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河外X射线双星LMC X-2中施主星的特征

A signature of the donor star in the extra-galactic X-ray binary LMC X-2

R. Cornelisse, D. Steeghs, J. Casares, P. A. Charles, I. C. Shih, R. I. Hynes, K. O'Brien

摘要:

对河外低质量X射线双星LMC X-2进行了两个夜晚的相位分辨中分辨率VLT光谱学研究,揭示了HeII双星4686发射线径向速度曲线中的0.32+/-0.02天的光谱周期,我们将其解释为轨道周期。然而,类似于以前的发现,这径向速度曲线显示了一个长期的变化,这是最有可能由于旋进吸积盘在大麦哲伦星系X-2的存在。这是加强了HeII A4686多普勒地图,显示一个亮点,是从晚上到晚上移动。此外,我们还在LMC X-2的Bowen区探测到了速度为K_em=351+/-28 km/s的窄发射线,我们初步解释这些线来自施主星的辐照侧。由于K_em必须小于K_2,这导致了LMC X-2质量函数的第一个上限f(M_1)>=0.86Msun(95%置信度),以及对系统参数的第一个约束。

英文摘要:

Two nights of phase-resolved medium resolution VLT spectroscopy of the extra-galactic low mass X-ray binary LMC X-2 have revealed a 0.32+/-0.02 day spectroscopic period in the radial velocity curve of the HeII lambda4686 emission line that we interpret as the orbital period. However, similar to previous findings, this radial velocity curve shows a longer term variation that is most likely due to the presence of a precessing accretion disk in LMC X-2. This is strengthened by HeII lambda4686 Doppler maps that show a bright spot that is moving from night to night. Furthermore, we detect narrow emission lines in the Bowen region of LMC X-2,with a velocity of K_em=351+/-28 km/s, that we tentatively interpret as coming from the irradiated side of the donor star. Since K_em must be smaller than K_2, this leads to the first upper-limit on the mass function of LMC X-2 of f(M_1)>=0.86Msun (95% confidence), and the first constraints on its system parameters.

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