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磁化中子星的Bondi-Hoyle吸积

Bondi-Hoyle Accretion onto Magnetized Neutron Star

O. D. Toropina, M. M. Romanova, R. V. E. Lovelace

摘要:

利用轴对称MHD方法研究了在星际介质中以超音速(马赫数为3)运动的孤立磁化中子星的Bondi-Hoyle吸积。假设恒星有一个与其运动方向一致的偶极磁场,磁层半径R_m小于吸积半径R_BH,因此引力聚焦是重要的。我们发现在所考虑的参数下,磁化星的吸积率小于非磁化星的吸积率。靠近恒星时,吸积物质沿着磁极落在恒星表面,质量流量较大的物质流向恒星的背风极。在恒星磁场相对较大的情况下,恒星的磁场在R_m之外的物质流方向上(朝向恒星的迎风面)被拉伸。对于较弱的磁场,我们观察到的振荡的封闭磁层的正面和背面。这些都伴随着强烈的振荡的质量吸积率的变化因素~ 3。由于星际物质的吸积,在X射线波段可以看到没有射电辐射的老的缓慢旋转的中子星。一般来说,恒星的速度、磁矩和角速度矢量可能都在不同的方向上,因此吸积光度会随着恒星的自转速率而变化。

英文摘要:

Axisymmetric MHD simulations are used to investigate the Bondi-Hoyle accretion onto an isolated magnetized neutron star moving supersonically (with Mach number of 3) through the interstellar medium. The star is assumed to have a dipole magnetic field aligned with its motion and a magnetospheric radius R_m less then the accretion radius R_BH, so that the gravitational focusing is important. We find that the accretion rate to a magnetized star is smaller than that to a non-magnetized star for the parameters considered. Close to the star the accreting matter falls to the star's surface along the magnetic poles with a larger mass flow to the leeward pole of the star. In the case of a relatively large stellar magnetic field, the star's magnetic field is stretched in the direction of the matter flow outside of R_m (towards the windward side of the star). For weaker magnetic fields we observed oscillations of the closed magnetosphere frontward and backward. These are accompanied by strong oscillations of the mass accretion rate which varies by factors ~ 3. Old slowly rotating neutron stars with no radio emission may be visible in the X-ray band due to accretion of interstellar matter. In general, the star's velocity, magnetic moment, and angular velocity vectors may all be in different directions so that the accretion luminosity will be modulated at the star's rotation rate.

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