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超紧双星中氦吸积盘的稳定性

Stability of helium accretion discs in ultracompact binaries

Jean-Pierre Lasota, Guillaume Dubus, Katarzyna Kruk

摘要:

超致密X射线双星(UCXB)中吸积中子星的伴星是缺氢的。它们的氦或C/O吸积盘受到强烈的X射线照射。化学成分和辐照都决定了盘在热和粘性扰动下的稳定性。在较短的周期,UCXB是持久的,而较长周期的系统大多是瞬态的。为了理解这种行为,必须推导出X射线辐照贫氢吸积盘的稳定性准则。我们使用修改和更新版本的Dubus等。代码描述时间依赖的照射吸积盘周围紧凑的对象。我们得到了相关的稳定性标准,并将结果与观察到的UCXB性质进行了比较。虽然UCXB的稳定性行为的一般趋势与盘不稳定性模型的预测一致,但在少数情况下,理论预测与系统观测特性的不一致性很弱,足以归因于观测和/或理论的不确定性。两个系统可能需要在施主星中存在一定量的氢。

英文摘要:

Stellar companions of accreting neutron stars in ultra compact X-ray binaries (UCXBs) are hydrogen-deficient. Their helium or C/O accretion discs are strongly X-ray irradiated. Both the chemical composition and irradiation determine the disc stability with respect to thermal and viscous perturbations. At shorter periods, UCXBs are persistent, whereas longer-period systems are mostly transient. To understand this behaviour one has to derive the stability criteria for X-ray irradiated hydrogen-poor accretion discs. We use a modified and updated version of the Dubus et al. code describing time-dependent irradiated accretion discs around compact objects. We obtained the relevant stability criteria and compared the results to observed properties of UCXBs. Although the general trend in the stability behaviour of UCXBs is consistent with the prediction of the disc instability model, in a few cases the inconsistency of theoretical predictions with the system observed properties is weak enough to be attributed to observational and/or theoretical uncertainties. Two systems might require the presence of some amount of hydrogen in the donor star.

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