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南半球共生星的射电谱指数分析

Radio Spectral Index Analysis of Southern Hemisphere Symbiotic Stars

John M. Dickey, J. H. S. Weston, J. L. Sokoloski, S. D. Vrtilek, Michael McCollough

摘要:

共生星在电磁波谱上显示出由一系列物理过程产生的辐射。在厘米波中,同步辐射和热辐射都可以看到,通常变化很大,并与光学和X射线的爆发有关。大多数射电辐射模型都包含了红巨星稠密风中的电离区域,该区域被白矮星伴星或其吸积盘的活动电离。在某些情况下,白矮星由于其高质量吸积率或先前的新星爆发而正在进行壳燃烧,在其他情况下,核聚变只是偶尔发生的复发性新星事件。在这项研究中,我们使用澳大利亚望远镜紧凑阵列测量了南半球共生系统样本的光谱指数。把我们的数据与其他调查的结果,我们得出了一些著名的共生星的光学深度和亮度温度。使用视差距离从盖亚数据发布3,我们确定的大小和特征电子密度的无线电发射区域。结果表明,射电光度的范围是10^4倍,线性尺寸是100倍。这些数字与白矮星外壳燃烧的速率决定无线电光度的图片是一致的。因此,我们的研究结果也表明,射电光度可以用来确定是否共生星是由吸积单独或壳燃烧。

英文摘要:

Symbiotic stars show emission across the electromagnetic spectrum from a wide array of physical processes. At cm-waves both synchrotron and thermal emission is seen, often highly variable and associated with outbursts in the optical and X-rays. Most models of the radio emission include an ionized region within the dense wind of the red giant star, that is kept ionized by activity on the white dwarf companion or its accretion disk. In some cases there is on-going shell burning on the white dwarf due to its high mass accretion rate or a prior nova eruption, in other cases nuclear fusion occurs only occasionally as recurrent nova events. In this study we measure the spectral indices of a sample of symbiotic systems in the Southern Hemisphere using the Australia Telescope Compact Array. Putting our data together with results from other surveys, we derive the optical depths and brightness temperatures of some well-known symbiotic stars. Using parallax distances from Gaia Data Release 3, we determine the sizes and characteristic electron densities in the radio emission regions. The results show a range of a factor of 10^4 in radio luminosity, and a factor of 100 in linear size. These numbers are consistent with a picture where the rate of shell burning on the white dwarf determines the radio luminosity. Therefore, our findings also suggest that radio luminosity can be used to determine whether a symbiotic star is powered by accretion alone or also by shell burning.

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