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候选恒星合并遗迹TYC 2597-735-1及其蓝环星云的X射线辐射

X-ray emission from candidate stellar merger remnant TYC 2597-735-1 and its Blue Ring Nebula

Hans Moritz Günther, Keri Hoadley, Maximilian N. Günther, Brian D. Metzger, P. C. Schneider, Ken J. Shen

摘要:

紧密的双星或多星系统可以通过质量转移相互作用,并遵循与单星截然不同的演化路径。恒星TYC 2597-735-1是一颗最近的恒星合并残留物的候选者,它是几千年前一颗低质量伴星与一颗主星合并的结果。这一剧烈的事件在发出紫外光的锥形外流(“蓝环星云”)中很明显,在H $α$和紫外辐射中观察到,它被领先的激波细丝所包围。从钱德拉的数据,我们报告的X射线发射的TYC 2597-735-1的光度$\log(L_\mathrm{X}/L_\mathrm{bol})=-5.5$的位置检测。加上之前报道的大约14天的周期,这表明TYC 2597-735-1上正在进行的恒星活动和强磁场的存在。支持合并残留物的恒星演化模型,我们解释推断恒星磁场发电机行动与新形成的对流区在大气中的TYC 2597-735-1,虽然内部的冲击,在一个吸积动力射流的基础上不能排除。我们推测,这个对象将演变成FK Com型源,即一类快速旋转的磁活性恒星,其合并起源已被提出,但没有遗留吸积或大规模星云仍然可见。我们还检测到可能的X射线发射从两个小区域靠近外激波前的蓝环星云,这可能是由于在拱星介质或在合并驱动的外流的质量和速度分布的不均匀性。

英文摘要:

Tight binary or multiple star systems can interact through mass transfer and follow vastly different evolutionary pathways than single stars. The star TYC 2597-735-1 is a candidate for a recent stellar merger remnant resulting from a coalescence of a low-mass companion with a primary star a few thousand years ago. This violent event is evident in a conical outflow ("Blue Ring Nebula") emitting in UV light and surrounded by leading shock filaments observed in H$α$ and UV emission. From Chandra data, we report the detection of X-ray emission from the location of TYC 2597-735-1 with a luminosity $\log(L_\mathrm{X}/L_\mathrm{bol})=-5.5$. Together with a previously reported period around 14~days, this indicates ongoing stellar activity and the presence of strong magnetic fields on TYC 2597-735-1. Supported by stellar evolution models of merger remnants, we interpret the inferred stellar magnetic field as dynamo action associated with a newly formed convection zone in the atmosphere of TYC 2597-735-1, though internal shocks at the base of an accretion-powered jet cannot be ruled out. We speculate that this object will evolve into an FK Com type source, i.e. a class of rapidly spinning magnetically active stars for which a merger origin has been proposed but for which no relic accretion or large-scale nebula remains visible. We also detect likely X-ray emission from two small regions close to the outer shock fronts in the Blue Ring Nebula, which may arise from either inhomogenities in the circumstellar medium or in the mass and velocity distribution in the merger-driven outflow.

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