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首次探测到PSR B0540-69及其星云的X射线偏振

First detection of polarization in X-rays for PSR B0540-69 and its nebula

Fei Xie, Josephine Wong, Fabio La Monaca, Roger W. Romani, Jeremy Heyl, Philip Kaaret, Alessandro Di Marco, Niccolò Bucciantini, Kuan Liu, Chi-Yung Ng, Niccolò … 展开作者

Fei Xie, Josephine Wong, Fabio La Monaca, Roger W. Romani, Jeremy Heyl, Philip Kaaret, Alessandro Di Marco, Niccolò Bucciantini, Kuan Liu, Chi-Yung Ng, Niccolò Di Lalla, Martin C. Weisskopf, Enrico Costa, Paolo Soffitta, Fabio Muleri, Matteo Bachetti, Maura Pilia, John Rankin, Sergio Fabiani, Iván Agudo, Lucio A. Antonelli, Luca Baldini, Wayne H. Baumgartner, Ronaldo Bellazzini, Stefano Bianchi, Stephen D. Bongiorno, Raffaella Bonino, Alessandro Brez, Fiamma Capitanio, Simone Castellano, Elisabetta Cavazzuti, Chien-Ting Chen, Stefano Ciprini, Alessandra De Rosa, Ettore Del Monte, Laura Di Gesu, Immacolata Donnarumma, Victor Doroshenko, Michal Dovčiak, Steven R. Ehlert, Teruaki Enoto, Yuri Evangelista, Riccardo Ferrazzoli, Javier A. Garcia, Shuichi Gunji, Kiyoshi Hayashida, Wataru Iwakiri, Svetlana G. Jorstad, Vladimir Karas, Fabian Kislat, Takao Kitaguchi, Jeffery J. Kolodziejczak, Henric Krawczynski, Luca Latronico, Ioannis Liodakis, Simone Maldera, Alberto Manfreda, Frédéric Marin, Andrea Marinucci, Alan P. Marscher, Herman L. Marshall, Francesco Massaro, Giorgio Matt, Ikuyuki Mitsuishi, Tsunefumi Mizuno, Michela Negro, Stephen L. O'Dell, Nicola Omodei, Chiara Oppedisano, Alessandro Papitto, George G. Pavlov, Abel L. Peirson, Matteo Perri, Melissa Pesce-Rollins, Pierre-Olivier Petrucci, Andrea Possenti, Juri Poutanen, Simonetta Puccetti, Brian D. Ramsey, Ajay Ratheesh, Oliver J. Roberts, Carmelo Sgrò, Patrick Slane, Gloria Spandre, Douglas A. Swartz, Toru Tamagawa, Fabrizio Tavecchio, Roberto Taverna, Yuzuru Tawara, Allyn F. Tennant, Nicholas E. Thomas, Francesco Tombesi, Alessio Trois, Sergey S. Tsygankov, Roberto Turolla, Jacco Vink, Kinwah Wu, Silvia Zane, Zorawar Wadiasingh, Wynn C. G. Ho, Alice K. Harding, Keith C. Gendreau, Zaven Arzoumanian

AI总结:

利用IXPE对PSR B0540-69及其星云进行X射线偏振观测,首次探测到其偏振,并揭示了脉冲星与星云在4-6 keV能段的偏振特性及潜在结构。

摘要:

我们报告了使用约850千秒的成像X射线偏振探测器(IXPE)曝光,对位于大麦哲伦星云(LMC)中的河外蟹状星云类似脉冲星PSR B0540-69及其脉冲星风云(PWN)进行的X射线偏振测量。IXPE无法分辨该脉冲星风云。对于图像平均数据,未探测到具有统计显著性的偏振,在2-8 keV能段给出99%置信度的偏振上限(MDP99)为5.3%。然而,相位分辨分析在4-6 keV能段探测到了星云和脉冲星的偏振。对于定义为脉冲间相位的脉冲星风云,在4.6σ显著性水平下探测到偏振度(PD)为(24.5±5.3)%,偏振角(PA)为(78.1±6.2)°,与光学波段观测到的偏振角一致。在单个脉冲窗口内,以3.8σ显著性测量到偏振的迹象,偏振度为(50.0±13.1)%,偏振角为(6.2±7.4)°。'同时'的脉冲星/脉冲星风云分析发现脉冲边缘的两个能段超过3σ的偏振度显著性,偏振度分别为(68±20)%和(62±20)%;介于其间的能段显著性为2-3σ,偏振度较低,暗示存在额外的偏振结构。

英文摘要:

We report on X-ray polarization measurements of the extra-galactic Crab-like PSR B0540-69 and its Pulsar Wind Nebula (PWN) in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), using a ~850 ks Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) exposure. The PWN is unresolved by IXPE. No statistically significant polarization is detected for the image-averaged data, giving a 99% confidence polarization upper limit (MDP99) of 5.3% in 2-8 keV energy range. However, a phase-resolved analysis detects polarization for both the nebula and pulsar in the 4-6 keV energy range. For the PWN defined as the off-pulse phases, the polarization degree (PD) of (24.5 ${\pm}$ 5.3)% and polarization angle (PA) of (78.1 ${\pm}$ 6.2)° is detected at 4.6$σ$ significance level, consistent with the PA observed in the optical band. In a single on-pulse window, a hint of polarization is measured at 3.8$σ$ with polarization degree of (50.0 ${\pm}$ 13.1)% and polarization angle of (6.2 ${\pm}$ 7.4)°. A 'simultaneous' PSR/PWN analysis finds two bins at the edges of the pulse exceeding 3$σ$ PD significance, with PD of (68 ${\pm}$ 20)% and (62 ${\pm}$ 20)%; intervening bins at 2-3$σ$ significance have lower PD, hinting at additional polarization structure.

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