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失控的O星弓形激波是粒子加速器?再谈AE Aur案

Runaway O-star Bow Shocks as Particle Accelerators? The Case of AE Aur revisited

Blagoy Rangelov, Thierry Montmerle, S. R. Federman, Patrick Boisse, Stefano Gabici

摘要:

我们目前的结果,我们的钱德拉/ACIS观测的领域为中心的快速,失控的O型星AE Aur和它的弓冲击。先前的XMM-牛顿观测显示,在红外弧附近有一个X射线“斑点”,追踪弓形激波,这可能是一个非热源,与在激波处加速的电子对尘埃红外光子的逆康普顿散射模型一致。新的,亚弧秒分辨率钱德拉数据,同时确认XMM-牛顿源的存在,清楚地表明,后者既不是扩展,也不符合红外弧,并强烈建议它是一个背景活动星系核。受BD+43 3654弓形激波结果的启发,我们通过分析存档的EVLA数据将研究扩展到无线电领域。我们也没有发现AE Aur弓形激波的射电辐射。吸收(未吸收)X射线通量的相应上限为5.9(7.8)x10^-15 erg/cm^2/s(3 sigma),在射电范围内为2 mJy(1.4 GHz)和0.4 mJy(5.0 GHz),这些上限用于约束弓形激波内粒子加速的模型预测。在“经典”的框架中的扩散冲击加速,我们发现,预测的X射线和无线电发射的弓冲击是至少两个数量级低于目前的上限,与系统的非检测到多达60恒星弓冲击一致。到目前为止,唯一的例外仍然是BD+43 3654,可能是因为它在逃逸的O型恒星中有非常大的质量损失率。

英文摘要:

We present results of our Chandra/ACIS observations of the field centered on the fast, runaway O star AE Aur and its bow shock. Previous XMM-Newton observations revealed an X-ray "blob" near the IR arc tracing the bow shock, possibly a nonthermal source consistent with models of Inverse Compton scattering of dust IR photons by electrons accelerated at the shock. The new, subarcsecond resolution Chandra data, while confirming the presence of the XMM-Newton source, clearly indicate that the latter is neither extended nor coincident with the IR arc and strongly suggest it is a background AGN. Motivated by results published for the bow shock of BD+43 3654, we extended our study to the radio domain, by analyzing archival EVLA data. We find no radio emission from the AE Aur bow shock either. The corresponding upper limits for the absorbed (unabsorbed) X-ray flux of 5.9(7.8)x10^-15 erg/cm^2/s (3 sigma) and, in the radio range, of 2 mJy (1.4 GHz), and 0.4 mJy (5.0 GHz), are used to put constraints on model predictions for particle acceleration within the bow shock. In the "classical" framework of Diffusive Shock Acceleration, we find that the predicted X-ray and radio emission by the bow shock is at least two orders of magnitude below the current upper limits, consistent with the systematic non-detections of up to 60 stellar bow shocks. The only exception so far remains that of BD+43 3654, probably the result of its very large mass-loss rate among runaway O stars.

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