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黑洞低质量x射线双星V404 Cyg的静态X射线变率特征

Characterizing the quiescent X-ray variability of the black hole low mass x-ray binary V404 Cyg

Federico Bernardini, Edward Cackett

摘要:

我们对黑洞低质量X射线双星V404 Cyg进行了首次长期(75天)X射线监测,目的是了解和表征其在静止期的变化。V404的X射线光变曲线显示了几个小时时间尺度的耀斑,计数率变化约为5-8倍。均方根变异性为Fvar = 57.0(3.2)%。一阶结构函数与指数为-1的功率谱(闪烁噪声)或指数为0的功率谱(白噪声)一致,这意味着光变曲线在从几天到几个月的时间尺度上是可变的。X射线谱符合幂律,谱指数为2.10 - 2.35,谱形随通量的变化基本保持不变。相对于X射线通量变化的恒定光谱形状可能有利于其中X射线发射由射流中产生的同步辐射主导的场景。

英文摘要:

We conducted the first long-term (75 days) X-ray monitoring of the black hole low mass X-ray binary V404 Cyg, with the goal of understanding and characterizing its variability during quiescence. The X-ray light curve of V404 shows several flares on timescales of hours with a count rate change of a factor of about 5-8. The root mean square variability is Fvar = 57.0(3.2) percent. The first order structure function is consistent with both a power spectrum of index -1 (flicker noise), or with a power spectrum of index 0 (white noise), implying that the light curve is variable on timescales from days to months. The X-ray spectrum is well fitted by a power law with spectral index Γ = 2.10 - 2.35, and we found that the spectral shape remains roughly constant as the flux changes. A constant spectral shape with respect to a change in the X-ray flux may favour a scenario in which the X-ray emission is dominated by synchrotron radiation produced in a jet.

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