GEMS中子星X射线偏振研究白皮书
高能天体物理现象
2013-02-11 v2
摘要
我们考察了各类中子星X射线源的预期X射线偏振特性，例如吸积驱动脉冲星、自转驱动脉冲星、磁星和小质量X射线双星。我们总结了得出这些预期特性的模型计算。我们描述了如何将这些预期特性与从GEMS数据推断的观测特性进行比较，从而探究中子星双星中本质的动力学、电磁、等离子体和辐射过程，鉴别这些过程的不同模型，并约束模型参数。一个令人振奋的目标是在此背景下首次观测证实真空共振的存在，这是一种早在20世纪30年代就已被首次描述的基础量子电动力学现象。
引用
@article{arxiv.1301.5514,
title = {White Paper on GEMS Study of Polarized X-rays from Neutron Stars},
author = {Pranab Ghosh and Lorella Angelini and Matthew Baring and Wayne Baumgartner and Kevin Black and Jessie Dotson and Alice Harding and Joanne Hill and Keith Jahoda and Phillip Kaaret and Tim Kallman and Henric Krawczynski and Julian Krolik and Dong Lai and Craig Markwardt and Herman Marshall and Jeffrey Martoff and Robin Morris and Takashi Okajima and Robert Petre and Juri Poutanen and Stephen Reynolds and Jeffrey Scargle and Jeremy Schnittman and Peter Serlemitsos and Yang Soong and Tod Strohmayer and Jean Swank and Y. Tawara and Toru Tamagawa},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1301.5514},
year = {2013}
}
备注
29 pages 11 figures