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SMC中高质量X射线双星的甚长期光学变率

Very Long-term Optical Variability of High Mass X-ray Binaries in the SMC

A. F. Rajoelimanana, P. A. Charles, A. Udalski

摘要:

本文利用OMO和OGLE数据库中的光变曲线,研究了小麦哲伦云中Be X射线双星(BeX)在16年基线上的光辐射的非常长期的时间特性。在我们的样品中,所有的BeX都显示出超轨道变化,其中许多在~ 200-3000 d的时间尺度上呈准周期性。这些长期的变化被认为是有关的形成和消耗的拱盘周围的Be星,我们比较和对比他们的行为与大麦哲伦星云的原型BeX,A0538-66。绝大多数源显示出爆发振幅与亮度的相关性(与A0538-66中所见的相反),尽管振幅大多很小(< 0.1等)。我们认为这是一种轨道倾角效应。此外,我们还探测到了它们的许多光学轨道周期性,可以看到一系列精确规则的爆发。此外,这些周期性爆发的幅度可以通过长期的超轨道周期变化,我们讨论的机制,可以产生这种效果,以及检查这些周期性之间的明显的相关性。作为这个变化调查的副产品,我们已经编制了一份清单,所有报告的SMC BeX轨道和超轨道周期在光学和X射线波长。

英文摘要:

We have studied the very long-term temporal properties of the optical emission from Be X-ray binaries (BeX) in the Small Magellanic Cloud over a ~ 16 yr baseline, using light curves from the MACHO and OGLE databases. All the BeX in our sample display superorbital variations, many of them quasi-periodic on timescales of ~ 200-3000 d. These long-term variations are believed to be related to the formation and depletion of the circumstellar disc around the Be star and we compare and contrast their behaviour with that of the LMC's prototypical BeX, A0538-66. The great majority of sources show a correlation of outburst amplitude with brightness (the opposite to that seen in A0538-66) although the amplitudes are mostly small (< 0.1 mag). We suggest this is an orbital inclination effect. In addition, we have also detected many of their optical orbital periodicities, visible as a series of precisely regular outbursts. Furthermore, the amplitude of these periodic outbursts can vary through the long-term superorbital cycle, and we discuss mechanisms which can produce this effect, as well as examining an apparent correlation between these periodicities. As a by-product of this variation survey we have compiled a list of all the reported SMC BeX orbital and superorbital periodicities at optical and X-ray wavelengths.

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