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X射线双星的轨道和超轨道变化及其耦合

Orbital and superorbital variability and their coupling in X-ray binaries

Andrzej A. Zdziarski, Juri Poutanen, Askar Ibragimov, Marek Gierlinski, Linqing Wen

摘要:

我们回顾了X射线通量调制从X射线双星的时间尺度对应的轨道周期和那些在较长的时间尺度(所谓的超轨道)。这些调制提供了一个强有力的工具来约束吸积流的几何形状。超轨道变化的最常见原因似乎是岁差。然后,我们讨论了两个具体的例子,发现两种类型的可变性和它们的物理解释之间的耦合。一个是天鹅座X-1,一个黑洞双星与高质量的同伴,在这种情况下,我们发现存在的吸积隆起形成的碰撞的恒星风与旋进吸积盘的外缘。另一个是4U 1820-303,一个从低质量白矮星吸积而来的中子星,在这种情况下,我们将超轨道变化解释为三重恒星系统中相互作用引起的吸积速率调制。然后,变化的吸积速率导致该系统中吸积凸起的大小变化,从而使中心发射的X射线变得模糊。

英文摘要:

We review X-ray flux modulation from X-ray binaries on time scales corresponding to the orbital period and those at longer time scales (so called superorbital). Those modulations provide a powerful tool to constrain geometry of the accretion flow. The most common cause of the superorbital variability appears to be precession. We then discuss two specific examples of discoveries of a coupling between the two types of variability and their physical interpretation. One is Cyg X-1, a black-hole binary with a high-mass companion, in which case we find the presence of an accretion bulge formed by collision of the stellar wind with the outer edge of the precessing accretion disc. The other is 4U 1820-303, a neutron star accreting from a low-mass white dwarf, in which case we interpret the superorbital variability as accretion rate modulation induced by interactions in a triple stellar system. Then, the varying accretion rate leads to changes of the size of the accretion bulge in that system, obscuring the centrally-emitted X-rays.

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