在本文中,我们报告了一个系统的搜索约3.5 keV的宇宙X射线背景光谱中使用的$\sim$ 10 MS钱德拉观测对COSMOS遗产和CDFS调查领域的发射线。我们发现一个边缘的证据,在能量$\sim$ 3.51千电子伏的一个功能的意义为2.5-3 $σ$,这取决于选择的统计处理。当使用简单的$Δχ^2$或$10.2\ ^{+0.2}_{-0.4} \times10^{-7}$ ph cm $^{-2}$ s $^{-1}$(当使用MCMC时)时,线强度最佳拟合为$8.8\ \pm\ {2.9}\times10^{-7}$ ph cm $^{-2}$ s $^{-1}$。根据我们对$Chandra$的了解,以及报告的通过其他仪器检测到该线的情况,该线的仪器来源仍然不太可能。但是我们不能排除统计波动,在这种情况下,我们的结果提供了3 $σ$的上限为1.85 $\times$ 10 $^{-6}$ ph cm $^{-2}$ s $^{-1}$。我们讨论的解释,这条观察到的线的铁线背景; S { \sc XVI}电荷交换以及潜在的无菌中微子衰变。我们注意到,我们的检测是一致的,与以前的测量这条线对银河系中心,并可以建模为结果的无菌中微子衰变从银河系的暗物质分布建模为NFW配置文件。对于这种情况,我们估计质量m $_ν\sim$为7.01 keV,混合角sin $^2$(2 $θ$)= 0.83- 2.75 $\times 10^{-10}$。这些推导出的值与星系团的独立估计一致;银河系中心和M31。
英文摘要:
In this paper we report a systematic search for an emission line around 3.5 keV in the spectrum of the Cosmic X-ray Background using a total of $\sim$10 Ms Chandra observations towards the COSMOS Legacy and CDFS survey fields. We find a marginal evidence of a feature at an energy of $\sim$3.51 keV with a significance of 2.5-3 $σ$, depending on the choice of the statistical treatment. The line intensity is best fit at $8.8\ \pm\ {2.9}\times10^{-7}$ ph cm$^{-2}$s$^{-1}$ when using a simple $Δχ^2$ or $10.2\ ^{+0.2}_{-0.4} \times10^{-7}$ ph cm$^{-2}$s$^{-1}$ when MCMC is used. Based on our knowledge of $Chandra$, and the reported detection of the line by other instruments, an instrumental origin for the line remains unlikely. We cannot though rule out a statistical fluctuation and in that case our results provide a 3$σ$ upper limit at 1.85$\times$10$^{-6}$ ph cm$^{-2}$s$^{-1}$. We discuss the interpretation of this observed line in terms of the iron line background; S {\sc XVI} charge exchange as well as potentially from sterile neutrino decay. We note that our detection is consistent with previous measurements of this line toward the Galactic center, and can be modeled as the result of sterile neutrino decay from the Milky Way for the dark matter distribution modeled as an NFW profile. For this case, we estimate a mass m$_ν\sim$7.01 keV and a mixing angle sin$^2$(2$θ$)= 0.83--2.75 $\times 10^{-10}$. These derived values are in agreement with independent estimates from galaxy clusters; the Galactic center and M31.
Cross Calibration of Galaxy Cluster Temperatures Measured with NuSTAR, XMM-Newton, and Chandra
The University of Utah(犹他大学);University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)(马里兰大学巴尔的摩县分校);NASA Goddard Space Flight Center(美国国家航空航天局戈达德太空飞行中心);Center for Research and Exploration in Space Science and Technology (CRESST II)(空间科学与技术研究探索中心);University of Geneva(日内瓦大学);California Institute of Technology(加州理工学院);University of Bristol(布里斯托大学);Massachusetts Institute of Technology(麻省理工学院)
A Chandra observation of the ultraluminous infrared galaxy IRAS 19254--7245 (the Superantennae): X-ray emission from the Compton-thick AGN and the diffuse starburst
我们提出了一个IRAS 19254- 7245的{ \it Chandra}观测,它是一个邻近的ULIRG,也被称为{ \it the Superantennas}。高空间分辨率的{ \it钱德拉}使我们能够解开第一次从嵌入康普顿厚的活动星系核的弥漫星暴辐射。活动星系核的2-10 keV辐射谱符合平坦的幂律($Γ=1.3$)和类He的Fe K $α$谱线,EW $\sim$ 1.5 keV,与以前的观测结果一致。Fe K $α$谱线轮廓可以被解析为中性6.4 keV谱线和电离6.7 keV(类He)或6.9 keV(类H)谱线的混合。与以前的{ \it XMM-Newton}和{ \it suzaku}观测相比,检测到了变化,证明了铁谱线发射的紧凑尺寸。我们拟合的光谱的星系尺度扩展发射不包括活动星系核和其他亮点源的软热分量与kT~0.8 keV。扩展辐射的亮度比活动星系核的亮度低一个数量级。扩展辐射的基本物理和结构性质与星暴驱动的星系风完全一致(不需要AGN的反馈)。在南核以南8 \arcsec处检测到候选超亮X射线源。如果发射是各向同性的,并且与超天线有关,那么这个离核点源的0.3-10 keV光度为~ $6\times 10^{40}$ erg s $^{-1}$。