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来自缓慢旋转的X射线脉冲星IGR J17480-2446(Terzan 5)的X射线爆发和爆发振荡

X-ray bursts and burst oscillations from the slowly spinning X-ray pulsar IGR J17480-2446 (Terzan 5)

S. Motta, A. D'Aì, A. Papitto, A. Riggio, T. Di Salvo, L. Burderi, T. Belloni L. Stella, R. Iaria

摘要:

新发现的11 Hz吸积脉冲星IGR J17480-2446位于球状星团Terzan 5中,已经显示了几次爆发,重复时间短至几分钟。该源显示了从中子星观测到的最短重现时间。在这里,我们提出了一个研究的形态,光谱和时间特性的107观测到的罗西X射线定时探测器的爆发。爆发的重现时间和能量密度与持续X射线通量的增加有明显的相关性。由质量吸积产生的能量与在爆发期间释放的能量之间的比率表明氦在富氢层中被点燃。因此,我们得出结论,IGR J17480-2446显示的所有爆发都是I型X射线爆发。在所有最亮的爆发中都可以检测到脉动,并且在中子星的自旋频率的0.25 Hz以内没有观察到频率的漂移。这些也相对于在持续发射期间观察到的脉动被锁相,并且在突发期间没有观察到与脉冲频率相关联的均方根的上升。这种行为将有利于这样一种情况,即闪光是在一个区域内点燃的,该区域与中子星表面一样大。

英文摘要:

The newly discovered 11 Hz accreting pulsar, IGR J17480-2446, located in the globular cluster Terzan 5, has shown several bursts with a recurrence time as short as few minutes. The source shows the shortest recurrence time ever observed from a neutron star. Here we present a study of the morphological, spectral and temporal properties of 107 of the bursts observed by the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer. The recurrence time and the fluence of the bursts clearly anticorrelate with the increase of the persistent X-ray flux. The ratio between the energy generated by the accretion of mass and that liberated during bursts indicate that Helium is ignited in a Hydrogen rich layer. Therefore we conclude that all the bursts shown by IGR J17480-2446 are Type-I X-Ray bursts. Pulsations could be detected in all the brightest bursts and no drifts of the frequency are observed within 0.25 Hz of the spin frequency of the neutron star. These are also phase locked with respect to the pulsations observed during the persistent emission and no rise of the rms associated to the pulse frequency is observed during the burst. This behavior would favor a scenario where the flash is ignited within a region which is consistent to be as large as the neutron star surface.

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