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慧眼对热核暴的宽能段观测

Broad-band X-ray Observations on Thermonuclear (Type I) X-ray Bursts by Insight-HXMT

  • 摘要: 慧眼卫星(Insight Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope, Insight-HXMT)自2017年成功入轨以来, 已持续运行超过8 yr, 积累了海量观测数据. 在针对多个热核暴源的观测中, 共探测到200余个热核暴事件. 凭借其优异的宽能段探测能力(1–250 keV)和大有效面积(>5000 cm2@20 keV), 慧眼卫星通过对热核暴能谱和时变特征的深入分析, 特别是在硬X射线能段(>20 keV)的辐射特征研究, 系统揭示了热核暴与吸积环境之间的相互作用机制. 具体研究成果包括: 首次在单个热核暴事件中观测到热核暴导致的高温冕冷却过程, 为研究热核暴与冕的相互作用提供了直接证据; 首次发现并证实了中子星表面辐射各向异性与吸积率之间的相关性, 为理解中子星表面物理过程提供了重要线索; 系统研究了热核暴引发的吸积辐射增强效应, 以及吸积盘对热核暴的遮挡作用. 这些成果不仅拓展了我们对热核暴物理过程的理解, 也为中子星吸积系统的研究提供了新的观测视角.

     

    Abstract: Since its successful launch into orbit in 2017, the Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (HXMT), also known as Insight-HXMT, has been operating continuously for over eight years, accumulating a vast amount of observational data. During its observations of multiple thermonuclear burst sources, it has detected more than 200 thermonuclear burst events. With its outstanding wide energy band detection capability (1–250 keV) and large effective area (>5000 cm2@20 keV), the Insight-HXMT satellite has conducted in-depth analyses of the energy spectra and time-varying characteristics of thermonuclear bursts, particularly focusing on the radiation features in the hard X-ray band (>20 keV), and systematically revealing the interaction mechanisms between thermonuclear bursts and the accretion environment. Specific research achievements include: the first observation of the high-temperature corona cooling process caused by a thermonuclear burst in a single event, providing direct evidence for the study of the interaction between thermonuclear bursts and the corona; the first discovery and confirmation of the correlation between the anisotropy of surface radiation of neutron stars and the accretion rate, offering important clues for understanding the physical processes on the surface of neutron stars; and systematic studies on the enhanced accretion radiation effect triggered by thermonuclear bursts, as well as the obscuring effect of the accretion disk on thermonuclear bursts. These achievements not only expand our understanding of the physical processes of thermonuclear bursts but also provide new observational perspectives for the study of neutron star accretion systems.

     

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