Time Variability of Equivalent Width of 6.4 keV Line from the Arches Complex: Reflected X-Rays or Charged Particles?
| Autor: | Chung Ming Ko, V. A. Dogiel, K. S. Cheng, Dmitrii Chernyshov, Roman Krivonos |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
Physics 010308 nuclear & particles physics Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena Continuum (design consultancy) Galactic Center FOS: Physical sciences Astronomy and Astrophysics Cosmic ray Astrophysics 01 natural sciences Charged particle law.invention Space and Planetary Science law 0103 physical sciences Reflection (physics) Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena 010303 astronomy & astrophysics Equivalent width Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics Flare Line (formation) |
| Zdroj: | The Astrophysical Journal. 863:85 |
| ISSN: | 1538-4357 |
| DOI: | 10.3847/1538-4357/aad091 |
| Popis: | Molecular gas in Arches cloud located near the Arches cluster is one of the emitters of K-$\alpha$ line of neutral iron and X-ray continuum in the Galactic center (GC). Similarly to the cloud Sgr B2, another well-known emitter of the iron line in the GC, the Arches cloud demonstrates temporal decline of the X-ray emission. The most natural origin of this emission is irradiation of primary photons of an X-ray flare from a distant source, most likely Sgr A*. However, recent observations of the Arches cloud discovered variations of equivalent width of the 6.4 keV iron line, which indicated that the X-ray emission from the cloud is a combination of two components with different origin and different equivalent width, one of which is time-variable, while the other is stationary during the period of observations. We considered two different scenarios: a) this emission is formed by reflection from two clouds, which are at some distance from each other, when they are irradiated by two different flares; and b) the other scenario assumes a combination of X-ray fluxes produced in the same cloud by reflection of primary photons and by subrelativistic cosmic rays. We present restrictions for both model and conditions at which these scenarios can be realized. Although none of the models can be completely ruled out, we find that the X-ray reflection model requires less assumption and therefore is the most viable. Comment: 15 pages, 3 figures. accepted for publication in ApJ |
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