AE Aurigae: first detection of non-thermal x-ray emission from a bow shock produced by a runaway star

Autores
López Santiago, J.; Miceli, M.; del Valle, Maria Victoria; Romero, Gustavo Esteban; Bonito, R.; Albacete Colombo, Juan Facundo; Pereira, V.; de Castro, E.; Damiani, F.
Año de publicación
2012
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Runaway stars produce shocks when passing through interstellar medium at supersonic velocities. Bow shocks have been detected in the mid-infrared for several high-mass runaway stars and in radio waves for one star. Theoretical models predict the production of high-energy photons by non-thermal radiative processes in a number sufficiently large to be detected in X-rays. To date, no stellar bow shock has been detected at such energies. We present the first detection of X-ray emission from a bow shock produced by a runaway star. The star is AE Aur, which was likely expelled from its birthplace due to the encounter of two massive binary systems and now is passing through the dense nebula IC 405. The X-ray emission from the bow shock is detected at 30´´ northeast of the star, coinciding with an enhancement in the density of the nebula. From the analysis of the observed X-ray spectrum of the source and our theoretical emission model, we confirm that the X-ray emission is produced mainly by inverse Compton upscattering of infrared photons from dust in the shock front.
Fil: López Santiago, J.. Universidad Complutense de Madrid; España
Fil: Miceli, M.. Universita di Palermo; Italia
Fil: del Valle, Maria Victoria. Provincia de Buenos Aires. Gobernación. Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas. Instituto Argentino de Radioastronomía. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Instituto Argentino de Radioastronomía; Argentina
Fil: Romero, Gustavo Esteban. Provincia de Buenos Aires. Gobernación. Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas. Instituto Argentino de Radioastronomía. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Instituto Argentino de Radioastronomía; Argentina
Fil: Bonito, R.. Universita di Palermo; Italia
Fil: Albacete Colombo, Juan Facundo. Universidad Nacional del Comahue; Argentina
Fil: Pereira, V.. Universidad Complutense de Madrid; España
Fil: de Castro, E.. Universidad Complutense de Madrid; España
Fil: Damiani, F.. INAF. Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo; Italia
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ISM: clouds, radiation mechanisms: non-thermal
stars: individual: AE Aur
stars: kinematics and dynamics
stars: massive, X-rays: general
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spelling AE Aurigae: first detection of non-thermal x-ray emission from a bow shock produced by a runaway starLópez Santiago, J.Miceli, M.del Valle, Maria VictoriaRomero, Gustavo EstebanBonito, R.Albacete Colombo, Juan FacundoPereira, V.de Castro, E.Damiani, F.ISM: clouds, radiation mechanisms: non-thermalstars: individual: AE Aurstars: kinematics and dynamicsstars: massive, X-rays: generalhttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.3https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1Runaway stars produce shocks when passing through interstellar medium at supersonic velocities. Bow shocks have been detected in the mid-infrared for several high-mass runaway stars and in radio waves for one star. Theoretical models predict the production of high-energy photons by non-thermal radiative processes in a number sufficiently large to be detected in X-rays. To date, no stellar bow shock has been detected at such energies. We present the first detection of X-ray emission from a bow shock produced by a runaway star. The star is AE Aur, which was likely expelled from its birthplace due to the encounter of two massive binary systems and now is passing through the dense nebula IC 405. The X-ray emission from the bow shock is detected at 30´´ northeast of the star, coinciding with an enhancement in the density of the nebula. From the analysis of the observed X-ray spectrum of the source and our theoretical emission model, we confirm that the X-ray emission is produced mainly by inverse Compton upscattering of infrared photons from dust in the shock front.Fil: López Santiago, J.. Universidad Complutense de Madrid; EspañaFil: Miceli, M.. Universita di Palermo; ItaliaFil: del Valle, Maria Victoria. Provincia de Buenos Aires. Gobernación. Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas. Instituto Argentino de Radioastronomía. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Instituto Argentino de Radioastronomía; ArgentinaFil: Romero, Gustavo Esteban. Provincia de Buenos Aires. Gobernación. Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas. Instituto Argentino de Radioastronomía. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Instituto Argentino de Radioastronomía; ArgentinaFil: Bonito, R.. Universita di Palermo; ItaliaFil: Albacete Colombo, Juan Facundo. Universidad Nacional del Comahue; ArgentinaFil: Pereira, V.. Universidad Complutense de Madrid; EspañaFil: de Castro, E.. Universidad Complutense de Madrid; EspañaFil: Damiani, F.. INAF. Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo; ItaliaIOP Publishing2012-09info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/245889López Santiago, J.; Miceli, M.; del Valle, Maria Victoria; Romero, Gustavo Esteban; Bonito, R.; et al.; AE Aurigae: first detection of non-thermal x-ray emission from a bow shock produced by a runaway star; IOP Publishing; Astrophysical Journal; 757; L6; 9-2012; 1-40004-637XCONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2041-8205/757/1/L6info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1088/2041-8205/757/1/L6info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-29T10:13:44Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/245889instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-29 10:13:44.375CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv AE Aurigae: first detection of non-thermal x-ray emission from a bow shock produced by a runaway star
title AE Aurigae: first detection of non-thermal x-ray emission from a bow shock produced by a runaway star
spellingShingle AE Aurigae: first detection of non-thermal x-ray emission from a bow shock produced by a runaway star
López Santiago, J.
ISM: clouds, radiation mechanisms: non-thermal
stars: individual: AE Aur
stars: kinematics and dynamics
stars: massive, X-rays: general
title_short AE Aurigae: first detection of non-thermal x-ray emission from a bow shock produced by a runaway star
title_full AE Aurigae: first detection of non-thermal x-ray emission from a bow shock produced by a runaway star
title_fullStr AE Aurigae: first detection of non-thermal x-ray emission from a bow shock produced by a runaway star
title_full_unstemmed AE Aurigae: first detection of non-thermal x-ray emission from a bow shock produced by a runaway star
title_sort AE Aurigae: first detection of non-thermal x-ray emission from a bow shock produced by a runaway star
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv López Santiago, J.
Miceli, M.
del Valle, Maria Victoria
Romero, Gustavo Esteban
Bonito, R.
Albacete Colombo, Juan Facundo
Pereira, V.
de Castro, E.
Damiani, F.
author López Santiago, J.
author_facet López Santiago, J.
Miceli, M.
del Valle, Maria Victoria
Romero, Gustavo Esteban
Bonito, R.
Albacete Colombo, Juan Facundo
Pereira, V.
de Castro, E.
Damiani, F.
author_role author
author2 Miceli, M.
del Valle, Maria Victoria
Romero, Gustavo Esteban
Bonito, R.
Albacete Colombo, Juan Facundo
Pereira, V.
de Castro, E.
Damiani, F.
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv ISM: clouds, radiation mechanisms: non-thermal
stars: individual: AE Aur
stars: kinematics and dynamics
stars: massive, X-rays: general
topic ISM: clouds, radiation mechanisms: non-thermal
stars: individual: AE Aur
stars: kinematics and dynamics
stars: massive, X-rays: general
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.3
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Runaway stars produce shocks when passing through interstellar medium at supersonic velocities. Bow shocks have been detected in the mid-infrared for several high-mass runaway stars and in radio waves for one star. Theoretical models predict the production of high-energy photons by non-thermal radiative processes in a number sufficiently large to be detected in X-rays. To date, no stellar bow shock has been detected at such energies. We present the first detection of X-ray emission from a bow shock produced by a runaway star. The star is AE Aur, which was likely expelled from its birthplace due to the encounter of two massive binary systems and now is passing through the dense nebula IC 405. The X-ray emission from the bow shock is detected at 30´´ northeast of the star, coinciding with an enhancement in the density of the nebula. From the analysis of the observed X-ray spectrum of the source and our theoretical emission model, we confirm that the X-ray emission is produced mainly by inverse Compton upscattering of infrared photons from dust in the shock front.
Fil: López Santiago, J.. Universidad Complutense de Madrid; España
Fil: Miceli, M.. Universita di Palermo; Italia
Fil: del Valle, Maria Victoria. Provincia de Buenos Aires. Gobernación. Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas. Instituto Argentino de Radioastronomía. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Instituto Argentino de Radioastronomía; Argentina
Fil: Romero, Gustavo Esteban. Provincia de Buenos Aires. Gobernación. Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas. Instituto Argentino de Radioastronomía. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Instituto Argentino de Radioastronomía; Argentina
Fil: Bonito, R.. Universita di Palermo; Italia
Fil: Albacete Colombo, Juan Facundo. Universidad Nacional del Comahue; Argentina
Fil: Pereira, V.. Universidad Complutense de Madrid; España
Fil: de Castro, E.. Universidad Complutense de Madrid; España
Fil: Damiani, F.. INAF. Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo; Italia
description Runaway stars produce shocks when passing through interstellar medium at supersonic velocities. Bow shocks have been detected in the mid-infrared for several high-mass runaway stars and in radio waves for one star. Theoretical models predict the production of high-energy photons by non-thermal radiative processes in a number sufficiently large to be detected in X-rays. To date, no stellar bow shock has been detected at such energies. We present the first detection of X-ray emission from a bow shock produced by a runaway star. The star is AE Aur, which was likely expelled from its birthplace due to the encounter of two massive binary systems and now is passing through the dense nebula IC 405. The X-ray emission from the bow shock is detected at 30´´ northeast of the star, coinciding with an enhancement in the density of the nebula. From the analysis of the observed X-ray spectrum of the source and our theoretical emission model, we confirm that the X-ray emission is produced mainly by inverse Compton upscattering of infrared photons from dust in the shock front.
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0004-637X
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