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年轻孤立中子星诞生地的鉴别

Identifying birth places of young isolated neutron stars

Nina Tetzlaff, Ralph Neuhaeuser, Markus M. Hohle, Gracjan Maciejewski

摘要:

年轻的孤立的无线电安静的中子星仍然足够热,由于它们的热发射,可以在X射线和光学波长下探测到,因此可以探测冷却曲线。确定他们的出生地点可以限制他们的年龄。出于这个原因,我们试图确定四个所谓的壮丽七中子星的母星协会,它们的自行和距离估计是可用的。我们正在追溯每一颗中子星和可能的诞生协会中心,以寻找近距离接触。相遇的相关时间表示了中子星的运动学年龄,可以与其特征性的自旋下降年龄进行比较。由于输入数据中的观测不确定性,我们使用蒙特卡罗模拟和统计评估我们的计算结果。RX J1856.5-3754很可能起源于大约30万年前的上天蝎座。RX 0720.4-3125要么诞生于大约40万年前的年轻的地方协会TWA,要么诞生于大约50万年前的Tr 10。另外,RX J1605.3+3249和RBS 1223似乎来自附近的一个年轻的星协,如斯科-岑复合体或扩展的日冕-南极星协。对于RBS 1223,也可能在Sct OB 2中出生。我们也给出了观测量的限制以及对中子星的径向速度。根据诞生协,它的年龄和中子星的飞行时间,我们估计了祖星的质量。一些潜在的超新星位于非常近的位置(<100 pc),因此应该对地壳中发现的10 Be和60 Fe物质做出了贡献。此外,我们重新调查以前提出的中子星/逃逸对PSR B1929+10/蛇夫座ζ,并得出结论,这是很可能的,这两个对象在同一超新星事件中喷出。

英文摘要:

Young isolated radio-quiet neutron stars are still hot enough to be detectable at X-ray and optical wavelengths due to their thermal emission and can hence probe cooling curves. An identification of their birth sites can constrain their age. For that reason we try to identify the parent associations for four of the so-called Magnificent Seven neutron stars for which proper motion and distance estimates are available. We are tracing back in time each neutron star and possible birth association centre to find close encounters. The associated time of the encounter expresses the kinematic age of the neutron star which can be compared to its characteristic spin-down age. Owing to observational uncertainties in the input data, we use Monte-Carlo simulations and evaluate the outcome of our calculations statistically. RX J1856.5-3754 most probably originated from the Upper Scorpius association about 0.3 Myr ago. RX 0720.4-3125 was either born in the young local association TWA about 0.4 Myr ago or in Tr 10 0.5 Myr in the past. Also RX J1605.3+3249 and RBS 1223 seem to come from a nearby young association such as the Sco-Cen complex or the extended Corona-Australis association. For RBS 1223 also a birth in Sct OB2 is possible. We also give constraints on the observables as well as on the radial velocity of the neutron star. Given the birth association, its age and the flight time of the neutron star, we estimate the mass of the progenitor star. Some of the potential supernovae were located very nearby (<100pc) and thus should have contributed to the 10Be and 60Fe material found in the Earth's crust. In addition we reinvestigate the previously suggested neutron star/ runaway pair PSR B1929+10/ zeta Ophiuchi and conclude that it is very likely that both objects were ejected during the same supernova event.

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