发展中的γ射线天文学

 现代天文学的知识有很多是通过分析天体的电磁辐射得到的,天体的电磁辐射的范围是相当宽阔的,它从无线电波、红外光、可见光、紫外光-直延伸到X射线、γ射线.对天体辐射观测越广,就越能较全面地认识宇宙.所以天文学家总希望把研究领域扩展到所有波段.     

Structure of Rotating Neutron Stars in Uniform Strong Magnetic Field

Properties and deformations of the rotating neutron stars in uniform strong magnetic field are calculated. The magnetic field will soften the equation of state of the neutron star matters and make an obvious effect on the structure of the rotating neutron star. If the magnetic field is superstrong （B=10^17 T）, the mass, radius, and the deformation will become smaller effectively.     

作为宇宙信使的X射线

60年前,里卡多·贾科尼团队用探空火箭首次探测到了来自太阳系以外的X射线辐射,从此打开了人类探索宇宙的一个全新的窗口。与我们所熟悉的可见光天空不同,在“看不见”的X射线宇宙,明亮的发光天体涵盖了黑洞、中子星、白矮星等致密天体,星系团和星系中弥漫的大量不可见的高温气体,以及各种剧烈的灾变事件。它们代表着宇宙中最为奇特的天体和极端的物理条件,如极强引力场、极强磁场和极高温。文章重点介绍最有代表性的X射线源,包括中子星和黑洞X射线双星、超大质量黑洞和活动星系核、星系团,以及伽马暴、超新星和潮汐瓦解恒星事件等爆发天体。     

A corresponding-state approach to quark-cluster matter

The state of super-dense matter is essential for us to understand the nature of pulsars; however, non- perturbative quantum chromodynamics makes it very difficult to make direct calculations of the state of cold matter at realistic baryon number densities inside compact stars. Nevertheless, from an observational point of view, it is conjectured that pulsars could be made up of quark clusters since the strong coupling between quarks might render the quarks to be grouped in clusters. In this paper, we attempt to find an equation of state of condensed quark-cluster matter in a phenomenological way. Supposing that the quark-clusters could be analogized to inert gases, we apply here the corresponding-state approach to derive the equation of state of quark-cluster matter, as was similarly demonstrated for nuclear and neutron-star matter in the 1970s. According to the calculations that we have presented, the quark-cluster stars, which are composed of quark-cluster matter, could have a high maximum mass that is consistent with observations and, in turn, further observations of pulsar mass could also place a constraint on the properties of quark-cluster matter. We will also briefly discuss the melting heat during the solid-liquid phase conversion and its related astrophysical consequences.     

f0（975）和Ф（1020）介子对中子星物质的影响

利用相对论平均场理论，考虑了σ＊，Ф介子及重子八重态{N，P，A，∑^-，∑0,∑＋，Ξ^-，Ξ^0}，研究了中子星的性质．发现当考虑了σ＊，Ф介子的贡献时，超子出现的临界重子数密度降低了，超子数目增加了，超子星的转变密度poH降低了，物态方程变软，最大质量变小而相应的中子星半径增大，中子星的中心重子数密度、中心能量密度和中心压强均降低．     

双脉冲星的发现

来自英国、澳大利亚、意大利和美国的天文学家首次发现了双脉冲星.这一发现可用于检验广义相对论,并使研究脉冲星的磁气圈成为可能(有关论文见LyneGetal.Science express,2 0 0 4 ,1 0 94 6 4 5 ) .脉冲星是密度极高的中子星,比地球的质量大一百万倍,而直径仅为几十公里.脉冲星     

超子中子星性质的温度效应

从相对论平均场理论出发,考虑核子、超子和介子的相互作用,研究了温度对中子星组成粒子、状态方程和中子星质量等的影响.发现温度越高,超子在中子星内部出现时的重子数密度越低.当密度较高时,中子星的核心区主要由超子组成,即中子星转变成以奇异粒子为主要成分的超子星,并且这种转变受到温度的影响,温度越高,转变密度越低.由于超子的出现,中子星核心高密度区域的状态方程,对于不同温度,差别不大,所以有限温度中子星的最大质量都在1.8M_⊙附近.这与观测结果相符.     

高能天体物理前沿鸟瞰 (上)

 很容易确定天体物理诞生的日子,也很容易确定现代宇宙学诞生的日子.前者由基尔霍夫的太阳光谱观测确定,后者由爱因斯坦发表第一个宇宙解确定。但是,很难确定高能天体物理诞生的日子.也许可以作为高能天体物理诞生标志的是巴德和兹威基于1934年发表的一篇论文,题目为《超新星和宇宙线》.     

Topological Aspects in an Interacting Mixture of a Charged and a Neutral Superfluid in Neutron Stars

By making use of the decomposition of U（1） gauge potential theory and the C-mapping method we discuss a mixture of interacting neutral and charged Bose condensates, which is supposed to be realized in the interior of neutron stars in the form of a coexistent neutron superfluid and protonie superconductor. We propose that this system possesses vortex line knotted solitons and the topological charges of vortex lines are characterized by the winding numbers of the C-mapping. Furthermore the spatial bifurcation of vortices is also discussed.