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Revealing the nature of the population constituting the Galactic Ridge X-ray Emission using Near-Infrared

Research Project

Project/Area Number 17K18019
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Particle/Nuclear/Cosmic ray/Astro physics
Astronomy
Research InstitutionNational Astronomical Observatory of Japan (2022)
Nagoya University (2017-2021)

Principal Investigator

MORIHANA Kumiko  国立天文台, ハワイ観測所, RCUH職員 (50640843)

Project Period (FY) 2017-04-01 – 2023-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2022)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥2,470,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥570,000)
Keywords赤外線天文学 / X線天文学 / 白色矮星連星系 / 狭帯域フィルター / X線 / 狭帯域フィルター観測 / 銀河面 / 近赤外線天文学 / 近赤外線 / 銀河面X線放射 / 宇宙物理 / 光赤外天文学
Outline of Final Research Achievements

We have studied the population constituting the Galactic Ridge X-ray Emission (GRXE), which is the apparently extended X-ray emission along the Galactic plane. One of the major population constituting the GRXE has been considered to be cataclysmic variables (CVs). However, it is difficult to search CVs only using X-ray due to poor statistics of photons. Then, we focused on that NIR spectra of CVs have Pa-beta emission lines, where interstellar absorption is small. We constructed a narrow-band on-filter that transmits only in the Pa-beta wavelength and a special off-filter that has transmission bands on both sides of Pa-beta to accurately subtract continuous emission. The filter set improved the detection and we detected emission-line sources through observations of the Galactic plane.
We further carried out deep NIR imaging observation at the Galactic bulge. We revealed that the GRXE at the bulge is contributed by non-magnetic CVs and white dwarf binaries in detached binary systems.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

広大な銀河面において輝線天体を全て分光観測により行うのは現実的ではない。輝線波長に透過幅を持つ狭帯域フィルターを用いれば、広い銀河面でも輝線天体を効率よく検出可能である。しかし、輝線成分は天体スペクトルの連続光成分の上にのっているため連続光成分を精度よく差し引くことが難しく、既存の狭帯域フィルターでは等価幅の大きい輝線天体の検出に限られてきた。本研究で開発した特殊狭帯域フィルターは輝線の両側で連続光成分を取得することで、傾きを持つスペクトルでも連続光成分を精度よく差し引くことができるため、弱い輝線天体まで検出を可能にした。

Report

(7 results)
  • 2022 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • 2018 Research-status Report
  • 2017 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (16 results)

All 2023 2022 2020 2019 2018 2017 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (1 results) Journal Article (6 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results,  Peer Reviewed: 4 results,  Open Access: 6 results) Presentation (9 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 4 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of Southampton(英国)

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] X-ray and optical spectroscopic study of a γ Cassiopeiae analog source π Aquarii2022

    • Author(s)
      Tsujimoto Masahiro、Hayashi Takayuki、Morihana Kumiko、Moritani Yuki
    • Journal Title

      Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan

      Volume: 75 Issue: 1 Pages: 177-186

    • DOI

      10.1093/pasj/psac099

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Deep near-infrared imaging observation of the faint X-ray point sources constituting the Galactic bulge X-ray emission2022

    • Author(s)
      Morihana Kumiko、Tsujimoto Masahiro、Ebisawa Ken、Gandhi Poshak
    • Journal Title

      Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan

      Volume: 74 Issue: 2 Pages: 283-297

    • DOI

      10.1093/pasj/psab124

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] New narrow-band filter system for the IRSF 1.4m telescope2020

    • Author(s)
      Morihana Kumiko、Nagayama Takahiro、Tsujimoto Masahiro、Yamagishi Mitsuyoshi、Ebisawa Ken
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of the SPIE

      Volume: 11447 Pages: 405-405

    • DOI

      10.1117/12.2576307

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Hydrogen recombination near-infrared line mapping of Centaurus?A with IRSF/SIRIUS2020

    • Author(s)
      Katayama Risako、Kaneda Hidehiro、Kokusho Takuma、Morihana Kumiko、Suzuki Toyoaki、Oyabu Shinki、Yamagishi Mitsuyoshi、Tsuchikawa Takuro
    • Journal Title

      Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan

      Volume: 72 Issue: 5 Pages: 88-93

    • DOI

      10.1093/pasj/psaa081

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Suzaku and NuSTAR X-ray spectroscopy of γ Cassiopeiae and HD 1104322018

    • Author(s)
      Tsujimoto, Masahiro; Morihana, Kumiko; Hayashi, Takayuki; Kitaguchi, Takao
    • Journal Title

      Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan

      Volume: 70 Issue: 6 Pages: 109-122

    • DOI

      10.1093/pasj/psy111

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Near-Infrared Study of the Galactic Bulge X-ray Emission2018

    • Author(s)
      Morihana, Kumiko; Ebisawa, Ken
    • Journal Title

      The Galactic Bulge at the Crossroads (GBX2018), held 10-14 December, 2018 in Pucon, Chile.

      Volume: 29 Pages: 1-15

    • DOI

      10.5281/ZENODO.2595374

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Open Access
  • [Presentation] Paβ 特殊狭帯域フィルターによるNorma Arm Regionの白色矮星連星系探査2023

    • Author(s)
      森鼻久美子、 辻本匡弘、海老沢研、 永山貴宏
    • Organizer
      日本天文学会2023年春季年会
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] JASMINEで切り開く天の川銀河面拡散X線放射構成種族の解明2022

    • Author(s)
      森鼻久美子、辻本匡弘
    • Organizer
      日本天文学会2022年秋季年会
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] New narrow-band filter system for the IRSF 1.4m Telescope2020

    • Author(s)
      Morihana Kumiko、Nagayama Takahiro、Tsujimoto Masahiro、Yamagishi Mitsuyoshi、Ebisawa Ken
    • Organizer
      SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2020
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] すばる望遠鏡MOIRCSとGaia衛星による銀河面拡散X線放射の起源探査2020

    • Author(s)
      森鼻久美子、辻本匡弘、Poshak Gandhi、海老沢研
    • Organizer
      2020年 日本天文学会年会 春季年会
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Identification of faint X-ray sources composing Galactic Ridge X-ray Emission by Subaru/MOIRCS2019

    • Author(s)
      Kumiko Morihana, Masahiro Tsujimoto, Poshak Gandhi, and Ken Ebisawa
    • Organizer
      Subaru Telescope 20th Anniversary
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Near-Infrared Study of the Galactic Bulge X-ray Emission2018

    • Author(s)
      Morihana, Kumiko; Ebisawa, Ken
    • Organizer
      The Galactic Bulge at the Crossroads (GBX2018)
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] すばる望遠鏡MOIRCSによる銀河面拡散X線放射構成種族の深撮像観測2018

    • Author(s)
      森鼻久美子、海老沢研
    • Organizer
      日本天文学会2018年秋季年会
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] The Origin of X-ray Emission from the Enigmatic Be Star γ Cassiopeiae2017

    • Author(s)
      Hamaguchi, K.; Oskinova, L.; Russell, C. M. P.; Petre, R.; Enoto, T.; Morihana, K.; Ishida, M.
    • Organizer
      The Lives and Death-Throes of Massive Stars
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Discovery of Rapid X-ray Color Variations from the Enigmatic Be Star, gamma Cassiopeiae2017

    • Author(s)
      Hamaguchi, Kenji; Oskinova, Lidia; Post Russell, Christopher Michael; Petre, Robert; Enoto, Teruaki; Morihana, Kumiko; Ishida, Manabu; Tax, Lucas; Kim, Austin
    • Organizer
      American Astronomical Society, HEAD meeting
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report

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Published: 2017-04-28   Modified: 2024-01-30  

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