Probing Heartbeat Oscillations from the Black Hole X-Ray Binary GRS 1915+105 Using Spectral-timing Analysis
利用光谱-时变分析探测黑洞 X 射线双星 GRS 1915+105 的心跳振荡
GRS 1915+105 is a black hole X-ray binary whose ρ-class ("heartbeat") oscillations (∼50─100 s) are attributed to radiation-pressure instabilities in the inner accretion disk at near-Eddington luminosities. We present a phase-resolved spectral and timing analysis of 24 Swift XRT observations (1─10 keV) and broadband AstroSat SXT+LAXPC data (0.8─30 keV), dividing each cycle into five phases. The narrowband XRT fits show an apparent anticorrelation between the inner disk temperature (T<SUB>in</SUB> ∼ 1.7─1.5 keV) and apparent radius (R<SUB>in</SUB> ∼ 22─38 km) across the cycle. The broadband AstroSat fits, however, are statistically consistent with a constant disk temperature: a joint fit with T<SUB>in</SUB> tied across all five phases gives T<SUB>in</SUB> = 1.275 ± 0.020 keV (<inline-formula> <mml:math><mml:msubsup><mml:mrow><mml:mi>χ</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mi>ν</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mn>2</mml:mn></mml:mrow></mml:msubsup><mml:mo>=</mml:mo><mml:mn>1.003</mml:mn></mml:math> </inline-formula>; ∆χ<SUP>2</SUP> = +4.3 for four added constraints), whereas tying the disk normalization as well is rejected (∆χ<SUP>2</SUP> = +175.9), leaving a ∼20% variation in apparent R<SUB>in</SUB> (18.1 ± 0.7 to 21.9 ± 0.7 km). The coronal electron temperature rises from ∼6 to ∼14.5 keV approaching the burst, with the photon index tracking it. We attribute the larger XRT disk swings to its limited bandpass, where coronal Comptonization is unconstrained, and the disk parameters absorb coronal variability. The dominant variability is therefore coronal, consistent with S. V. Vadawale et al., and the residual R<SUB>in</SUB> change is plausibly a color-correction effect. Hardness─intensity and color─color diagrams show clear spectral hysteresis. Our broadband coverage provides a phase-resolved test of disk constancy and favors coronal evolution as the driver of the spectral variability across the ρ cycle.
展开 ▾AstroSat 宽带联合拟合首次统计检验盘温度恒定性:T_in=1.275±0.020 keV 在整周期可视为不变,而盘视面积仅约 20% 变化;谱变主要由冕温与光子指数驱动,澄清窄带 Swift 拟合的视温度摆动来自能段限制与模型简并。
既往对 GRS 1915+105 ρ 类“心跳”振荡的相位分辨研究,已把盘内区膨胀-坍缩与辐射压不稳定性联系起来,Neilsen+ 2011 提出热极限环驱动,Zoghbi+ 2016 则指出视内半径变化可能主要源于 color correction 而非真实盘运动。Vadawale+ 2001 在 β 类软 X 射线 dip 中已发现主要可变谱成分为冕而非盘;本文用 AstroSat 宽带联合拟合把这一图景推广到 ρ 类,盘温度可视为恒定,冕温与光子指数主导相位演化。未来 XRISM/Athena 的高分辨率光栅与宽带时变观测可同时约束盘风、反射谱和连续谱,直接检验 color correction 与真实内半径移动的贡献;类似相位分辨方法也已在 Patel+ 2025 对 4U 1630–47 心跳态的追踪中延续。
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