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磁激变变星康普顿散射的X射线偏振特征

X-ray Polarization Signatures of Compton Scattering in Magnetic Cataclysmic Variables

Aimee McNamara, Zdenka Kuncic, Kinwah Wu

摘要:

磁激变变星(mCV)吸积柱中的康普顿散射可以在X射线发射中引起净极化。我们使用蒙特卡罗模拟研究了这一过程,发现在激波电离柱中的分层流结构会引起显著的极化。我们发现,线性偏振度可以达到8%的水平,高吸积率和低白矮星质量的系统,当在大倾角相对于吸积柱轴。这些水平大大高于以前预测的估计使用吸积柱模型与均匀的密度和温度。我们还发现,对于一个相对低质量的白矮星吸积在一个高吸积率的系统,极化特性可能是不敏感的磁场,因为大部分的散射发生在底部的吸积柱的密度结构主要是由韧致辐射冷却,而不是回旋冷却。

英文摘要:

Compton scattering within the accretion column of magnetic cataclysmic variables (mCVs) can induce a net polarization in the X-ray emission. We investigate this process using Monte Carlo simulations and find that significant polarization can arise as a result of the stratified flow structure in the shock-ionized column. We find that the degree of linear polarization can reach levels up to ~8% for systems with high accretion rates and low white-dwarf masses, when viewed at large inclination angles with respect to the accretion column axis. These levels are substantially higher than previously predicted estimates using an accretion column model with uniform density and temperature. We also find that for systems with a relatively low-mass white dwarf accreting at a high accretion rate, the polarization properties may be insensitive to the magnetic field, since most of the scattering occurs at the base of the accretion column where the density structure is determined mainly by bremsstrahlung cooling instead of cyclotron cooling.

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