2024A&A...686A..14C

Query : 2024A&A...686A..14C

2024A&A...686A..14C - Astronomy and Astrophysics, volume 686A14 (2024/6-1)

Pulsar-wind-nebula-powered Galactic center X-ray filament G0.13-0.11 Proof of the synchrotron nature by IXPE.

CHURAZOV E., KHABIBULLIN I., BARNOUIN T., BUCCIANTINI N., COSTA E., DI GESU L., DI MARCO A., FERRAZZOLI R., FORMAN W., KAARET P., KIM D.E., KOLODZIEJCZAK J.J., KRAFT R., MARIN F., MATT G., NEGRO M., ROMANI R.W., SILVESTRI S., SOFFITTA P., SUNYAEV R., SVOBODA J., VIKHLININ A., WEISSKOPF M.C., XIE F., AGUDO I., ANTONELLI L.A., BACHETTI M., BALDINI L., BAUMGARTNER W.H., BELLAZZINI R., BIANCHI S., BONGIORNO S.D., BONINO R., BREZ A., CAPITANIO F., CASTELLANO S., CAVAZZUTI E., CHEN C.-T., CIPRINI S., DE ROSA A., DEL MONTE E., DI LALLA N., DONNARUMMA I., DOROSHENKO V., DOVCIAK M., EHLERT S.R., ENOTO T., EVANGELISTA Y., FABIANI S., GARCIA J.A., GUNJI S., HAYASHIDA K., HEYL J., IWAKIRI W., JORSTAD S.G., KARAS V., KISLAT F., KITAGUCHI T., KRAWCZYNSKI H., LA MONACA F., LATRONICO L., LIODAKIS I., MALDERA S., MANFREDA A., MARINUCCI A., MARSCHER A.P., MARSHALL H.L., MASSARO F., MITSUISHI I., MIZUNO T., MULERI F., NG C.-Y., O'DELL S.L., OMODEI N., OPPEDISANO C., PAPITTO A., PAVLOV G.G., PEIRSON A.L., PERRI M., PESCE-ROLLINS M., PETRUCCI P.-O., PILIA M., POSSENTI A., POUTANEN J., PUCCETTI S., RAMSEY B.D., RANKIN J., RATHEESH A., ROBERTS O.J., SGRO C., SLANE P., SPANDRE G., SWARTZ D.A., TAMAGAWA T., TAVECCHIO F., TAVERNA R., TAWARA Y., TENNANT A.F., THOMAS N.E., TOMBESI F., TROIS A., TSYGANKOV S.S., TUROLLA R., VINK J., WU K. and ZANE S.

Abstract (from CDS):

We report the discovery of X-ray polarization from the X-ray-bright filament G0.13-0.11 in the Galactic center (GC) region. This filament features a bright, hard X-ray source that is most plausibly a pulsar wind nebula (PWN) and an extended and structured diffuse component. Combining the polarization signal from IXPE with the imaging/spectroscopic data from Chandra, we find that X-ray emission of G0.13-0.11 is highly polarized PD = 57(±18)% in the 3-6 keV band, while the polarization angle is PA = 21 ° ( ± 9 ° ). This high degree of polarization proves the synchrotron origin of the X-ray emission from G0.13-0.11. In turn, the measured polarization angle implies that the X-ray emission is polarized approximately perpendicular to a sequence of nonthermal radio filaments that may be part of the GC Radio Arc. The magnetic field on the order of 100 μG appears to be preferentially ordered along the filaments. The above field strength is the fiducial value that makes our model self-consistent, while the other conclusions are largely model independent.

Abstract Copyright: © The Authors 2024

Journal keyword(s): magnetic fields - polarization - radiation mechanisms: non-thermal - scattering - X-rays: general

Simbad objects: 5

goto Full paper

goto View the references in ADS

Number of rows : 5
N Identifier Otype ICRS (J2000)
RA 		ICRS (J2000)
DEC 		Mag U Mag B Mag V Mag R Mag I Sp type #ref
1850 - 2026 		#notes
1 3FHL J1746.2-2852 LXB 17 44 33.09 -28 44 27.0           ~ 559 0
2 NAME Galactic Center reg 17 45 39.60213 -29 00 22.0000           ~ 16269 0
3 NAME Sgr A* X 17 45 40.03599 -29 00 28.1699           ~ 4970 3
4 CXO J174621.6-285257 X 17 46 21.51 -28 52 56.5           ~ 30 0
5 CXO J174622.7-285218 CV* 17 46 22.8 -28 52 20           ~ 12 0

To bookmark this query, right click on this link: simbad:objects in 2024A&A...686A..14C and select 'bookmark this link' or equivalent in the popup menu