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长周期极性AI Tri的X射线光谱学和XMM-牛顿光度学

X-ray spectroscopy and photometry of the long-period polar AI Tri with XMM-Newton

I. Traulsen, K. Reinsch, R. Schwarz, S. Dreizler, K. Beuermann, A. D. Schwope, V. Burwitz

摘要:

上下文强磁场激变变星的能量平衡是理解磁白矮星吸积过程的中心课题。利用XMM-牛顿,我们对软X射线选择极在高吸积态进行了光谱和光度研究。目标。根据磁激变变星AI Tri的X射线和光学观测结果,我们导出了软极星吸积区的谱成分、通量贡献和物理结构。方法.我们使用多温度的方法在我们的xspec模拟的光谱描述的物理条件和结构的冲击后吸积流和吸积点的白矮星表面。此外,我们调查吸积几何系统的光度数据的时序分析。结果在双星周期的大约70%期间,来自白矮星加热表面的闪耀软X射线辐射占X射线通量的主导地位。该分量偏离单个黑体,并且可以通过具有高斯温度分布的轻度吸收黑体的叠加来描述。此外,较弱的硬X射线发射几乎总是可见的。从冷却激波后吸积流的频谱是最密切的拟合热等离子体mekal模型与温度分布适应从以前的固定双流体流体动力学计算的组合。软X射线光变曲线在亮相出现下降,这可以解释为吸积流中的自吸收。相位分辨光谱模拟支持单极吸积和日食的图像。其中一个光学光变曲线对应于不规则的吸积模式。在同一时期的短XMM-牛顿观测期间,系统的X射线发射明显地由软分量主导。

英文摘要:

Context. The energy balance of cataclysmic variables with strong magnetic fields is a central subject in understanding accretion processes on magnetic white dwarfs. With XMM-Newton, we perform a spectroscopic and photometric study of soft X-ray selected polars during their high states of accretion. Aims. On the basis of X-ray and optical observations of the magnetic cataclysmic variable AI Tri, we derive the properties of the spectral components, their flux contributions, and the physical structure of the accretion region in soft polars. Methods. We use multi-temperature approaches in our xspec modeling of the spectra to describe the physical conditions and the structures of the post-shock accretion flow and the accretion spot on the white-dwarf surface. In addition, we investigate the accretion geometry of the system by a timing analysis of the photometric data. Results. Flaring soft X-ray emission from the heated surface of the white dwarf dominates the X-ray flux during roughly 70% of the binary cycle. This component deviates from a single black body and can be described by a superimposition of mildly absorbed black bodies with a Gaussian temperature distribution. In addition, weaker hard X-ray emission is visible nearly all the time. The spectrum from the cooling post-shock accretion flow is most closely fitted by a combination of thermal plasma mekal models with temperature profiles adapted from prior stationary two-fluid hydrodynamic calculations. The soft X-ray light curves show a dip during the bright phase, which can be interpreted as self-absorption in the accretion stream. Phase-resolved spectral modeling supports the picture of one-pole accretion and self-eclipse. One of the optical light curves corresponds to an irregular mode of accretion. During a short XMM-Newton observation at the same epoch, the X-ray emission of the system is clearly dominated by the soft component.

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