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X射线源对IZw18中扩展星云HeII辐射的贡献

On the contribution of the X-ray source to the extended nebular HeII emission in IZw18

C. Kehrig, M. A. Guerrero, J. M. Vilchez, G. Ramos-Larios

摘要:

星云HeII辐射意味着高能光子(E $\ge$ 54 eV)的存在。尽管致力于理解HeII电离的大量努力,但它的起源仍然是神秘的,特别是在缺乏金属的恒星形成(SF)星系中。展开z ~ 0处的HeII发射、贫金属的恒星爆发,可以让我们深入了解发生在原始宇宙中的强大电离过程。本文研究了X射线源对极贫金属星系IZw 18(Z ~ 3% Zsolar)中He II电离的影响,该星系的X射线辐射主要由单个高质量X射线双星(HMXB)控制.这项研究使用光学积分场光谱,档案哈勃太空望远镜观测,和所有的X射线数据集公开提供的IZw 18。我们首次研究了IZw 18 HMXB的时间变异性;它的发射在从几天到几十年的时间尺度上显示出微小的变化。HMXB X射线光谱的最佳拟合模型不能再现观测到的IZw 18的HeII电离预算,最近的光电离模型也不能将极低金属丰度大质量恒星的光谱和HMXB的发射结合起来。我们还发现,IZw 18 HMXB和HeII发射峰在空间上位移的投影距离为$\simeq$ 200 pc。这些结果降低了X射线光子作为IZw 18中主要的HeII电离模式的相关性,这使得不确定什么过程是其HeII电离的主要原因。这是在最近的工作丢弃X射线双星的主要来源负责在SF星系的HeII电离。

英文摘要:

Nebular HeII emission implies the presence of energetic photons (E$\ge$54 eV). Despite the great deal of effort dedicated to understanding HeII ionization, its origin has remained mysterious, particularly in metal-deficient star-forming (SF) galaxies. Unfolding HeII-emitting, metal-poor starbursts at z ~ 0 can yield insight into the powerful ionization processes occurring in the primordial universe. Here we present a new study on the effects that X-ray sources have on the HeII ionization in the extremely metal-poor galaxy IZw18 (Z ~ 3 % Zsolar), whose X-ray emission is dominated by a single high-mass X-ray binary (HMXB). This study uses optical integral field spectroscopy, archival Hubble Space Telescope observations, and all of the X-ray data sets publicly available for IZw18. We investigate the time-variability of the IZw18 HMXB for the first time; its emission shows small variations on timescales from days to decades. The best-fit models for the HMXB X-ray spectra cannot reproduce the observed HeII ionization budget of IZw18, nor can recent photoionization models that combine the spectra of both very low metallicity massive stars and the emission from HMXB. We also find that the IZw18 HMXB and the HeII-emission peak are spatially displaced at a projected distance of $\simeq$ 200 pc. These results reduce the relevance of X-ray photons as the dominant HeII ionizing mode in IZw18, which leaves uncertain what process is responsible for the bulk of its HeII ionization. This is in line with recent work discarding X-ray binaries as the main source responsible for HeII ionization in SF galaxies.

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