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RS Ophiuchi 2021年爆发中激波驱动的同步辐射射电发射

Shock-driven synchrotron radio emission from the 2021 outburst of RS Ophiuchi

A. J. Nayana, G. C. Anupama, Nirupam Roy, Dipankar P. K. Banerjee, Kulinder Pal Singh, Sonith L. S., U. S. Kamath

AI总结:

本文利用 uGMRT 低频射电观测研究 RS Ophiuchi 2021 年爆发,确认射电发射为激波驱动的同步辐射机制,并估算了红巨星伴星的质量损失率,发现本次爆发比 2006 年更亮且粒子数密度更高。

摘要:

我们给出了银河系共生再发新星 RS Ophiuchi 在其 2021 年爆发期间的低频射电观测。观测使用升级后的巨米波射电望远镜(uGMRT)进行,频率范围为 0.15–1.4 GHz,时间覆盖爆发后 23–287 天。光学薄谱指数的平均值约为 α ∼ −0.4(Fν ∝ να),表明在所观测频率上射电发射具有非热起源。射电光变曲线最好用激波驱动的同步辐射发射来描述,该发射最初被团块状电离的双星周围介质所吸收。我们估计红巨星伴星的质量损失率为 Ṁ ∼ 7.5 × 10⁻⁸ M⊙ yr⁻¹,假设星风速度为 20 km/s。2021 年爆发的 0.15–1.4 GHz 射电光变曲线系统性地比 2006 年爆发更亮。考虑到两次爆发具有相似的激波性质,这表明在本次爆发中同步辐射等离子体的粒子数密度相对更高。

英文摘要:

We present low-frequency radio observations of the Galactic symbiotic recurrent nova RS Ophiuchi during its 2021 outburst. The observations were carried out with the upgraded Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (uGMRT) spanning a frequency range of 0.15$-$1.4 GHz during 23$-$287 days post the outburst. The average value of the optically thin spectral index is $α\sim$ $-$0.4 ($F_ν \propto ν^α$), indicating a non-thermal origin of the radio emission at the observed frequencies. The radio light curves are best represented by shock-driven synchrotron emission, initially absorbed by a clumpy ionized circumbinary medium. We estimate the mass-loss rate of the red giant companion star to be $\dot{M} \sim$ 7.5 $\times$ 10$^{-8}$ $M_{\odot}$ yr$^{-1}$ for an assumed stellar wind velocity of 20 km/s. The 0.15--1.4 GHz radio light curves of the 2021 outburst are systematically brighter than those of the 2006 outburst. Considering similar shock properties between the two outbursts, this is indicative of a relatively higher particle number density in the synchrotron emitting plasma in the current outburst.

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