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GRS 1915+105中的吸积流-离散喷射联系

The Accretion Flow - Discrete Ejection Connection in GRS 1915+105

Brian Punsly, Jerome Rodriguez, Sergei A. Trushkin

摘要:

微类星体GRS~1915+105以其壮观的离散抛射而闻名。它们的出现是出乎意料的,因此它们的开始是无法直接观察到的。已经表明,X射线通量在导致主要喷射的几个小时内增加。在这篇文章中,我们考虑了Reid等人(2014)中描述的离散喷射的适度版本的偶然干涉监测,否则在日常无线电光变曲线中会逃脱检测。观察在射血开始后$\sim 1$小时开始,提供了对射血时间估计的前所未有的准确性。天体测量使我们能够确定喷射时间为$\rm{MJD}\, 56436.274^{+0.016}_{-0.013}$,即,在41分钟的精确度内(95%置信度)。就像较大的耀斑一样,我们发现X射线亮度在喷射前的最后2 - 4小时内增加。我们有限的时间分辨率表明,这种升高的X射线通量持续在喷射的$21.8^{+22.6}_{-19.1}$分钟内,置信度为95%,是迄今为止X射线超光速喷射连接的最高时间精度。这一观测提供了直接的证据,表明发射大耀斑的物理学也发生在较小的尺度上(较低的无线电通量和较短的喷射事件)。观测到的X射线尖峰之前,一个离散的喷射,虽然非常温和的幅度表明,过程连接吸积行为的喷射是一般的,从最小的规模,以高亮度的主要超光速耀斑。

英文摘要:

The microquasar GRS~1915+105 is known for its spectacular discrete ejections. They occur unexpectedly, thus their inception escapes direct observation. It has been shown that the X-ray flux increases in the hours leading up to a major ejection. In this article, we consider the serendipitous interferometric monitoring of a modest version of a discrete ejection described in Reid et al. (2014) that would have otherwise escaped detection in daily radio light curves. The observation begins $\sim 1$ hour after the onset of the ejection, providing unprecedented accuracy on the estimate of the ejection time. The astrometric measurements allow us to determine the time of ejection as $\rm{MJD}\, 56436.274^{+0.016}_{-0.013}$, i.e., within a precision of 41 minutes (95\% confidence). Just like larger flares, we find that the X-ray luminosity increases in last 2 - 4 hours preceding ejection. Our finite temporal resolution indicates that this elevated X-ray flux persists within $21.8^{+22.6}_{-19.1}$ minutes of the ejection with 95\% confidence, the highest temporal precision of the X-ray - superluminal ejection connection to date. This observation provides direct evidence that the physics that launches major flares occurs on smaller scales as well (lower radio flux and shorter ejection episodes). The observation of a X-ray spike prior to a discrete ejection, although of very modest amplitude suggests that the process linking accretion behavior to ejection is general from the smallest scales to high luminosity major superluminal flares.

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