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食极V2301 Oph的XMM-牛顿观测

XMM-Newton observations of the eclipsing polar V2301 Oph

Gavin Ramsay, Mark Cropper

摘要:

我们提出了XMM-牛顿观测的食极V2301 Oph,其中包括近2.5个双轨道周期和2日食。据信,该磁极具有任何已知磁极中最低的磁场强度(7 MG)。我们在X射线日食剖面图中发现了结构的证据,它显示了持续26+/-4秒的“静止”特征。这使我们能够将白矮星的质量上限定为~1.2 Msun。我们没有发现在0.02-10 Hz的频率范围内的QPO的证据。再加上RXTE数据中没有QPO,这表明,如果存在的话,激波阵面中的任何振荡对所得X射线通量的影响都很小。我们在它的光谱中没有发现明显的软X射线成分的证据-因此它加入了另外7个没有显示这种成分的系统。我们认为,那些系统是异步的,有低的质量传递速率,或有吸积发生在一个相对较大的部分的白矮星更有可能显示这种效果。我们发现,比传质速率必须接近0.1 g·cm^-2·s^-1,才能预测出与我们的eclipse分析结果一致的质量。这可能是由于低磁场强度允许吸积沿着宽范围的方位角发生的事实。

英文摘要:

We present XMM-Newton observations of the eclipsing polar V2301 Oph which cover nearly 2.5 binary orbital cycles and 2 eclipses. This polar is believed to have the lowest magnetic field strength (7 MG) of any known polar. We find evidence for structure in the X-ray eclipse profile which shows a `standstill' feature lasting 26+/-4 sec. This allows us to place an upper limit on the mass of the white dwarf of ~1.2 Msun. We find no evidence for QPOs in the frequency range 0.02-10 Hz. This coupled with the absence of QPOs in RXTE data suggest that, if present, any oscillations in the shock front have a minimal effect on the resultant X-ray flux. We find no evidence for a distinct soft X-ray component in its spectrum - it therefore joins another 7 systems which do not show this component. We suggest that those systems which are asynchronous, have low mass transfer rates, or have accretion occurring over a relatively large fraction of the white dwarf are more likely to show this effect. We find that the specific mass transfer rate has to be close to 0.1 g cm^-2 s^-1 to predict masses which are consistent with that derived from our eclipse analysis. This maybe due to the fact that the low magnetic field strength allows accretion to take place along a wide range of azimuth.

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