Nature,做作周论 6 July 2023, VOL 619, ISSUE 7968
《做作》2023年7月6日 ,第619卷 ,出书7968期
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地舆学Astronomy
X-ray polarization evidence for a 200-year-old flare of Sgr A
*Sgr A* 200年耀斑的X射线偏振证据
▲ 作者 :Frédéric Marin, Eugene Churazov, Ildar Khabibullin, Riccardo Ferrazzoli, Laura Di Gesu, Thibault Barnouin, et al.
▲ 链接 :
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06064-x
▲ 摘要 :
河汉系中间有一个品质约为太阳400万倍的黑洞(人马座A* ,Sgr A),做作周论当初颇为清静 ,出书其亮度比沉闷星系核低多少个数目级。文导星系中间地域致密气体对于SgrA* X射线的做作周论反射为钻研其以前数百年以及数千年的耀斑行动提供了一种措施 。
从Sgr A*临近重大份子云审核到的出书X射线不断体的形态以及强荧光铁线与反射天气不同。假如这种批注精确,文导反射的做作周论不断辐射理当是极化的 。
钻研组报道了运用成像X射线偏振探测器在河汉系中间份子云倾向上的出书偏振X射线发射的审核服从 。经丈量偏振度为31%±11%,文导偏振角为- 48°±11°。做作周论
所测偏振角与Sgr A*为主要发射源的出书偏振角相不同,偏振度表明约莫200年前 ,文导Sgr A*的X射线光度与塞弗特星系的光度曾经持久至关。
▲ Abstract:
The centre of the Milky Way Galaxy hosts a black hole with a solar mass of about 4 million (Sagittarius A* (Sgr A)) that is very quiescent at present with a luminosity many orders of magnitude below those of active galactic nuclei. Reflection of X-rays from Sgr A* by dense gas in the Galactic Centre region offers a means to study its past flaring activity on timescales of hundreds and thousands of years. The shape of the X-ray continuum and the strong fluorescent iron line observed from giant molecular clouds in the vicinity of Sgr A* are consistent with the reflection scenario. If this interpretation is correct, the reflected continuum emission should be polarized. Here we report observations of polarized X-ray emission in the direction of the molecular clouds in the Galactic Centre using the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer. We measure a polarization degree of 31%±11%, and a polarization angle of 48°±11°. The polarization angle is consistent with Sgr?A* being the primary source of the emission, and the polarization degree implies that some 200 years ago, the X-ray luminosity of Sgr?A* was briefly comparable to that of a Seyfert galaxy.
质料迷信Materials Science
Liquid metal for high-entropy alloy nanoparticles synthesis
液态金属用于高熵合金纳米颗粒的分解
▲ 作者 :Guanghui Cao, Jingjing Liang, Zenglong Guo, Kena Yang, Gang Wang, Huiliu Wang, et al.
▲ 链接:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06082-9
▲ 摘要 :
高熵合金纳米颗粒(HEA-NPs)作为功能质料具备广漠的运用远景 。可是,到当初为止,已经实现的高熵合金仅限于相似元素的调色板