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一个白矮星合并作为异常X射线脉冲星4U 0142+61的祖先?

A white dwarf merger as progenitor of the anomalous X-ray pulsar 4U 0142+61?

J. A. Rueda, K. Boshkayev, L. Izzo, R. Ruffini, P. Loren Aguilar, B. Kulebi, G. Aznar Siguan, E. Garcia Berro

摘要:

最近有人提出,大质量快速旋转的高磁化白矮星可以描述一些软伽马射线中继站(SGR)和异常X射线脉冲星(AXP)的观测特性。此外,它也已被证明,高场磁(HFMWD)可以是白矮星二进制合并的结果。这些合并的产物包括一个被快速旋转的圆盘包围的炽热中心白矮星。在这里,我们表明,一个双简并系统的合并可以解释奇特的AXP 4U 0142+61的特性。这种情况解释了观测到的红外过量。我们还表明,4U 0142+6的观测到的属性是一致的近似$1.2 M_{\sun}$白矮星,残留的合并的原始系统的质量$0.6\, M_{\sun}$和$1.0\, M_{\sun}$的两个白矮星。最后,我们推断了一个合并后的年龄$τ_{\rm WD}\approx 64$ kyr,和一个磁场$B\approx 2\times 10^8$ G。这种磁场的证据可能来自于在4U 0142+61的光谱中在$\approx 10^{15}$ Hz处的$B$和$V$带之间观察到的电子回旋吸收特征的可能检测。

英文摘要:

It has been recently proposed that massive fast-rotating highly-magnetized white dwarfs could describe the observational properties of some of Soft Gamma-Ray Repeaters (SGRs) and Anomalous X-Ray Pulsars (AXPs). Moreover, it has also been shown that high-field magnetic (HFMWDs) can be the outcome of white dwarf binary mergers. The products of these mergers consist of a hot central white dwarf surrounded by a rapidly rotating disk. Here we show that the merger of a double degenerate system can explain the characteristics of the peculiar AXP 4U 0142+61. This scenario accounts for the observed infrared excess. We also show that the observed properties of 4U 0142+6 are consistent with an approximately $1.2 M_{\sun}$ white dwarf, remnant of the coalescence of an original system made of two white dwarfs of masses $0.6\, M_{\sun}$ and $1.0\, M_{\sun}$. Finally, we infer a post-merging age $τ_{\rm WD}\approx 64$ kyr, and a magnetic field $B\approx 2\times 10^8$ G. Evidence for such a magnetic field may come from the possible detection of the electron cyclotron absorption feature observed between the $B$ and $V$ bands at $\approx 10^{15}$ Hz in the spectrum of 4U 0142+61.

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