X射线双星系统的探测

The X-ray binary system in the EP era

搜寻X射线双星并建立大规模样本是解决众多科学问题(如"银河系中有多少黑洞X射线双星?黑洞和中子星之间有无质量间隙?球状星团中有无黑洞?"等)的基础.爱因斯坦探针卫星拥有更灵敏的探测能力,将在运行的几年之中,预计可以发现一批新的中子星和黑洞X射线双星,研究其空间和动力学质量分布成为解决上述问题的关键.

Searching for X-ray binaries and establishing a large sample are the foundation of answering many scientific problems, such as, how many BH X-ray binaries are there within our Milky Way galaxy？ Does there exist a real gap between the mass distribution of neutron stars and black holes？ Is there any black hole system within globular clusters？ The planned mission Einstein Probe （EP） has a much better sensitivity compared to the past missions, so it is expected to discover many new X-ray binary systems over its operating period, which will play a key role in helping solve the problems above then.