| Title: |
Energy-dependent intensity variation of the persistent X-ray emission of magnetars observed with Suzaku. |
| Authors: |
Yujin NAKAGAWA1 nakagawa.yujin@jamstec.go.jp, Ken EBISAWA2 ebisawa.ken@jaxa.jp, Teruaki ENOTO3 enoto@kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp |
| Source: |
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan. Mar2018, Vol. 70 Issue 2, p1-N.PAG. 10p. |
| Subject Terms: |
*PULSARS, *MAGNETARS, *POISSON distribution, *STANDARD deviations, *ENERGY bands |
| Abstract: |
The emission mechanism of magnetars is still controversial even though various observational and theoretical studies have been made. In order to investigate mechanisms of both the persistent X-ray emission and the burst emission of the magnetars, we propose a model in which the persistent X-ray emission consists of numerous micro-bursts of various sizes. If this model is correct, root mean square (rms) intensity variations of the persistent emission would exceed the values expected from the Poisson distribution. Using Suzaku archive data of 11 magnetars (22 observations), the rms intensity variations were calculated from 0.2 keV to 70 keV. As a result, we found significant excess rms intensity variations from all 11magnetars. We suppose that numerous micro-bursts constituting the persistent X-ray emission cause the observed variations, suggesting that the persistent X-ray emission and the burst emission have identical emission mechanisms. In addition, we found that the rms intensity variations clearly increase toward higher energy bands for four magnetars (six observations). The energy-dependent rms intensity variations imply that the soft thermal component and the hard X-ray component are emitted from different regions far apart from each other. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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