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PSR B0329 +54:在基线高达330,000 km处使用RadioAstron发现的散射增宽图像中的子结构

PSR B0329+54: Substructure in the scatter-broadened image discovered with RadioAstron on baselines up to 330,000 km

M. V. Popov, N. Bartel, C. R. Gwinn, M. D. Johnson, A. Andrianov, E. Fadeev, B. C. Joshi, N. S. Kardashev, R. Karuppusamy, Y. Y. Kovalev, M. Kramer, A. Rudnitsk… 展开作者

M. V. Popov, N. Bartel, C. R. Gwinn, M. D. Johnson, A. Andrianov, E. Fadeev, B. C. Joshi, N. S. Kardashev, R. Karuppusamy, Y. Y. Kovalev, M. Kramer, A. Rudnitskiy, V. I. Shishov, T. V. Smirnova, V. A. Soglasnov, J. A. Zensus

摘要:

我们分辨了PSR B 0329 +54的散射增宽像,并探测到了其中的亚结构,这些结果不受源的任何扩展结构的影响,而是直接归因于星际介质。我们在324 MHz的地面空间干涉仪RadioAstron上获得了这些结果,其中包括空间射电望远镜(SRT),地基Westerbork综合射电望远镜和64米Kalyazin射电望远镜,基线投影高达330,000公里,2013年11月22日和2014年1月1日至2日。在短的15,000至35,000公里地面空间基线投影中,可见度幅度随基线长度而减小,提供了4.8 $\pm$ 0.8 mas的散射盘大小的直接测量。在较长的基线上,预计散射盘不会探测到能见度。然而,获得了显着的检测与能见度振幅的3%至5%的最大分散在一个平均值和近似恒定的高达330,000公里。这些粒子反映了星际介质散射的亚结构,为电离星际物质的研究提供了新的途径。地球附近的衍射光斑大小为17,000 $\pm$ 3,000 km。假设星际介质中的等离子体湍流不规则性,我们估计,有效的散射屏位于0.6 $\pm$ 0.1的距离从地球到脉冲星。

英文摘要:

We have resolved the scatter-broadened image of PSR B0329+54 and detected substructure within it. These results are not influenced by any extended structure of a source but instead are directly attributed to the interstellar medium. We obtained these results at 324 MHz with the ground-space interferometer RadioAstron which included the space radio telescope (SRT), ground-based Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope and 64-m Kalyazin Radio Telescope on baseline projections up to 330,000 km in 2013 November 22 and 2014 January 1 to 2. At short 15,000 to 35,000 km ground-space baseline projections the visibility amplitude decreases with baseline length providing a direct measurement of the size of the scattering disk of 4.8$\pm$0.8 mas. At longer baselines no visibility detections from the scattering disk would be expected. However, significant detections were obtained with visibility amplitudes of 3 to 5% of the maximum scattered around a mean and approximately constant up to 330,000 km. These visibilities reflect substructure from scattering in the interstellar medium and offer a new probe of ionized interstellar material. The size of the diffraction spot near Earth is 17,000$\pm$3,000 km. With the assumption of turbulent irregularities in the plasma of the interstellar medium, we estimate that the effective scattering screen is located 0.6$\pm$0.1 of the distance from Earth toward the pulsar.

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