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一种新的三α反应对氦吸积中子星X射线爆发的影响

Effects of a New Triple-alpha Reaction on X-ray Bursts of a Helium Accreting Neutron Star

Y. Matsuo, H. Tsujimoto, T. Noda, M. Saruwatari, M. Ono, M. Hashimoto, M. Y. Fujimoto

摘要:

研究了一种新的三重$α$反应速率(OKK速率)对双星系统中吸积中子星氦闪的影响。由于点火点决定了I型X射线爆发的热核闪光的性质,我们研究了不同的吸积率的情况下,$dM/dt (\dot{M})$,氦从$3\times10^{-10} M_{\odot} \rm yr^{-1}$到$3\times10^{-8} M_{\odot} \rm yr^{-1}$,这可以覆盖所观察到的吸积率。我们发现,在低吸积率的情况下,核燃烧在相当低密度的氦层被点燃。因此,在吸积率低于$\dot{M}\simeq 3\times10^{-8} M_{\odot} \rm yr^{-1}$的所有情况下,氦爆燃都将被触发。我们发现OKK率可能与氦吸积中子星上的X射线爆发的观测结果几乎不一致。我们认为,在观测误差范围内,OKK率将对$10^8$ K降低$10^{2-3}$。

英文摘要:

The effects of a new triple-$α$ reaction rate (OKK rate) on the helium flash of a helium accreting neutron star in a binary system have been investigated. Since the ignition points determine the properties of a thermonuclear flash of type I X-ray bursts, we examine the cases of different accretion rates, $dM/dt (\dot{M})$, of helium from $3\times10^{-10} M_{\odot} \rm yr^{-1}$ to $3\times10^{-8} M_{\odot} \rm yr^{-1}$, which could cover the observed accretion rates. We find that for the cases of low accretion rates, nuclear burnings are ignited at the helium layers of rather low densities. As a consequence, helium deflagration would be triggered for all cases of lower accretion rate than $\dot{M}\simeq 3\times10^{-8} M_{\odot} \rm yr^{-1}$. We find that OKK rate could be barely consistent with the available observations of the X-ray bursts on the helium accreting neutron star. However this coincidence is found to depend on the properties of crustal heating and the neutron star model.We suggest that OKK rate would be reduced by a factor of $10^{2-3}$ for $10^8$ K in the range of the observational errors.

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