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探究NGC 6946 X-1中硬X射线束流的可能性

Exploring the case for hard-X-ray beaming in NGC 6946 X-1

Tobias Beuchert, Matthew J. Middleton, Roberto Soria, James C. A. Miller-Jones, Thomas Dauser, Timothy P. Roberts, Rajath Sathyaprakash, Sera Markoff

AI总结:

本研究以NGC 6946 X-1及其星云MF16为对象,测试星云光学线发射能否作为ULX的X射线光度代理,发现星云对紫外敏感、对硬X射线不敏感,无法通过星云反馈判定这类源无硬X射线几何束流。

摘要:

为理解超爱丁顿吸积的本质,我们必须同时探究直接从吸积流发出的辐射及其对周围环境的影响。本文测试了能否将超亮X射线源(ULX)周围空间分辨的电离星云的光学线发射作为其X射线光度的代理指标。我们选取ULX NGC 6946 X-1及其星云MF16作为测试案例。通过研究星云光学线发射对假定辐照的响应,我们可以推断吸积流的紫外或X射线辐射被光学厚风准直的程度——这类风似乎普遍与ULX相关。我们发现,星云对致密紫外辐射高度敏感,但对硬X射线基本不敏感。因此,我们量化软、硬X射线束流程度的尝试,强烈依赖于星云中心ULX的紫外光度。研究表明,无法通过星云反馈来断定这类源不存在硬X射线的几何束流效应。

英文摘要:

In order to understand the nature of super-Eddington accretion we must explore both the emission emerging directly from the inflow and its impact on the surroundings. In this paper we test whether we can use the optical line emission of spatially resolved, ionized nebulae around ultraluminous X-ray sources (ULXs) as a proxy for their X-ray luminosity. We choose the ULX NGC 6946 X-1 and its nebula, MF16, as a test case. By studying how the nebular optical line emission responds to assumed irradiation, we can infer the degree to which we require the UV or X-ray emission from the inflow to be collimated by optically thick winds seemingly ubiquitously associated with ULXs. We find that the nebula is highly sensitive to compact UV emission but mostly insensitive to hard X-rays. Our attempts to quantify the beaming of the soft and hard X-rays therefore strongly depends on the UV luminosity of the ULX in the center of the nebula. We find that it is not possible to conclude a lack of geometrical beaming of hard X-rays from such sources via nebula feedback.

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