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arXiv 1807.04766astro-ph.HE
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第一小时macronovae的偏振

Polarization of the first-hour macronovae

Tatsuya Matsumoto

摘要:

Macronovae(或kilonovae)是双星中子星合并的光学和近红外对应物。虽然GW 170817中的macronova是在GW探测到大约10小时后被发现的,但未来的观测可能会在合并后的第一个小时内发现它们。早期的macronovae可能是由一些机制提供动力的,例如幸存的自由中子的β衰变加热。在本文中,我们提出偏振观测可以是一个有用的工具,研究早期macronova排放。如果自由核子留在最外层的喷出物,电子散射产生一个更大的极化比r-过程元素丰富的喷出物。对于自由核子质量为$10^{-5}-10^{-4}\,M_{\odot}$的第一个$0.3-1$小时,极化度可以显示出大的$\sim3\%$值。快速的偏振观测不仅可以研究喷出物的非球面形貌,而且可以研究喷出物中自由核子的数量,这有助于鉴别早期macronovae的发射机制。

英文摘要:

Macronovae (or kilonovae) are the optical and NIR counterparts of binary neutron star mergers. While the macronova in GW170817 was detected about 10 hours after the GW detection, future observations can possibly detect them within the first hour after the merger. Early- time macronovae are potentially powered by some mechanisms such as the beta-decay heating of the surviving free neutrons. In this paper, we propose that the polarimetric observation can be a useful tool to study the early macronova emissions. If free nucleons remain in the outermost layer of the ejecta, the electron scattering produces a larger polarization than that by the r-process element-rich ejecta. The degree of polarization can show a large value of $\sim3\%$ for the first $0.3-1$ hour for the free nucleon mass of $10^{-5}-10^{-4}\,M_{\odot}$. Quick polarimetric observations enable us to study not only the aspherical morphology of the ejecta but also the amount of the free nucleons in the ejecta, which is helpful to discriminate the emission mechanisms of the early macronovae.

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