scholarly journals Magnetothermal disc winds in X-ray binaries: poloidal magnetic fields suppress thermal winds

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tim Waters ◽  
Daniel Proga
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Fields ◽  
X Ray ◽  
X Ray Binaries ◽  
Poloidal Magnetic Fields

scholarly journals The Relation between Spin and Orbital Periods in HMXBs

2003 ◽  
Vol 214 ◽  
pp. 215-217
Author(s):  
Q. Z. Liu ◽  
X. D. Li ◽  
D. M. Wei
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Fields ◽  
Orbital Period ◽  
Critical Line ◽  
High Mass ◽  
Orbital Eccentricity ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Spin Period ◽  
Orbital Periods ◽  
X Ray Binaries

The relation between the spin period (Ps) and the orbital period (Po) in high-mass X-ray binaries (HMXBs) is investigated. In order for Be/X-ray binaries to locate above the critical line of observable X-ray emission due to accretion, it is necessary for an intermediate orbital eccentricity to be introduced. We suggest that some peculiar systems in the Po − Ps diagram are caused by their peculiar magnetic fields.

Recollimation shocks in relativistic jets

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (10) ◽  
pp. 1844011 ◽  
Author(s):  
José M. Martí ◽  
Manel Perucho ◽  
José L. Gómez ◽  
Antonio Fuentes
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Fields ◽  
Numerical Simulations ◽  
Theoretical Background ◽  
Synchrotron Emission ◽  
Relativistic Jets ◽  
Dominant Type ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Extragalactic Jets ◽  
X Ray Binaries ◽  
Selection Of

Recollimation shocks (RS) appear associated with relativistic flows propagating through pressure mismatched atmospheres. Astrophysical scenarios invoking the presence of such shocks include jets from AGNs and X-ray binaries and GRBs. We shall start reviewing the theoretical background behind the structure of RS in overpressured jets. Next, basing on numerical simulations, we will focus on the properties of RS in relativistic steady jets threaded by helical magnetic fields depending on the dominant type of energy. Synthetic radio maps from the simulation of the synchrotron emission for a selection of models in the context of parsec-scale extragalactic jets will also be discussed.

scholarly journals The Intermediate Polars

1983 ◽  
Vol 72 ◽  
pp. 155-172
Author(s):  
Brian Warner
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Fields ◽  
White Dwarf ◽  
Variable Star ◽  
Theoretical Models ◽  
Cataclysmic Variable ◽  
General Role ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Low Mass ◽  
Intermediate Polars ◽  
X Ray Binaries

Until 1976, cataclysmic variable star research proceeded with few requirements for the inclusion of magnetic fields in theoretical models. Although models for low-mass X-ray binaries stressed the importance of magnetic fields (Lamb et at. 1973) and there was an increasing number of known magnetic single white dwarfs (Angel 1977), and a magnetised white dwarf had been one of the models proposed to explain the rapid oscillations in DQ Her (Herbst et al. 1974, Katz 1975), there was no anticipation of the more general role that magnetic fields now seem destined to play. The two major reviews of the time (Robinson 1976, Warner 1976) scarcely considered the presence of magnetic fields.

scholarly journals X-ray binaries with neutron stars at different accretion stages

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (S346) ◽  
pp. 219-227
Author(s):  
Konstantin A. Postnov ◽  
Alexander G. Kuranov ◽  
Lev R. Yungelson
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Fields ◽  
Neutron Stars ◽  
Orbital Period ◽  
Population Synthesis ◽  
Circular Orbits ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Accretion Rates ◽  
Supercritical Accretion ◽  
Binary Evolution ◽  
X Ray Binaries

Abstract. Different accretion regimes onto magnetized NSs in HMXBs are considered: wind-fed supersonic (Bondi) regime at high accretion rates <math/> g s-1, subsonic settling regime at lower <math/> and supercritical disc accretion during Roche lobe overflow. In wind-fed stage, NSs in HMXBs reach equilibrium spin periods P* proportional to binary orbital period Pb. At supercritical accretion stage, the system may appear as a pulsating ULX. Population synthesis of Galactic HMXBs using standard assumptions on the binary evolution and NS formation is presented. Comparison of the model P* – Pb (the Corbet diagram), P* – Lx and Pb – Lx distributions with those for the observed HMXBs (including Be X-ray binaries) and pulsating ULXs suggests the importance of the reduction of P* in non-circular orbits, explaining the location of Be X-ray binaries in the model Corbet diagram, and the universal parameters of pulsating ULXs depending only on the NS magnetic fields.

scholarly journals Magnetic Fields of Neutron Stars in X-Ray Binaries

2014 ◽  
Vol 191 (1-4) ◽  
pp. 293-314 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mikhail Revnivtsev ◽  
Sandro Mereghetti
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Fields ◽  
Neutron Stars ◽  
X Ray ◽  
X Ray Binaries

scholarly journals Polarization Radiation with Turbulent Magnetic Fields from X-Ray Binaries

2017 ◽  
Vol 836 (1) ◽  
pp. 72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jian-Fu Zhang (张建福) ◽  
Fu-Yuan Xiang (向福元) ◽  
Ju-Fu Lu (卢炬甫)
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Fields ◽  
X Ray ◽  
X Ray Binaries

scholarly journals Studying the presence of magnetic fields in a sample of high-mass X-ray binaries

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (S346) ◽  
pp. 40-44
Author(s):  
Swetlana Hubrig ◽  
Alexander F. Kholtygin ◽  
Lara Sidoli ◽  
Markus Schöller ◽  
Silva P. Järvinen
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Black Hole ◽  
Magnetic Fields ◽  
Circular Polarization ◽  
Longitudinal Magnetic Field ◽  
Optical Component ◽  
High Mass ◽  
X Ray ◽  
X Ray Binaries ◽  
Low Dispersion

AbstractPrevious circular polarization observations obtained with the ESO FOcal Reducer low dispersion spectrograpgh at the VLT in 2007–2008 revealed the presence of a weak longitudinal magnetic field on the surface of the optical component of the X-ray binary Cyg X-1, which contains a black hole and an O9.7Iab supergiant on a 5.6 d orbit. In this contribution we report on recently acquired FORS 2 spectropolarimetric observations of Cyg X-1 along with measurements of a few additional high-mass X-ray binaries.

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