Gamma-ray sources like V407 Cygni in Symbiotic Stars
Abstract
Using a simple accelerating model and an assumption that -rays originate from collisions for a model, we investigate -ray sources like V407 Cygni in symbiotic stars. The upper limit of their occurrence rate in the Galaxy is between 0.5 and 5 yr, indicating that they may be an important source of the high-energy -rays. The maximum energies of the accelerated protons mainly distribute around eV, and barely reach eV. The novae occurring in D-type SSs with ONe WDs and long orbital periods are good candidates for -ray sources. Due to a short orbital period which results in a short acceleration duration, the nova occurring in symbiotic star RS Oph can not produce the -ray emission like that in V407 Cygni.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1101.6013,
title = {Gamma-ray sources like V407 Cygni in Symbiotic Stars},
author = {Guoliang Lu and Chunhua Zhu and Zhaojun Wang and Wensheng Huo and Yuangui Yang},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1101.6013},
year = {2011}
}
Comments
4pages, 3 figures, Accepted for publication in MNRAS Letter