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低质量X射线双星中热驱动盘风的光度依赖性

The luminosity dependence of thermally-driven disc winds in low-mass X-ray binaries

Nick Higginbottom, Christian Knigge, Knox S. Long, James H. Matthews, Edward J. Parkinson

摘要:

我们对低质量X射线双星中的热驱动吸积盘风进行了辐射流体动力学模拟。我们的主要目标是研究这些外流的光度依赖性,并与观测结果进行比较。模拟跨越范围$\rm{0.04 \leq L_{acc}/L_{Edd} \leq 1.0}$,因此涵盖了大部分的参数空间,在其中已观察到盘风。通过对电离和辐射转移的详细蒙特卡罗处理,我们证实了在光学薄极限下进行的早期模拟中发现的两个关键结果:(i)风速--因此在风形成的吸收线中看到的最大蓝移--随光度增加;(ii)大尺度风的几何形状是准球形的,但可观测到的吸收特征优先沿高柱赤道视线产生。此外,我们发现,(iii)风的效率始终保持近似恒定在$\rm{\dot{M}_{wind}/\dot{M}_{acc} \simeq 2}$,一个行为是与观察一致。我们还提出了合成的Fe XXV和Fe XXVI吸收线轮廓,我们模拟盘风,以说明我们的结果的观测意义。

英文摘要:

We have carried out radiation-hydrodynamic simulations of thermally-driven accretion disc winds in low-mass X-ray binaries. Our main goal is to study the luminosity dependence of these outflows and compare with observations. The simulations span the range $\rm{0.04 \leq L_{acc}/L_{Edd} \leq 1.0}$ and therefore cover most of the parameter space in which disc winds have been observed. Using a detailed Monte Carlo treatment of ionization and radiative transfer, we confirm two key results found in earlier simulations that were carried out in the optically thin limit: (i) the wind velocity -- and hence the maximum blueshift seen in wind-formed absorption lines -- increases with luminosity; (ii) the large-scale wind geometry is quasi-spherical, but observable absorption features are preferentially produced along high-column equatorial sightlines. In addition, we find that (iii) the wind efficiency always remains approximately constant at $\rm{\dot{M}_{wind}/\dot{M}_{acc} \simeq 2}$, a behaviour that is consistent with observations. We also present synthetic Fe XXV and Fe XXVI absorption line profiles for our simulated disc winds in order to illustrate the observational implications of our results.

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