Ultra-compact X-ray binaries with high luminosity: a key for a new scenario
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
2015-06-11 v1 Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Abstract
Ultra-compact X-ray binaries (UCXBs) are accreting systems with periods less than 1 hour, which qualifies them to contain a degenerate donor-companion. One would expect such systems to have the easiest theoretical explanation, compared to other kinds of X-ray binaries. Nonetheless, current theory fails to explain high mass transfer (MT) rates in three recently well observed long-period UCXBs. We find that this range of MT rates can be maintained if the donor is a remnant of an out-of-thermal-equilibrium naked core of a giant which was revealed in a very recent episode of a common envelope (CE) event.
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@article{arxiv.1210.5162,
title = {Ultra-compact X-ray binaries with high luminosity: a key for a new scenario},
author = {Konstantin Pavlovskii and Natalia Ivanova},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1210.5162},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
Proceedings of IAUS 291 "Neutron Stars and Pulsars: Challenges and Opportunities after 80 years", J. van Leeuwen (ed.); 3 pages, 3 figures