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脉冲星2A 1822-371作为超级爱丁顿源的X射线

The X-ray Pulsar 2A 1822-371 as a Super Eddington source

A. Bak Nielsen, A. Patruno, C. D'Angelo

摘要:

低质量X射线双星2A 1822-371是一个轨道周期为5.57小时的食星系统,具有吸积盘日冕,主星为0.59秒的X射线脉冲星,强磁场为10^10-10^12 G。本文研究了脉冲星的自旋演化和系统的几何约束。我们发现,与以前的说法相反,厚电晕是不需要的,并且该系统的特性可以最好地解释由薄吸积流出由于超爱丁顿质量传递速率和几何厚内吸积流。轨道,光谱和定时观测可以调和在这种情况下的假设下,质量转移进行的热时标,这将使2A 1822-371,一个温和的超爱丁顿源在高倾角。对13年RXTE数据的时序分析显示,2A 1822-371可能会在未来几千年内迅速转变为毫秒脉冲星。

英文摘要:

The low mass X-ray binary 2A 1822-371 is an eclipsing system with an accretion disc corona and with an orbital period of 5.57 hr. The primary is an 0.59 s X-ray pulsar with a proposed strong magnetic field of 10^10-10^12 G. In this paper we study the spin evolution of the pulsar and constrain the geometry of the system. We find that, contrary to previous claims, a thick corona is not required, and that the system characteristics could be best explained by a thin accretion outflow due to a super-Eddington mass transfer rate and a geometrically thick inner accretion flow. The orbital, spectral and timing observations can be reconciled in this scenario under the assumption that the mass transfer proceeds on a thermal timescale which would make 2A 1822-371, a mildly super-Eddington source viewed at high inclination angles. The timing analysis on 13 years of RXTE data show a remarkably stable spin-up that implies that 2A 1822-371, might quickly turn into a millisecond pulsar in the next few thousand years.

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