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硬态与软态下黑洞吸积流冕的辐射等离子体模拟

Radiative plasma simulations of black hole accretion flow coronae in the hard and soft states

Joonas Nättilä

AI总结:

针对X射线双星中黑洞吸积盘软硬辐射态起源不明的问题,研究通过纳入全量子电动力学过程的辐射等离子体模拟,证实磁化等离子体湍流可驱动吸积流冕,且量子电动力学过程决定等离子体状态,解释了两种辐射态的产生机制。

摘要:

X射线双星系统中的恒星级黑洞由伴星的质量转移提供能量。吸积气体在黑洞周围形成吸积盘,并以两种截然不同的模式发射X射线辐射:硬态和软态。这些状态的起源尚不清楚。我们对内部吸积流周围的电子-正电子-光子冕进行了辐射等离子体模拟。我们的模拟自洽地纳入了所有普遍存在的量子电动力学过程,拓展了此前的研究工作。我们证明,当等离子体处于湍流状态时,会自然产生观测到的硬态辐射。此外,我们表明,当软X射线光子照射该系统(模拟吸积盘的辐射)时,湍流等离子体会转变为一种新的平衡态,产生观测到的软态辐射。我们的研究结果表明,磁化等离子体的湍流运动可以为黑洞吸积流冕提供能量,且量子电动力学过程控制着等离子体的基本状态。

英文摘要:

Stellar-mass black holes in x-ray binary systems are powered by mass transfer from a companion star. The accreted gas forms an accretion disk around the black hole and emits x-ray radiation in two distinct modes: hard and soft state. The origin of the states is unknown. We perform radiative plasma simulations of the electron-positron-photon corona around the inner accretion flow. Our simulations extend previous efforts by self-consistently including all the prevalent quantum electrodynamic processes. We demonstrate that when the plasma is turbulent, it naturally generates the observed hard-state emission. In addition, we show that when soft x-ray photons irradiate the system -- mimicking radiation from an accretion disk -- the turbulent plasma transitions into a new equilibrium state that generates the observed soft-state emission. Our findings demonstrate that turbulent motions of magnetized plasma can power black-hole accretion flow coronae and that quantum electrodynamic processes control the underlying state of the plasma.

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