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超铝X射线源的均方根通量线性关系

The linear rms-flux relation in an Ultraluminous X-ray Source

L. M. Heil, S. Vaughan

摘要:

我们报告的第一个检测的均方根变化幅度和通量之间的线性相关性的超铝X射线源NGC 5408 X-1。均方根通量关系已在几个银河系黑洞X射线双星、几个活动星系核和至少一个中子星X射线双星中观测到。这一结果支持了一个假设,即线性均方根通量关系是共同的所有发光黑洞吸积,甚至可能是一个基本属性的吸积流动的紧凑的对象。我们还首次展示了这种ULX的可变性的交叉光谱特性,比较低于和高于1千电子伏的变化。的相干性和时间延迟的约束很差,但一致的两个频带之间的高相干性,在大多数的可观察的频率范围内,和一个显着的时间延迟(硬领先软变化)。滞后的幅度和频率依赖性与BHB中通常观察到的基本一致,但滞后的方向相反。这些结果表明,ULX的可变性研究,使用长X射线观测,约束的过程中驱动ULXs的行为,和ULXs的位置的计划中的黑洞吸积从BHB到活动星系核的承诺。

英文摘要:

We report the first detection of a linear correlation between rms variability amplitude and flux in the Ultraluminous X-ray source NGC 5408 X-1. The rms-flux relation has previously been observed in several Galactic black hole X-ray binaries (BHBs), several Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) and at least one neutron star X-ray binary. This result supports the hypothesis that a linear rms-flux relation is common to all luminous black hole accretion and perhaps even a fundamental property of accretion flows about compact objects. We also show for the first time the cross-spectral properties of the variability of this ULX, comparing variations below and above 1 keV. The coherence and time delays are poorly constrained but consistent with high coherence between the two bands, over most of the observable frequency range, and a significant time delay (with hard leading soft variations). The magnitude and frequency dependence of the lags are broadly consistent with those commonly observed in BHBs, but the direction of the lag is reversed. These results indicate that ULX variability studies, using long X-ray observations, hold great promise for constraining the processes driving ULXs behaviour, and the position of ULXs in the scheme of black hole accretion from BHBs to AGN.

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