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关于动力形成的河外低质量X射线双星中金属丰度依赖性的起源

On the origin of the metallicity dependence in dynamically formed extragalactic low-mass X-ray binaries

N. Ivanova, T. Fragos, D. -W. Kim, G. Fabbiano, J. L. Avendano Nandez, J. C. Lombardi, G. R. Sivakoff, R. Voss, A. Jordan

摘要:

球状星团(GC)有效地产生动态形成的低质量X射线双星(LMXB)。与星系中的恒星相比,观察者在GC中检测到的每颗恒星质量的LMXB多100倍。还已经通过观察确定,富金属GC比其贫金属对应物含有X射线源的可能性高约3倍。最近的观测表明,对于Lx在2 × 10 ^{37}和5 × 10 ^{38} erg/s之间的所有明亮X射线源,这个比例在河外GC中成立。在这封信中,我们提出,在河外GC中观察到的LMXB的金属丰度依赖性可以通过不同金属丰度的红巨星种群中红巨星的数量密度和平均质量的差异来解释。红巨星是通过两个通道--双星交换和物理碰撞--动态产生明亮LMXB的种子,红巨星数量密度和质量的增加促进了LMXB的产生,导致了观察到的差异。我们还讨论了不同金属丰度的恒星星族年龄差异的可能影响。

英文摘要:

Globular clusters (GCs) effectively produce dynamically-formed low-mass X-ray binaries (LMXBs). Observers detect ~100 times more LMXBs per stellar mass in GCs compared to stars in the fields of galaxies. It has also been observationally established that metal-rich GCs are about 3 times more likely to contain an X-ray source than their metal-poor counterparts. Recent observations have shown that this ratio holds in extragalactic GCs for all bright X-ray sources with Lx between 2X10^{37} and 5X10^{38} erg/s. In this Letter, we propose that the observed metallicity dependence of LMXBs in extragalactic GCs can be explained by the differences in the number densities and average masses of red giants in populations of different metallicities. Red giants serve as seeds for the dynamical production of bright LMXBs via two channels - binary exchanges and physical collisions - and the increase of the number densities and masses of red giants boost LMXB production, leading to the observed difference. We also discuss a possible effect of the age difference in stellar populations of different metallicities.

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