Wind mass-loss rates of stripped stars inferred from Cygnus X-1
Coenraad J. Neijssel, Serena Vinciguerra, Alejandro Vigna-Gomez, Ryosuke Hirai, James C. A. Miller-Jones, Arash Bahramian, Thomas J. Maccarone, Ilya Mandel
Recent observations of the high-mass X-ray binary Cygnus X-1 have shown that both the companion star (41 solar masses) and the black hole (21 solar masses) are more massive than previously estimated. Furthermore, the black hole appears to be nearly maximally spinning. Here we present a possible formation channel for the Cygnus X-1 system that matches the observed system properties. In this formation channel, we find that the orbital parameters of Cygnus X-1, combined with the observed metallicity of the companion, imply a significant reduction in mass loss through winds relative to commonly used prescriptions for stripped stars.
A Galactic intermediate-mass stripped star with a Wolf-Rayet-like wind
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie(马克斯·普朗克天文学研究所);Universität Heidelberg(海德堡大学);California Institute of Technology(加州理工学院);Boston University(波士顿大学);University of California, Berkeley(加利福尼亚大学伯克利分校);Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik(马克斯·普朗克天体物理学研究所)
Stellar Population Spectra Incorporating Detailed Binary Evolution using POSYDON
University of Florida(佛罗里达大学);Institute for Fundamental Theory(基础理论研究所);University of Arkansas(阿肯色大学);University of Wisconsin-Madison(威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校);National and Kapodistrian University of Athens(雅典国立卡波季斯特里亚斯大学);Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas(希腊研究与技术基金会);University of Crete(克里特大学);Université de Genève(日内瓦大学)
Binary population synthesis models for core-collapse gamma-ray burst progenitors
长持续时间的伽马射线暴(GRB)被认为是大质量、剥离的外壳、快速旋转的恒星的最终命运。除此之外,我们对祖先系统的了解是有限的。利用BPASS(Binary Population and Spectral Synthesis)恒星演化模型,我们研究了双星中某些大质量恒星在保持喷流产生所需的角动量的同时,仍然通过风或双星相互作用而失去其外层包层的可能性。我们发现,总氢质量小于0.0005 Msun和氦喷出物的质量分数小于0.20提供了最好的阈值超新星II/Ibc型和Ib/Ic司分别。应用潮汐算法对BPASS输出的恒星演化模型进行后处理,计算了双星系统中的潮汐相互作用。我们发现,所观察到的体积伽马射线暴率的演变,可以重新创建使用两个不同的途径和合理的分布的突发参数。在第一条路径中,恒星通过质量吸积旋转成准均匀状态。在第二种情况下,潮汐保持旋转,否则恒星会旋转下来。两者都导致Ic型超新星的祖先,和金属丰度分布与GRB宿主星系人口一致。在我们的模型中给出的假设,推断出的喷流产生的核心角动量阈值与对双相星的理论要求是一致的。因此,我们可以重现几个方面的核心坍缩超新星/伽玛射线暴的观测和理论同时进行。我们讨论了预测的可观察到的性质的伽玛射线暴的祖先和他们的幸存的同伴。
Systematic Investigation into Radio Supernovae with Markov Chain Monte Carlo Analysis: Implications for Massive Stars' Mass Loss and Shock Acceleration Physics
Luminous Fast Blue Optical Transients as "Failed" Gravitational-wave Sources: Helium Core$-$Black Hole Mergers Following Delayed Dynamical Instability
Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics(马克斯·普朗克天体物理学研究所);Columbia University(哥伦比亚大学);Center for Computational Astrophysics, Flatiron Institute(Flatiron研究所计算天体物理中心)