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Biswajit Paul 《Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy》2017,38(3):39
Neutron stars in X-ray binary systems are fascinating objects that display a wide range of timing and spectral phenomena in the X-rays. Not only parameters of the neutron stars, like magnetic field strength and spin period evolve in their active binary phase, the neutron stars also affect the binary systems and their immediate surroundings in many ways. Here we discuss some aspects of the interactions of the neutron stars with their environments that are revelaed from their X-ray emission. We discuss some recent developments involving the process of accretion onto high magnetic field neutron stars: accretion stream structure and formation, shape of pulse profile and its changes with accretion torque. Various recent studies of reprocessing of X-rays in the accretion disk surface, vertical structures of the accretion disk and wind of companion star are also discussed here. The X-ray pulsars among the binary neutron stars provide excellent handle to make accurate measurement of the orbital parameters and thus also evolution of the binray orbits that take place over time scale of a fraction of a million years to tens of millions of years. The orbital period evolution of X-ray binaries have shown them to be rather complex systems. Orbital evolution of X-ray binaries can also be carried out from timing of the X-ray eclipses and there have been some surprising results in that direction, including orbital period glitches in two X-ray binaries and possible detection of the most massive circum-binary planet around a Low Mass X-ray Binary. 相似文献
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Be/X-ray binaries are systems formed by a massive Be star and a magnetized neutron star, usually in an eccentric orbit. The
Be star has strong equatorial winds occasionally forming a circumstellar disk. When the neutron star intersects the disk the
accretion rate dramatically increases and a transient accretion disk can be formed around the compact object. This disk can
last longer than a single orbit in the case of major outbursts. If the disk rotates faster than the neutron star, the Cheng-Ruderman
mechanism can produce a current of relativistic protons that would impact onto the disk surface, producing gamma-rays from
neutral pion decays and initiating electromagnetic cascades inside the disk. In this paper we present calculations of the
evolution of the disk parameters during both major and minor X-ray events, and we discuss the generation of gamma-ray emission
at different energies within a variety of models that include both screened and unscreened disks. 相似文献
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Dipankar Bhattacharya 《Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy》1995,16(2):217-232
Observational evidence, and theoretical models of the magnetic field evolution of neutron stars is discussed. Observational
data indicates that the magnetic field of a neutron star decays significantly only if it has been a member of a close interacting
binary. Theoretically, the magnetic field evolution has been related to the processing of a neutron star in a binary system
through the spin evolution of the neutron star, and also through the accretion of matter on the neutron star surface. I describe
two specific models, one in which magnetic flux is expelled from the superconducting core during spin-down, via a copuling
between Abrikosov fluxoids and Onsager-Feynman vortices; and another in which the compression and heating of the stellar crust
by the accreted mass drastically reduces the ohmic decay time scale of a magnetic field configuration confined entirely to
the crust. General remarks about the behaviour of the crustal field under ohmic diffusion are also made. 相似文献
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V. Urpin U. Geppert & D. Konenkov 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》1998,295(4):907-920
The evolution of neutron stars in close binary systems with a low-mass companion is considered, assuming the magnetic field to be confined within the solid crust. We adopt the standard scenario for the evolution in a close binary system, in which the neutron star passes through four evolutionary phases ('isolated pulsar'–'propeller'– accretion from the wind of a companion – accretion resulting from Roche-lobe overflow). Calculations have been performed for a great variety of parameters characterizing the properties of both the neutron star and the low-mass companion. We find that neutron stars with more or less standard magnetic field and spin period that are processed in low-mass binaries can evolve to low-field rapidly rotating pulsars. Even if the main-sequence life of a companion is as long as 1010 yr, the neutron star can maintain a relatively strong magnetic field to the end of the accretion phase. The model that is considered can account well for the origin of millisecond pulsars. 相似文献
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John F. Hawley 《Astrophysics and Space Science》2004,292(1-4):383-394
An accretion disk is an inevitable part of the star forming process. Recent years have witnessed dramatic progress in our understanding of how turbulence arises and transports angular momentum in astrophysical accretion disks. The key conceptual point is that the combination of a subthermal magnetic field and outwardly decreasing differential rotation is subject to the magnetorotational instability. This rapidly generates magnetohydrodynamical (MHD) turbulence, leading to greatly enhanced angular momentum transport. Purely hydrodynamic disks, on the other hand, are stable. Disks that are too cool to couple effectively to the magnetic field will not be turbulent. Fully global three dimensional MHD simulations are now beginning to probe the properties of accretion disks from first principles. 相似文献
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S. Campana M. Colpi S. Mereghetti L. Stella M. Tavani 《Astronomy and Astrophysics Review》1998,8(4):279-316
Summary. Soft X–ray Transients (SXRTs) have long been suspected to contain old, weakly magnetic neutron stars that have been spun
up by accretion torques. After reviewing their observational properties, we analyse the different regimes that likely characterise
the neutron stars in these systems across the very large range of mass inflow rates, from the peak of the outbursts to the
quiescent emission. While it is clear that close to the outburst maxima accretion onto the neutron star surface takes place,
as the mass inflow rate decreases, accretion might stop at the magnetospheric boundary because of the centrifugal barrier
provided by the neutron star. For low enough mass inflow rates (and sufficiently short rotation periods), the radio pulsar
mechanism might turn on and sweep the inflowing matter away. The origin of the quiescent emission, observed in a number of
SXRTs at a level of , plays a crucial role in constraining the neutron star magnetic field and spin period. Accretion onto the neutron star surface
is an unlikely mechanism for the quiescent emission of SXRTs, as it requires very low magnetic fields and/or long spin periods.
Thermal radiation from a cooling neutron star surface in between the outbursts can be ruled out as the only cause of the quiescent
emission.
We find that accretion onto the neutron star magnetosphere and shock emission powered by an enshrouded radio pulsar provide
far more plausible models. In the latter case the range of allowed neutron star spin periods and magnetic fields is consistent
with the values recently inferred from the properties of kHz quasi-periodic oscillation in low mass X–ray binaries. If quiescent
SXRTs contain enshrouded radio pulsars, they provide a missing link between X–ray binaries and millisecond pulsars.
Received 4 November 1997; Accepted 15 April 1998 相似文献
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J'erôme P'etri 《Astrophysics and Space Science》2006,302(1-4):117-139
This is the second of a series of papers aimed to look for an explanation on the generation of high frequency quasi-periodic
oscillations (QPOs) in accretion disks around neutron star, black hole, and white dwarf binaries. The model is inspired by
the general idea of a resonance mechanism in the accretion disk oscillations as was already pointed out by Abramowicz and
Klu’zniak (2001). In a first paper (P'etri, 2005a, paper I), we showed that a rotating misaligned magnetic field of a neutron
star gives rise to some resonances close to the inner edge of the accretion disk. In this second paper, we suggest that this
process does also exist for an asymmetry in the gravitational potential of the compact object. We prove that the same physics
applies, at least in the linear stage of the response to the disturbance in the system. This kind of asymmetry is well suited
for neutron stars or white dwarfs possessing an inhomogeneous interior allowing for a deviation from a perfectly spherically
symmetric gravitational field. After a discussion on the magnitude of this deformation applied to neutron stars, we show by
a linear analysis that the disk initially in a cylindrically symmetric stationary state is subject to {three kinds of resonances:
a corotation resonance, a Lindblad resonance due to a driven force and a parametric resonance}. In a second part, we focus
on the linear response of a thin accretion disk in the 2D limit. {Waves are launched at the aforementioned resonance positions
and propagate in some permitted regions inside the disk, according to the dispersion relation obtained by a WKB analysis}.
In a last part, these results are confirmed and extended via non linear hydrodynamical numerical simulations performed with
a pseudo-spectral code solving Euler's equations in a 2D cylindrical coordinate frame. {We found that for a weak potential
perturbation, the Lindblad resonance is the only effective mechanism producing a significant density fluctuation}. In a last
step, we replaced the Newtonian potential by the so called logarithmically modified pseudo-Newtonian potential in order to
take into account some general-relativistic effects like the innermost stable circular orbit (ISCO). The latter potential
is better suited to describe the close vicinity of a neutron star or a black hole. However, from a qualitative point of view,
the resonance conditions remain the same. The highest kHz QPOs are then interpreted as the orbital frequency of the disk at
locations where the response to the resonances are maximal. It is also found that strong gravity is not required to excite
the resonances. 相似文献
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Zi-Bo Jiang Xiang-Dong Li Department of Astronomy Nanjing University Nanjing 《中国天文和天体物理学报》2005,5(5):487-494
Disks originating from supernova fallback have been suggested to surround young neutron stars. Interaction between the disk and the magnetic field of the neutron star may considerably influence the evolution of the star through the so called propeller effect. There are many controversies about the efficiency of the propeller mechanism proposed in the literature. We investigate the fallback disk-involved spin-down of young pulsars. By comparing the simulated and measured results of pulsar evolution, we present some possible constraints on the propeller torques exerted by the disks on neutron stars. 相似文献
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The magneto-rotational evolution of a neutron star in the massive binary system 4U 2206+54 is discussed in light of the recent
discovery of its 5555 s rotational period and its average rate of spin-down. We show that this behavior of the neutron star
means that its magnetic field exceeds the quantum mechanical critical limit and it is an accretion magnetar. The system’s
evolution is explained by wind driven mass transfer without formation of an accretion disk. The constant character of the
x-ray source indicates a steady rate of accretion and raises anew the question of the stability of the boundary of the magnetosphere
of a star undergoing spherical accretion. A solution to this problem is also a key to determining the mechanism for the slowing
down of the star’s rotation. 相似文献
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V. Urpin D. Konenkov & U. Geppert 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》1998,299(1):73-77
We consider the evolution of neutron stars during the X-ray phase of high-mass binaries. Calculations are performed assuming a crustal origin of the magnetic field. A strong wind from the companion can significantly influence the magnetic and spin behaviour of a neutron star even during the main-sequence life of the companion. In the course of evolution, the neutron star passes through four evolutionary phases ('isolated pulsar', propeller, wind accretion, and Roche lobe overflow). The model considered can naturally account for the observed magnetic fields and spin periods of neutron stars, as well as the existence of pulsating and non-pulsating X-ray sources in high-mass binaries. Calculations also predict the existence of a particular sort of high-mass binary with a secondary that fills its Roche lobe and a neutron star that does not accrete the overflowing matter because of fast spin. 相似文献
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Vasso Agapitou John C. B. Papaloizou 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2000,317(2):273-288
We calculate the structure of a force-free magnetosphere which is assumed to corotate with a central star and which interacts with an embedded differentially rotating accretion disc. The magnetic and rotation axes are aligned, and the stellar field is assumed to be a dipole. We concentrate on the case when the amount of field line twisting through the disc–magnetosphere interaction is large , and consider different outer boundary conditions. In general the field line twisting produces field line inflation (e.g. Bardou & Heyvaerts), and in some cases with large twisting many field lines can become open. We calculate the spin-down torque acting between the star and the disc, and we find that it decreases significantly for cases with large field line twisting. This suggests that the oscillating torques observed for some accreting neutron stars could be caused by the magnetosphere varying between states with low and high field line inflation. Calculations of the spin evolution of T Tauri stars may also have to be revised in the light of the significant effect that field line twisting has on the magnetic torque resulting from star–disc interactions. 相似文献
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Ulf Torkelsson 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》1998,298(3):L55-L59
I show in this paper that two types of magnetic torques can appear in the interaction between an accretion disc and a magnetic accretor. There is the well-known torque resulting from the difference in angular velocity between the accretion disc and the star, but in addition there is a torque coming from the interaction between the stellar magnetic field and the disc's own magnetic field. The latter form of magnetic torque decreases in strength more slowly with increasing radius, and will therefore dominate at large radii. The direction of the disc field is not determined by the difference in angular velocity between the star and the disc as in the Ghosh &38; Lamb model, but rather is a free parameter. The magnetic torque may therefore either spin up or spin down the star, and the torque changes sign if the magnetic field in the disc reverses. I suggest that this mechanism can explain the torque reversals that have been observed in some disc-fed X-ray pulsars. 相似文献
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Pranab Ghosh 《Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy》1995,16(2):289-305
I review our understanding of the evolution of the spin periods of neutron stars in binary stellar systems, from their birth
as fast, spin-powered pulsars, through their middle life as accretion-powered pulsars, upto their recycling or “rebirth” as
spin-powered pulsars with relatively low magnetic fields and fast rotation. I discuss how the new-born neutron star is spun
down by electromagnetic and “propeller” torques, until accretion of matter from the companion star begins, and the neutron
star becomes an accretion-powered X-ray pulsar. Detailed observations of massive radio pulsar binaries like PSR 1259-63 will
yield valuable information about this phase of initial spindown. I indicate how the spin of the neutron star then evolves
under accretion torques during the subsequent phase as an accretion-powered pulsar. Finally, I describe how the neutron star
is spun up to short periods again during the subsequent phase of recycling, with the accompanying reduction in the stellar
magnetic field, the origins of which are still not completely understood. 相似文献
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Accretion disks around magnetized, compact stars are expected to be tilted near their inner edges, due to the stresses exerted by the corotating magnetosphere of the inclined central rotator. We reassess numerically the results obtained analytically by Lipunovet al. (1981). Four qualitatively different situations occur, depending on the relative orientations of the outer accretion disk, the spin of the central rotator, and its magnetic dipole axis. In at least two of them, the inner part of the disk is expected to be decomposed into massive, magnetically confined clumps. 相似文献
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Bhaskar Datta Arun V. Thampan Paul J. Wiita 《Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy》1995,16(3-4):357-374
For accretion on to neutron stars possessing weak surface magnetic fields and substantial rotation rates (corresponding to
the secular instability limit), we calculate the disk and surface layer luminosities general relativistically using the Hartle
& Thorne formalism, and illustrate these quantities for a set of representative neutron star equations of state. We also discuss
the related problem of the angular momentum evolution of such neutron stars and give a quantitative estimate for this accretion
driven change in angular momentum. Rotation always increases the disk luminosity and reduces the rate of angular momentum
evolution. These effects have relevance for observations of low-mass X-ray binaries. 相似文献
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Ali Taani Shigeyuki Karino Liming Song Mashhoor Al-Wardat Awni Khasawneh Mohammad K.Mardini 《天文和天体物理学研究(英文版)》2019,(1)
We consider the existence of a neutron star magnetic field by the detected cyclotron lines. We collected data on nine sources of high-mass X-ray binaries with supergiant companions as a test case for our model, to demonstrate their distribution and evolution. The wind velocity, spin period and magnetic field strength are studied under different mass loss rates. In our model, correlations between mass-loss rate and wind velocity are found and can be tested in further observations. We examine the parameter space where wind accretion is allowed, avoiding the barrier of rotating magnetic fields, with robust data on the magnetic field of neutron stars. Our model shows that most sources(six of nine systems) can be fed by the wind with relatively slow velocity, and this result is consistent with previous predictions. In a few sources,our model cannot fit the standard wind accretion scenario. In these peculiar cases, other scenarios(disk formation, partial Roche lobe overflow) should be considered. This would provide information about the evolutionary tracks of various types of binaries, and thus exhibit a clear dichotomy behavior in wind-fed X-ray binary systems. 相似文献
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Most main sequence stars are binaries or higher multiplicity Systems and it appears that at birth most stars have circumstellar
disks. It is commonly accepted that planetary systems arise from the material of these disks; consequently, binary and multiple
systems may have a main role in planet formation. In this paper, we study the stage of planetary formation during which the
particulate material is still dispersed as centimetre-to-metre sized primordial aggregates. We investigate the response of
the particles, in a protoplanetary disk with radius RD = 100 AU around a solar-like star, to the gravitational field of bound perturbing companions in a moderately wide (300–1600
AU) orbit. For this purpose, we have carried out a series of simulations of coplanar hierarchical configurations using a direct
integration code that models gravitational and viscous forces. The massive protoplanetary disk is around one of the components
of the binary. The evolution in time of the dust sub-disk depends mainly on the nature (prograde or retrograde) of the relative
revolution of the stellar companion, and on the temperature and mass of the circumstellar disk. Our results show that for
binary companions near the limit of tidal truncation of the disk, the perturbation leads to an enhanced accretion rate onto
the primary, decreasing the lifetime of the particles in the protoplanetary disk with respect to the case of a single star.
As a consequence of an enhanced accretion rate the mass of the disk decreases faster, which leads to a longer resultant lifetime
for particles in the disk. On the other hand, binary companions may induce tidal arms in the dust phase of protoplanetary
disks. Spiral perturbations with m = 1 may increase in a factor 10 or more the dust surface density in the neighbourhood of
the arm, facilitating the growth of the particles. Moreover, in a massive disk (0.01M⊙) the survival time of particles is
significantly shorter than in a less massive nebula (0.001M⊙) and the temperature of the disk severely influences the spiral-in
time of particles. The rapid evolution of the dust component found in post T Tauri stars can be explained as a result of their
binary nature. Binarity may also influence the evolution of circumpulsar disks.
This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. 相似文献
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The loss of angular momentum owing to unstable r-modes in hot young neutron stars has been proposed as a mechanism for achieving the spin rates inferred for young pulsars. One factor that could have a significant effect on the action of the r-mode instability is fallback of supernova remnant material. The associated accretion torque could potentially counteract any gravitational-wave-induced spin-down, and accretion heating could affect the viscous damping rates and hence the instability. We discuss the effects of various external agents on the r-mode instability scenario within a simple model of supernova fallback on to a hot young magnetized neutron star. We find that the outcome depends strongly on the strength of the magnetic field of the star. Our model is capable of generating spin rates for young neutron stars that accord well with initial spin rates inferred from pulsar observations. The combined action of r-mode instability and fallback appears to cause the spin rates of neutron stars born with very different spin rates to converge, on a time-scale of approximately 1 year. The results suggest that stars with magnetic fields ≤1013 G could emit a detectable gravitational wave signal for perhaps several years after the supernova event. Stars with higher fields (magnetars) are unlikely to emit a detectable gravitational wave signal via the r-mode instability. The model also suggests that the r-mode instability could be extremely effective in preventing young neutron stars from going dynamically unstable to the bar-mode. 相似文献
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We carry out 2.5D MHD simulations to study the interaction between a dipolar magnetic field of a T Tauri Star, a circumstellar accretion disk, and the halo above the disk. The initial disk is the result of 1D radiation hydrodynamics computations with opacities appropriate for low temperatures. The gas is assumed resistive, and inside the disk accretion is driven by a Shakura–Sunyaev-type eddy viscosity. Magnetocentrifugal forces due to the rotational shear between the star and the Keplerian disk cause the magnetic field to be stretched outwards and part of the field lines are opened. For a solar-mass central star and an accretion rate of 10?8 solar masses per year a field strength of 100 G (measured on the surface of the star) launches a substantial outflow from the inner parts of the disk. For a field strength of 1 kG the inner parts of disk is disrupted. The truncation of the disk turns out to be temporary, but the magnetic field structure remains changed after the disk is rebuilt. 相似文献