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谜场星BP Psc的钱德拉X射线探测

Chandra X-ray Detection of the Enigmatic Field Star BP Psc

Joel H. Kastner, Rodolfo Montez, David Rodriguez, Nicolas Grosso, B. Zuckerman, Marshall D. Perrin, Thierry Forveille, James R. Graham

摘要:

BP Psc是一颗引人注目的发射线场恒星,它被一个尘埃盘环绕,并驱动着一个秒差距尺度的喷流系统。本文报道钱德拉X射线天文台在BP Psc观测到一个弱X射线点源,它与光学/红外和亚毫米波连续辐射的质心重合。由于这颗恒星的光球层在可见光和近红外波段都很模糊,钱德拉X射线源很可能是第一次探测到BP Psc本身。X射线最有可能起源于BP Psc的磁活动,因此可以归因于恒星日冕或星盘相互作用。X射线与测热光度之比的对数(log(L_X/ L_{bol}))在-5.8至-4.2的范围内。这比低质量主序前恒星的log(L_X/ L_{bol})比值要小,但在快速旋转(FK Com型)G巨星的log(L_X/ L_{bol})范围内。因此,钱德拉的结果倾向于一个奇异的模型,其中BP Psc的盘/喷流系统是其最近吞噬伴星或巨行星的结果,因为主星上升到巨分支。

英文摘要:

BP Psc is a remarkable emission-line field star that is orbited by a dusty disk and drives a parsec-scale system of jets. We report the detection by the Chandra X-ray Observatory of a weak X-ray point source coincident with the centroids of optical/IR and submillimeter continuum emission at BP Psc. As the star's photosphere is obscured throughout the visible and near-infrared, the Chandra X-ray source likely represents the first detection of BP Psc itself. The X-rays most likely originate with magnetic activity at BP Psc and hence can be attributed either to a stellar corona or to star-disk interactions. The log of the ratio of X-ray to bolometric luminosity (log(L_X/L_{bol}) lies in the range -5.8 to -4.2. This is smaller than log(L_X/L_{bol}) ratios typical of low-mass, pre-main sequence stars, but is well within the log(L_X/L_{bol}) range observed for rapidly-rotating (FK Com-type) G giant stars. Hence, the Chandra results favor an exotic model wherein the disk/jet system of BP Psc is the result of its very recently engulfing a companion star or giant planet, as the primary star ascended the giant branch.

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