred when 4U 0614+091's persistent emission was lowest and calm, and when bursts were infrequent (on average one every month to 3 months). The average burst rate increased significantly after this period. The maximum average burst recurrence rate is once every week to 2 weeks. The burst behaviour may be partly understood if there is at least an appreciable amount of helium present in the accreted material from the donor star. If the system is an ultra-compact X-ray binary with a CO white-dwarf donor, as has been suggested, this is unexpected. If the bursts are powered by helium, we find that the energy production per accumulated mass is about 2.5 times less than expected for pure helium matter.

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