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低磁场磁星SGR 0418+5729表面发射的模拟

Modelling of the Surface Emission of the Low-Magnetic Field Magnetar SGR 0418+5729

Sebastien Guillot, Rosalba Perna, Nanda Rea, Daniele Vigano, Jose Pons

摘要:

我们进行了详细的模拟后爆发的低磁场磁星SGR 0418+5729的表面发射。这个源的偶极磁场B= 6 × 10^12 G,根据它的自旋下降速率估算,它在正常类星体的观测磁场范围内。该源的特征还在于高脉冲分数和单峰轮廓。使用合成的温度分布曲线,并充分考虑光偏转和引力红移的广义相对论效应,我们生成合成的X射线光谱和脉冲轮廓,我们适合的观察。我们发现,不对称和对称的表面温度分布可以同样很好地再现所观察到的脉冲轮廓和光谱的SGR 0418。尽管如此,建模允许我们对系统几何形状(即旋转轴分别与视线和偶极轴形成的角度$ψ$和$ξ$)以及中子星表面上的光斑大小和温度对比度施加约束。在进行分析迭代之间的脉冲轮廓和光谱,在类似的以前的作品中所做的,我们进一步采用,在这种情况下,第一次,马尔可夫链蒙特卡罗方法提取约束的模型参数的脉冲轮廓和光谱,同时。我们发现,再现观测到的光谱和通量调制:(a)的角度必须限制在$65°< ψ+ξ< 125°$或$235°< ψ+ξ<295°$ ;(b)两极和赤道之间的温度对比必须至少是$\sim6$的一个因素,和(c)最热的区域的大小范围在0.2-0.7公里(包括源距离的不确定性)。最后,我们解释我们的研究结果的内部和外部加热模型的背景下。

英文摘要:

We perform a detailed modelling of the post-outburst surface emission of the low magnetic field magnetar SGR 0418+5729. The dipolar magnetic field of this source, B=6x10^12 G estimated from its spin-down rate, is in the observed range of magnetic fields for normal pulsars. The source is further characterized by a high pulse fraction and a single-peak profile. Using synthetic temperature distribution profiles, and fully accounting for the general-relativistic effects of light deflection and gravitational redshift, we generate synthetic X-ray spectra and pulse profiles that we fit to the observations. We find that asymmetric and symmetric surface temperature distributions can reproduce equally well the observed pulse profiles and spectra of SGR 0418. Nonetheless, the modelling allows us to place constraints on the system geometry (i.e. the angles $ψ$ and $ξ$ that the rotation axis makes with the line of sight and the dipolar axis, respectively), as well as on the spot size and temperature contrast on the neutron star surface. After performing an analysis iterating between the pulse profile and spectra, as done in similar previous works, we further employed, for the first time in this context, a Markov-Chain Monte-Carlo approach to extract constraints on the model parameters from the pulse profiles and spectra, simultaneously. We find that, to reproduce the observed spectrum and flux modulation: (a) the angles must be restricted to $65°< ψ+ξ< 125°$ or $235°< ψ+ξ<295°$; (b) the temperature contrast between the poles and the equator must be at least a factor of $\sim6$, and (c) the size of the hottest region ranges between 0.2-0.7 km (including uncertainties on the source distance). Last, we interpret our findings within the context of internal and external heating models.

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