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超新星反冲和错位Be双星

Supernova Kicks and Misaligned Be Star Binaries

Rebecca G. Martin, Christopher A. Tout, J. E. Pringle

摘要:

Be星是快速旋转的B星,周围环绕着一个开普勒旋转的外流气体盘。Be星/X射线双星系统包含一颗Be星和一颗中子星。他们被发现有非零的偏心率,有证据表明,一些系统之间的恒星和双星轨道的自旋轴的自旋轴错位。这些系统的偏心率被认为是由形成中子星的超新星对中子星的反冲造成的,这种反冲也会引起不对准。在本文中,我们调查在何种程度上相同的反冲分布可以引起所观察到的偏心率分布和所观察到的失调。我们发现,麦克斯韦分布的速度踢与低速度分散,$σ_k \approx 15\rm km s^{-1}$,是与所观察到的偏心率分布一致,但很难调和与所观察到的错位,通常$i \ge 25^\circ$。另外,一个较高的速度踢分布,$σ_k = 265 \rm km s^{-1}$,是与所观察到的错位,但不与所观察到的偏心率,除非后超新星循环的双轨道已经发生。我们简要讨论如何实现这一目标。

英文摘要:

Be stars are rapidly spinning B stars surrounded by an outflowing disc of gas in Keplerian rotation. Be star/X-ray binary systems contain a Be star and a neutron star. They are found to have non-zero eccentricities and there is evidence that some systems have a misalignment between the spin axis of the star and the spin axis of the binary orbit. The eccentricities in these systems are thought to be caused by a kick to the neutron star during the supernova that formed it. Such kicks would also give rise to misalignments. In this paper we investigate the extent to which the same kick distribution can give rise to both the observed eccentricity distribution and the observed misalignments. We find that a Maxwellian distribution of velocity kicks with a low velocity dispersion, $σ_k \approx 15\rm km s^{-1}$, is consistent with the observed eccentricity distribution but is hard to reconcile with the observed misalignments, typically $i \ge 25^\circ$. Alternatively a higher velocity kick distribution, $σ_k = 265 \rm km s^{-1}$, is consistent with the observed misalignments but not with the observed eccentricities, unless post-supernova circularisation of the binary orbits has taken place. We discuss briefly how this might be achieved.

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