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XMM-牛顿观测揭示富碳沃尔夫-拉叶星WR 48 a的非常高的X射线亮度

XMM-Newton Observations Reveal Very High X-ray Luminosity from the Carbon-rich Wolf-Rayet Star WR 48a

Svetozar A. Zhekov, Marc Gagne, Stephen L. Skinner

摘要:

我们目前的XMM牛顿观测尘埃沃尔夫-拉叶星WR 48 a。这是第一次用X射线探测到这个物体。XMM-牛顿EPIC光谱被严重吸收,并且许多强发射线的存在表明WR 48 a X射线发射的热起源,其中主要温度分量在kT_cool约。1 keV和kT_hot近似值3~keV,较热分量占主导地位。在< 1天的时间尺度上未检测到显著的X射线变异性。虽然距离WR 48 a的距离还不确定,但如果它与d ~ 4 kpc的疏散星团Danks 1和2物理上相关,那么由此产生的X射线光度L_X ~ 10^(35)ergs/s使其成为迄今为止在银河系中探测到的最明亮的X射线沃尔夫-拉叶星,仅次于黑洞候选者天鹅座X-3。我们假设以下情况是WR 48 a的X射线特性最有可能的解释:(1)在宽WR+O二元系统或具有非简并恒星成分的分层三重系统中碰撞星风;(2)WR 48 a风对近伴星(可能是中子星)的吸积冲击。需要更多关于WR 48 a及其风力特性的具体信息来区分上述可能性。

英文摘要:

We present XMM-Newton observations of the dusty Wolf-Rayet star WR 48a. This is the first detection of this object in X-rays. The XMM-Newton EPIC spectra are heavily absorbed and the presence of numerous strong emission lines indicates a thermal origin of the WR 48a X-ray emission, with dominant temperature components at kT_cool approx. 1 keV and kT_hot approx. 3~keV, the hotter component dominating the observed flux. No significant X-ray variability was detected on time scales < 1 day. Although the distance to WR 48a is uncertain, if it is physically associated with the open clusters Danks 1 and 2 at d ~ 4 kpc, then the resultant X-ray luminosity L_X ~ 10^(35) ergs/s makes it the most X-ray luminous Wolf-Rayet star in the Galaxy detected so far, after the black-hole candidate Cyg X-3. We assume the following scenarios as the most likely explanation for the X-ray properties of WR 48a: (1) colliding stellar winds in a wide WR+O binary system, or in a hierarchical triple system with non-degenerate stellar components; (2) accretion shocks from the WR 48a wind onto a close companion (possibly a neutron star). More specific information about WR48a and its wind properties will be needed to distinguish between the above possibilities.

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