Shock oscillation model for quasi-periodic oscillations in stellar mass and supermassive black holes     

T. Okuda  V. Teresi  D. Molteni 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2007,377(4):1431-1438

We numerically examine centrifugally supported shock waves in 2D rotating accretion flows around a stellar mass  (10 M_⊙)  and a supermassive  (10⁶ M_⊙)  black holes over a wide range of input accretion rates of     . The resultant 2D shocks are unstable with time and the luminosities show quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) with modulations of a factor of 2–3 and with periods of a tenth of a second to several hours, depending on the black hole masses. The shock oscillation model may explain the intermediate frequency QPOs with 1–10 Hz observed in the stellar mass black hole candidates and also suggest the existence of QPOs with the period of hours in active galactic nuclei. When the accretion rate     is low, the luminosity increases in proportion to the accretion rate. However, when     greatly exceeds the Eddington critical rate     , the luminosity is insensitive to the accretion rate and is kept constantly around  ∼3 L _E  . On the other hand, the mass-outflow rate     increases in proportion to     and it amounts to about a few per cent of the input mass-flow rate.  相似文献   

Non-grey hydrogen burning evolution of subsolar mass Population III stars     

G. J. Harris  A. E. Lynas-Gray  S. Miller  J. Tennyson 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2007,374(1):337-343

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The stellar mass content of distant galaxy groups     

Michael L. Balogh  Dave Wilman  Robert D. E. Henderson  Richard G. Bower  David Gilbank  Richard Whitaker  Simon L. Morris  George Hau  J. S. Mulchaey  A. Oemler  Jr    R. G. Carlberg 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2007,374(3):1169-1180

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X-ray emission from planetary nebulae calculated by 1D spherical numerical simulations     

M. Akashi  Noam Soker  Ehud Behar  John Blondin 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2007,375(1):137-144

We calculate the X-ray emission from both constant and time-evolving shocked fast winds blown by the central stars of planetary nebulae (PNe) and compare our calculations with observations. Using spherically symmetric numerical simulations with radiative cooling, we calculate the flow structure and the X-ray temperature and luminosity of the hot bubble formed by the shocked fast wind. We find that a constant fast wind gives results that are very close to those obtained from the self-similar solution. We show that in order for a fast shocked wind to explain the observed X-ray properties of PNe, rapid evolution of the wind is essential. More specifically, the mass-loss rate of the fast wind should be high early on when the speed is  ∼300–700 km s⁻¹  , and then it needs to drop drastically by the time the PN age reaches ∼1000 yr. This implies that the central star has a very short pre-PN (post-asymptotic giant branch) phase.  相似文献   

Shock breakout in Type Ibc supernovae and application to GRB 060218/SN 2006aj     

Li-Xin Li 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2007,375(1):240-256

Recently, a soft blackbody component was observed in the early X-ray afterglow of GRB 060218, which was interpreted as shock breakout from the thick wind of the progenitor Wolf–Rayet (WR) star of the underlying Type Ic supernova 2006aj. In this paper, we present a simple model for computing the characteristic quantities (including energy, temperature and time duration) for the transient event from the shock breakout in Type Ibc supernovae produced by the core-collapse of WR stars surrounded by dense winds. In contrast to the case of a star without a strong wind, the shock breakout occurs in the wind region rather than inside the star, caused by the large optical depth in the wind. We find that, for the case of a WR star with a dense wind, the total energy of the radiation generated by the supernova shock breakout is larger than that in the case of the same star without a wind by a factor of >10. The temperature can be either hotter or colder, depending on the wind parameters. The time duration is larger caused by the increase in the effective radius of the star due to the presence of a thick wind. Then, we apply the model to GRB 060218/SN 2006aj. We show that, to explain both the temperature and the total energy of the blackbody component observed in GRB 060218 by the shock breakout, the progenitor WR star has to have an unrealistically large core radius (the radius at optical depth of 20), larger than 100 R_⊙. In spite of this disappointing result, our model is expected to have important applications to the observations on Type Ibc supernovae in which the detection of shock breakout will provide important clues to the progenitors of Type Ibc supernovae.  相似文献   

How useful is the 'mean stream' in discussing meteoroid stream evolution?     

I. P. Williams  D. C. Jones 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2007,375(2):595-603

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Disc–jet coupling in black hole accretion systems – I. General relativistic magnetohydrodynamical models     

Jonathan C. McKinney  Ramesh Narayan 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2007,375(2):513-530

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The origin of long-period X-ray pulsars     

N. R. Ikhsanov 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2007,375(2):698-704

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Light curves for off-centre ignition models of Type Ia supernovae     

S. A. Sim  D. N. Sauer  F. K. Röpke  W. Hillebrandt 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2007,378(1):2-12

We compare observations of the high-redshift galaxy population to the predictions of the galaxy formation model of Croton et al. and De Lucia & Blaizot. This model, implemented on the Millennium Simulation of the concordance Lambda cold dark matter cosmogony, introduces 'radio mode' feedback from the central galaxies of groups and clusters in order to obtain quantitative agreement with the luminosity, colour, morphology and clustering properties of the present-day galaxy population. Here we construct deep light cone surveys in order to compare model predictions to the observed counts and redshift distributions of distant galaxies, as well as to their inferred luminosity and mass functions out to redshift 5. With the exception of the mass functions, all these properties are sensitive to modelling of dust obscuration. A simple but plausible treatment agrees moderately well with most of the data. The predicted abundance of relatively massive  (∼ M _*)  galaxies appears systematically high at high redshift, suggesting that such galaxies assemble earlier in this model than in the real Universe. An independent galaxy formation model implemented on the same simulation matches the observed mass functions slightly better, so the discrepancy probably reflects incomplete or inaccurate galaxy formation physics rather than problems with the underlying cosmogony.  相似文献   

Isolated versus common envelope dynamos in planetary nebula progenitors     

J. Nordhaus  E. G. Blackman  A. Frank 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2007,376(2):599-608

The origin, evolution and role of magnetic fields in the production and shaping of proto-planetary nebulae (PPNe) and planetary nebulae (PNe) are a subject of active research. Most PNe and PPNe are axisymmetric with many exhibiting highly collimated outflows; however, it is important to understand whether such structures can be generated by isolated stars or require the presence of a binary companion. Towards this end, we study a dynamical, large-scale α−Ω interface dynamo operating in a 3.0 M_⊙ Asymptotic Giant Branch (AGB) star in both an isolated setting and a setting in which a low-mass companion is embedded inside the envelope. The back reaction of the fields on the shear is included and differential rotation and rotation deplete via turbulent dissipation and Poynting flux. For the isolated star, the shear must be resupplied in order to sufficiently sustain the dynamo. Furthermore, we investigate the energy requirements that convection must satisfy to accomplish this by analogy to the Sun. For the common envelope case, a robust dynamo results, unbinding the envelope under a range of conditions. Two qualitatively different types of explosion may arise: (i) magnetically induced, possibly resulting in collimated bipolar outflows and (ii) thermally induced from turbulent dissipation, possibly resulting in quasi-spherical outflows. A range of models is presented for a variety of companion masses.  相似文献