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gamma-ray双星系统LS 5039的硬X射线脉动信号

Sign of hard X-ray pulsation from the gamma-ray binary system LS 5039

Hiroki Yoneda, Kazuo Makishima, Teruaki Enoto, Dmitry Khangulyan, Takahiro Matsumoto, Tadayuki Takahashi

摘要:

为了了解最亮的伽马射线双星系统LS 5039的性质,分析了分别在2007年和2016年由朱雀和NuSTAR天文台拍摄的该物体的硬X射线数据。这两个数据集共同提供了硬X射线周期性的初步证据,周期为$\sim 9$ s,周期增加率为$\sim 3 \times 10^{-10}$ s $^{-1}$。因此,LS 5039中的致密物体被推断为旋转的中子星,而不是黑洞。此外,几条论证线表明,该天体的磁场是$\sim 10^{10}$ T的几倍,比典型的中子星高出两个数量级。因此,该天体被认为是一颗磁星,这将是第一个在双星系统中被发现的天体。研究结果还表明,LS 5039中高效的粒子加速过程是通过来自大质量主星的密集恒星风和磁星的超强磁场之间的相互作用而出现的。

英文摘要:

To understand the nature of the brightest gamma-ray binary system LS 5039, hard X-ray data of the object, taken with the Suzaku and NuSTAR observatories in 2007 and 2016, respectively, were analyzed. The two data sets jointly gave tentative evidence for a hard X-ray periodicity, with a period of $\sim 9$ s and a period increase rate by $\sim 3 \times 10^{-10}$ s s$^{-1}$. Therefore, the compact object in LS 5039 is inferred to be a rotating neutron star, rather than a black hole. Furthermore, several lines of arguments suggest that this object has a magnetic field of several times $\sim 10^{10}$ T, two orders of magnitude higher than those of typical neutron stars. The object is hence suggested to be a magnetar, which would be the first to be found in a binary. The results also suggest that the highly efficient particle acceleration process, known to be operating in LS 5039, emerges through interactions between dense stellar winds from the massive primary star, and ultra-strong magnetic fields of the magnetar.

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