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快速监控RCW 103中的中心X射线源

Swift monitoring of the central X-ray source in RCW 103

P. Esposito, R. Turolla, A. De Luca, G. L. Israel, A. Possenti, D. N. Burrows

摘要:

X射线源1 E 161348-5055位于2千光年的超新星遗迹RCW 103的中心。由于它的24-ks调制,几个月/几年的量级通量变化,以及缺乏明显的光学对应物,1 E 161348-5055无法分配到任何已知的X射线源。从2006年4月开始,Swift用它的X射线望远镜对1 E 161348-5055进行了大约每月一次的2千秒的观测。在这五年中,该源一直处于静止状态,观测到的平均通量为1.7 e-12 erg/cm^2/s(1-10 keV),比其1999-2000年爆发时达到的历史最大值低约20倍。Swift数据的长时间跨度使我们能够获得1 E 161348-5055 [P = 24030.42(2)s]周期的精确测量,并推导出其周期导数的第一个上限(|DP/DT| < 1.6e-9 s/s(3 σ)。

英文摘要:

The X-ray source 1E 161348-5055 lies at the centre of the 2-kyr-old supernova remnant RCW 103. Owing to its 24-ks modulation, orders-of-magnitude flux variability over a few months/years, and lack of an obvious optical counterpart, 1E 161348-5055 defies assignment to any known class of X-ray sources. Starting from April 2006, Swift observed 1E 161348-5055 with its X-ray telescope for 2 ks approximately once per month. During the five years covered, the source has remained in a quiescent state, with an average observed flux of 1.7e-12 erg/cm^2/s (1-10 keV), about 20 times lower than the historical maximum attained in its 1999-2000 outburst. The long time-span of the Swift data allows us to obtain an accurate measure of the period of 1E 161348-5055 [P = 24030.42(2) s] and to derive the first upper limit on its period derivative (|dP/dt| < 1.6e-9 s/s at 3 sigma).

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