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经典金牛座T星V2129 Oph吸积激波的可变X射线辐射

Variable X-ray emission from the accretion shock in the Classical T Tauri Star V2129 Oph

C. Argiroffi, E. Flaccomio, J. Bouvier, J. -F. Donati, K. V. Getman, S. G. Gregory, G. A. J. Hussain, M. M. Jardine, M. B. Skelly, F. M. Walter

摘要:

CTTS中高密度等离子体的软X射线发射与吸积过程有关。目前还不清楚这种高密度冷等离子体是否在吸积激波中被加热,或者它是否是由吸积过程提供/修改的日冕等离子体。我们对CTTS V2129 Oph进行了协调的准同时光学和X射线观测活动(Chandra/HETGS数据用于约束发射等离子体成分的X射线,光学观测用于约束吸积和磁场的特性)。我们分析了200千分之一钱德拉/HETGS观测V2129 Oph,细分为两个100千分之一的部分,对应于两个不同的阶段内的一个恒星旋转。X射线发射等离子体覆盖了宽范围的温度:2-34 MK。V2129 Oph的冷等离子体成分在钱德拉观测的两个部分之间变化:在第一部分中存在高密度等离子体(log Ne ~ 12.1),在~ 3-4 MK处具有高EM;在第二部分中,该等离子体成分具有较低的EM和较低的密度(log Ne < 11.5),尽管这些差异的统计意义是微不足道的。较热的等离子体成分,T > 10 MK,在短时间尺度(~ 10 ks)上显示出变化,这是典型的日冕等离子体。在第一段观测到的一个清晰的耀斑,可能位于一个大的日冕环(> 3颗R星)中。我们的观测进一步证实了CTTS中几个MK的稠密冷等离子体是在吸积激波中被加热的物质。V2129 Oph上这种冷等离子体成分的变化可以用吸积激波中发射的X射线来解释,并在我们的观察所探测的两个旋转相位处用不同的视角观察。在第一个时间间隔内,可以直接看到激波区域,而在第二个时间间隔内,吸积漏斗本身与激波区域的视线相交,阻止我们观察吸积驱动的X射线。

英文摘要:

The soft X-ray emission from high density plasma in CTTS is associated with the accretion process. It is still unclear whether this high density cool plasma is heated in the accretion shock, or if it is coronal plasma fed/modified by the accretion process. We conducted a coordinated quasi-simultaneous optical and X-ray observing campaign of the CTTS V2129 Oph (Chandra/HETGS data to constrain the X-ray emitting plasma components, and optical observations to constrain the characteristics of accretion and magnetic field). We analyze a 200 ks Chandra/HETGS observation of V2129 Oph, subdivided into two 100 ks segments, corresponding to two different phases within one stellar rotation. The X-ray emitting plasma covers a wide range of temperatures: 2-34 MK. The cool plasma component of V2129 Oph varies between the two segments of the Chandra observation: high density plasma (log Ne ~ 12.1) with high EM at ~ 3-4 MK is present during the 1st segment; during the 2nd segment this plasma component has lower EM and lower density (log Ne < 11.5), although the statistical significance of these differences is marginal. Hotter plasma components, T > 10 MK, show variability on short time scales (~ 10 ks), typical of coronal plasma. A clear flare, detected in the 1st segment, could be located in a large coronal loop (> 3 Rstar). Our observation provides further confirmation that the dense cool plasma at a few MK in CTTS is material heated in the accretion shock. The variability of this cool plasma component on V2129 Oph may be explained in terms of X-rays emitted in the accretion shock and seen with different viewing angles at the two rotational phases probed by our observation. During the 1st time interval direct view of the shock region is possible, while, during the 2nd, the accretion funnel itself intersects the line of sight to the shock region, preventing us from observing accretion-driven X-rays.

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