Multiwavelength Studies of the Physics and Origins of Compact Objects

致密物体的物理和起源的多波长研究

• 批准号: 0507547
• 负责人: Stephen Eikenberry
• 金额: $ 22.7万
• 依托单位: University of Florida
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-07-01 至 2009-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0507547&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Multiwavelength; Studies; Physics; Origins; Compact

AST-0507547Eikenberry, StephenUniversity of FloridaMultiwavelength Studies of the Physics and Origins of Compact ObjectsABSTRACTA multiwavelength observing campaign will be undertaken focused on microquasarsand the origins of compact objects in our Galaxy and beyond. The goal is to betterunderstand the relativistic jets from such systems - both how they form and evolve.Specific project goals are:1) The magnetic bomb model will be further developed and extended based on themicroquasar GRS 1915+105. Many multi-wavelength aspects (X-ray, infrared, andradio light curves, spectral evolution, quasi periodic oscillations, etc.) will beincorporated and tested.2) New infrared spectroscopy, photometry, and polarimitry will be obtained with TheGran Telescopio and The Canarias Infrared Camera Experiment imager (first lightexpected in Oct. 2005). These high time resolution observations will concentrate onGRS 1915+105, but also include other microquasars. The new observations willfurther constrain the models.3) Near IR-photometry with the Kitt Peak National Observatory 4-meter telescope andthe Florida image slicer for infrared cosmology and astrophysics imagingspectrograph will be used to explore the environments of microquasars and possibleinteractions, including possible termination shocks.4) A search for new microquasar systems will be undertaken using Chandra X-rayarchive observations combined with Two Micron All Sky Survey data. Possiblecandidates will be confirmed using infrared spectroscopy from the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope and Gemini. An extension of the search to use The Florida MultiobjectImaging Near-IR Grism Observational Spectrometer-2 to obtain spectra of~5000 infrared sources near the Galactic center is also planned. Some 200-300 newX-ray binaries are expected to be found, doubling the number of known systems.5) The origins of microquasars/compact objects will also be explored through searchesfor extragalactic X-ray binaries (particularly in starburst galaxies) which can in turnbe correlated with properties of their parent clusters (age, metallicity, mass function,etc.) to better understand the origins of compact objects.

艾肯伯里（eikenberry），佛罗里达大学（university of florida）致密天体的多波长物理和起源研究摘要将开展一项多波长观测活动，重点研究我们银河系内外的微类星体和致密天体的起源。目标是更好地理解这些系统中的相对论性喷流——它们是如何形成和演化的。具体的项目目标是：1)在微类星体GRS 1915+105的基础上进一步发展和扩展磁弹模型。许多多波长方面（x射线、红外线和射电光曲线、光谱演化、准周期振荡等）将被纳入和测试。2)利用格兰望远镜和加那利红外相机实验成像仪将获得新的红外光谱、光度和偏振学数据（预计在2005年10月首次启动）。这些高时间分辨率的观测将集中在grs 1915+105上，但也包括其他微类星体。新的观测结果将进一步限制这些模型。3)基特峰国家天文台4米望远镜和佛罗里达红外宇宙学和天体物理成像光谱仪的近红外光度测量将用于探索微类星体的环境和可能的相互作用，包括可能的终端冲击。4)利用钱德拉x射线档案观测资料结合两微米巡天数据，对新的微类星体系统进行搜索。可能的候选行星将通过加拿大-法国-夏威夷望远镜和双子座望远镜的红外光谱进行确认。研究还计划扩展使用佛罗里达多目标成像近红外Grism观测光谱仪-2来获得银河系中心附近约5000个红外源的光谱。预计将发现大约200-300个新的x射线双星，使已知系统的数量增加一倍。5)微类星体/致密天体的起源也将通过搜索河外x射线双星（特别是在星暴星系中）来探索，这可以反过来与它们的母星团的性质（年龄、金属丰度、质量函数等）相关联，以更好地理解致密天体的起源。