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监测M33中明亮X射线源的X射线变率

Monitoring the X-ray Variability of Bright X-ray Sources in M33

Rebecca Kyer, Shelby Albrecht, Benjamin F. Williams, Kyros Hinton, Breanna Binder, Margaret Lazzarini, Kristen Garofali, Bret Lehmer, Michael Eracleous, Paul P.… 展开作者

Rebecca Kyer, Shelby Albrecht, Benjamin F. Williams, Kyros Hinton, Breanna Binder, Margaret Lazzarini, Kristen Garofali, Bret Lehmer, Michael Eracleous, Paul P. Plucinsky, Vallia Antoniou

AI总结:

本研究利用五历元Chandra观测并结合存档数据,监测M33中55个明亮X射线源的长期变率,发现8个新候选暂现源并推断多数源占空比超过30%。

摘要:

我们提出了一项新的五历元Chandra X射线天文台监测观测,针对近邻旋涡星系M33,以两周至四个月的时间采样探测X射线变率。我们表征了核外55个明亮点源的X射线变率,其中许多预计为大质量X射线双星(HMXBs)。我们探测到8个此前M33 X射线目录中未发现的新候选暂现源,并讨论了它们可能的性质。最终目录包含文献中已识别的26个已知HMXB候选体。通过纳入这些源的存档X射线观测,我们将X射线光变曲线的基线延长至21年。我们将这些源的探测与未探测历元同多组模拟源占空比进行比较,推断我们探测到的大多数源占空比大于30%。我们仅发现4个源的探测模式与占空比低于30%相符。对于HMXB群体而言,如此高比例的高占空比源出乎意料,因此更频繁的X射线监测可能会在M33中揭示更多低占空比HMXB。

英文摘要:

We present a new five-epoch Chandra X-ray Observatory monitoring survey of the nearby spiral galaxy M33 which probes X-ray variability with time sampling between two weeks and four months. We characterize the X-ray variability of 55 bright point sources outside of the nucleus, many of which are expected to be high-mass X-ray binaries (HMXBs). We detect eight new candidate transients not detected in previous X-ray catalogs of M33 and discuss their possible nature. The final catalog includes 26 known HMXB candidates identified in the literature. We extend the baseline of the X-ray light curves up to 21 years by including archival X-ray observations of these sources. We compare the detection and non-detection epochs of the sources to suites of simulated source duty cycles and infer that most of our detected sources have duty cycles > 30%. We find only four sources whose detection patterns are consistent with having duty cycles below 30%. This large fraction of sources with high duty cycles is unexpected for a population of HMXBs, thus more frequent X-ray monitoring will likely reveal many more low duty cycle HMXBs in M33.

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