Observations of the unique X-ray emitting subdwarf stars HD49798 and BD+37 442
N. La Palombara, S. Mereghetti, A. Tiengo, P. Esposito, L. Stella, G. L. Israel
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Comments 10 pages, 4 figures, 1 table. Proceedings of the XIth Hvar Astrophysical Colloquium "The Most Mysterious Binaries: Significance for Astrophysics", to be published in a special volume of the Central European Astrophysical Bulletin
We report on the results we obtained with XMM-Newton observations of HD49798 and BD+37 442, the only two sdO stars for which X-ray emission has been observed so far. HD is a single-lined spectroscopic binary with orbital period of 1.5 days. We could establish that its companion is a massive white dwarf with M = 1.28 Msun, which makes it a candidate type Ia supernova progenitor; we also detected a significant X-ray emission during the white-dwarf eclipse, which could be X-ray emission of the sdO star itself. In the case of BD+37 442, a luminous He-rich sdO that up to now was believed to be a single star, we discovered soft X-ray emission with a periodicity of 19.2 s. This indicates that also this hot subdwarf has a compact binary companion, either a white dwarf or a neutron star, most likely powered by accretion from the wind of the sdO star.
Dissecting X-ray-emitting Gas around the Center of our Galaxy
大多数超大质量黑洞(SMBH)的吸积水平非常低,很难与它们所在的星系中心区分开来。我们自己的银河系的SMBH提供了一个独特的指导例外,我们提出了一个近距离的看法,其静态X射线发射的基础上3兆秒的钱德拉观测。虽然X射线的发射是拉长的,并且与周围的大质量恒星盘很好地对准,但我们可以排除低质量日冕活动恒星的聚集作为发射源的可能性,因为没有预测的Fe K α发射。极弱的类H Fe K α线进一步表明存在从吸积流到SMBH的流出。这些结果提供了重要的约束模型的普遍辐射低效吸积状态。
A Gamma-ray Emitting Head-Tail Radio Galaxy Swimming Through the Hot Medium of the Merging Cluster Abell 3627
Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA)(天文与天体物理大学间中心);Centre for Space Research, North-West University(西北大学太空研究中心);International Gemini Observatory/NSF NOIRLab(国际双星观测台/美国国家光学红外天文实验室);Indian Institute of Astrophysics(印度天体物理研究所);Universität Bielefeld(比勒费尔德大学);Assam Don Bosco University(阿萨姆唐博斯科大学);Dayanand Science College(戴亚南德科学学院)
Magnetic field estimates from the X-ray synchrotron emitting rims of the 30 Dor C superbubble and the implications for the nature of 30 Dor C's TeV emission
30 Dor C超级气泡因其同步加速器X射线壳而独特,并且是在TeV $γ$射线中检测到的第一个超级气泡,尽管主要的TeV发射机制,即,轻子的还是强子的,还不清楚。我们的目标是使用新的钱德拉观测30 Dor C解决同步加速器壳前所未有的细节,并估计磁($B$)场在冲击波后区域,TeV之间的一个关键点$γ$射线发射机制。我们提取的径向配置文件在1.5-8千电子伏的范围内,从各个部门周围的同步加速器外壳和拟合这些与投影和点扩散函数卷积postshock体积发射率模型,以确定灯丝宽度。然后我们根据这些宽度计算出了震后的磁场强度。我们发现大多数扇区与我们的冲击后模型很好地拟合,并且确定的$B$ -场值很低,都与$\lesssim 20~μ$ G最佳拟合。三个部门的置信区间上限达到了$\gtrsim 30~μ$ G,尽管这些限制很差。普遍较低的$B$场值表明TeV $γ$射线的起源以轻子为主。我们的休克后模型没有提供足够的适合两个部门。我们发现,一个扇区不能提供足够清晰的径向轮廓,而另一个扇区可以用一个修改过的模型来拟合,在这个模型中,投影轮廓在低于$\sim0.8$乘以壳半径时突然下降,产生了4.8(3.7-11.8)$μ$ G的激波后$B$ -场,这也与轻子TeV $γ$ -射线机制一致。或者,在这些部门所观察到的配置文件可能会导致增强周围的冲击云的相互作用,在以前的工作中建议。在30 …
The Emerging Population of High-energy Emitting Radio Galaxies
Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA)(天文与天体物理大学间中心);Chalmers University of Technology(查尔姆斯理工大学);Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy(马克斯·普朗克射电天文研究所);National Centre for Radio Astrophysics - Tata Institute of Fundamental Research(国家射电天体物理中心 - 塔塔基础研究院);University of Hertfordshire(赫特福德大学);Aalto University(阿尔托大学);Aalto University Metsähovi Radio Observatory(阿尔托大学梅塔霍维射电天文台);University of Southampton(南安普顿大学);Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing (IWR)(科学计算跨学科中心)