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蟹状星云

The variable Crab Nebula

Marco Tavani

摘要:

这个引人注目的蟹状星云是由一颗高能脉冲星提供动力的,它的相对论风与超新星遗迹SN 1054的内部相互作用。尽管在星云内部有低强度的光学和X射线变化,但螃蟹一直被认为在X射线和伽马射线能量上基本稳定。2010年9月,AGILE发现了一个非常强烈的星云起源的瞬变伽马射线耀斑,打破了这一范式。这是蟹状星云第一次在宇宙星云中观测到的最短时间内(1天或更短)将粒子加速到10^15 eV。在很短的时间尺度内检测到50 MeV和几个GeV之间的发射,具有相当硬的光谱。额外的分析和最近的蟹状星云数据导致确定了AGILE和费米在2007年中期/2011年中期期间探测到的总共四个主要的闪烁伽马射线事件。这些观测结果对脉冲星风相互作用和粒子加速过程的发射模型提出了挑战。事实上,从蟹状星云中发现的快速有效的伽马射线瞬态发射,导致了对当前粒子加速模型的实质性修正。

英文摘要:

The remarkable Crab Nebula is powered by an energetic pulsar whose relativistic wind interacts with the inner parts of the Supernova Remnant SN1054. Despite low-intensity optical and X-ray variations in the inner Nebula, the Crab has been considered until now substantially stable at X-ray and gamma-ray energies. This paradigm has been shattered by the AGILE discovery in September 2010 of a very intense transient gamma-ray flare of nebular origin. For the first time, the Crab Nebula was "caught in the act" of accelerating particles up to 10^15 eV within the shortest timescale ever observed in a cosmic nebula (1 day or less). Emission between 50 MeV and a few GeV was detected with a quite hard spectrum within a short timescale. Additional analysis and recent Crab Nebula data lead to identify a total of four major flaring gamma-ray episodes detected by AGILE and Fermi during the period mid-2007/mid-2011. These observations challenge emission models of the pulsar wind interaction and particle acceleration processes. Indeed, the discovery of fast and efficient gamma-ray transient emission from the Crab leads to substantially revise current models of particle acceleration.

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