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ROSAT全天巡天亮源星表中孤立中子星数目的极限

A Limit on the Number of Isolated Neutron Stars Detected in the ROSAT All-Sky Survey Bright Source Catalog

Monica L. Turner, Robert E. Rutledge, Ryan Letcavage, Andrew S. H. Shevchuk, Derek B. Fox

摘要:

使用新的和档案观测与斯威夫特卫星和其他设施,我们检查147个X射线源选择从ROSAT全天巡天亮源目录(RASS/BSC)产生一个新的限制孤立的中子星(INS)的数量在RASS/BSC,最具约束力的限制。独立于X射线光谱和变异性,INS的数量<=48(90%置信度)。将注意力限制在软(有效温度< 200 eV),不变的X射线源-如以前的研究-产生<=31 INS的全天限制。在我们的分析过程中,我们确定了五个新的高质量的INS候选目标的后续观察。未来的eROSITA全天空X射线巡天,或具有类似能力的另一个任务,可以预期将BSC中X射线发现的INS的检测数量从8增加到50,增加到(磁盘数量)240到1500,这将使中子星数量模型的更详细研究成为可能。

英文摘要:

Using new and archival observations made with the Swift satellite and other facilities, we examine 147 X-ray sources selected from the ROSAT All-Sky-Survey Bright Source Catalog (RASS/BSC) to produce a new limit on the number of isolated neutron stars (INSs) in the RASS/BSC, the most constraining such limit to-date. Independent of X-ray spectrum and variability, the number of INSs is <=48 (90% confidence). Restricting attention to soft (having an effective temperature of < 200 eV), non-variable X-ray sources -- as in a previous study -- yields an all-sky limit of <=31 INSs. In the course of our analysis, we identify five new high-quality INS candidates for targeted follow-up observations. A future all-sky X-ray survey with eROSITA, or another mission with similar capabilities, can be expected to increase the detected population of X-ray-discovered INSs from the 8 to 50 in the BSC, to (for a disk population) 240 to 1500, which will enable a more detailed study of neutron star population models.

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