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新的光学/紫外对应物和附近热发射孤立中子星的光谱能量分布

New Optical/UV Counterparts and the Spectral Energy Distributions of Nearby, Thermally Emitting, Isolated Neutron Stars

David L. Kaplan, Atish Kamble, Marten H. van Kerkwijk, Wynn C. G. Ho

摘要:

本文介绍了哈勃空间望远镜对附近五颗热发射中子星的光学和紫外测光。通过这些测量,所有七个这样的物体都确认了光学和紫外线对应物。结合我们的数据与档案空间为基础的测光,我们目前的光谱能量分布的所有来源和测量的“光学过剩”:测量的测光超过从X射线光谱外推的因素。我们发现,大多数有光学和紫外线通量,这是不一致的预期从热(瑞利-牛仔裤)发射,表现出更多的通量在较长的波长。我们还发现,大多数物体的光学过剩在5到12之间,但有一个物体(RX J2143.0+0654)在5000 A时超过X射线外推的50倍以上,这对X射线光谱和吸收的不确定性是鲁棒的。我们认为这一解释范围从大气效应,磁层发射,共振散射,但发现没有一个是令人满意的。

英文摘要:

We present Hubble Space Telescope optical and ultraviolet photometry for five nearby, thermally emitting neutron stars. With these measurements, all seven such objects have confirmed optical and ultraviolet counterparts. Combining our data with archival space-based photometry, we present spectral energy distributions for all sources and measure the "optical excess": the factor by which the measured photometry exceeds that extrapolated from X-ray spectra. We find that the majority have optical and ultraviolet fluxes that are inconsistent with that expected from thermal (Rayleigh-Jeans) emission, exhibiting more flux at longer wavelengths. We also find that most objects have optical excesses between 5 and 12, but that one object (RX J2143.0+0654) exceeds the X-ray extrapolation by a factor of more than 50 at 5000 A, and that this is robust to uncertainties in the X-ray spectra and absorption. We consider explanations for this ranging from atmospheric effects, magnetospheric emission, and resonant scattering, but find that none is satisfactory.

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