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We explore the possibility to explain the properties of the Be/X-ray pulsars observed in the Small Magellanic Cloud within the magnetic levitation accretion scenario. This implies that their X-ray emission is powered by a wind-fed accretion…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-11-23 N. R. Ikhsanov , S. Mereghetti

The observed X-ray pulse period of OB-type high-mass X-ray binary (HMXB) pulsars are typically longer than 100 seconds. It is considered that the interaction between the strong magnetic field of neutron star and the wind matter could cause…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-09-30 Shigeyuki Karino

Recent X-ray observations have revealed the complexity and diversity of high-mass X-ray binaries (HMXBs). This diversity challenges a classical understanding of the accretion process onto the compact objects. In this study, we reinforce the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-05-01 Shigeyuki Karino , Kenji Nakamura , Ali Taani

The accretion of the stellar wind material by a compact object represents the main mechanism powering the X-ray emission in classical supergiant high mass X-ray binaries and supergiant fast X-ray transients. In this work we present the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-04-20 E. Bozzo , L. Oskinova , A. Feldmeier , M. Falanga

Context: Luminosities of hot components in symbiotic binaries require accretion rates that are higher than those that can be achieved via a standard Bondi-Hoyle accretion. This implies that the wind mass transfer in symbiotic binaries has…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-12-10 Augustin Skopal , Zuzana Carikova

We have considered the existence of neutron star magnetic field given by the cyclotron lines. We collected the data of 9 sources of high-mass X-ray binaries with supergiant companions as a case of testing our model, to demonstrate their…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-01-03 Ali Taani , Shigeyuki Karino , Liming Song , Mashhoor Al-Wardat , Awni Khasawneh , Mohammad K. Mardini

Symbiotic X-ray binaries are systems hosting a neutron star accreting form the wind of a late type companion. These are rare objects and so far only a handful of them are known. One of the most puzzling aspects of the symbiotic X-ray…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-04-13 E. Bozzo , P. Romano , C. Ferrigno , L. Oskinova

We present in this paper a first step toward a semi-analytical treatment of the accretion process in wind-fed neutron star supergiant X-ray binaries with eccentric orbits. We consider the case of a spherically symmetric wind for the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-12-16 E. Bozzo , L. Ducci , M. Falanga

Gravitationally focused wind accretion in binary systems consisting of an evolved star with a gaseous envelope and a compact accreting companion is a possible mechanism to explain mass transfer in symbiotic binaries. We study the mass…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-05-02 M. de Val-Borro , M. Karovska , D. D. Sasselov , J. M. Stone

Mass transfer from an evolved donor star to its binary companion is a standard feature of stellar evolution in binaries. In wide binaries, the companion star captures some of the mass ejected in a wind by the primary star. The captured…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 Hagai B. Perets , Scott J. Kenyon

Binary systems in which a neutron star or black hole accretes material from a high-mass star are known as high-mass X-ray binaries (HMXBs). This chapter provides a brief introduction to the physics of wind accretion and an observational…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-08-08 Francesca M. Fornasini , Vallia Antoniou , Guillaume Dubus

We study the dynamical effects of gravitational focusing by a binary companion on winds from late-type stars. In particular, we investigate the mass transfer and formation of accretion disks around the secondary in detached systems…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-07-22 M. de Val-Borro , M. Karovska , D. Sasselov

In this paper we survey the theory of wind accretion in high mass X-ray binaries hosting a magnetic neutron star and a supergiant companion. We concentrate on the different types of interaction between the inflowing wind matter and the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-04-30 E. Bozzo , M. Falanga , L. Stella

Classical Supergiant X-ray Binaries host a neutron star orbiting a supergiant OB star and display persistent X-ray luminosities of 10$^{35}$ to 10$^{37}$ erg/s. The stellar wind from the massive companion is believed to be the main source…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-02-08 I. El Mellah , F. Casse

A model of population of ultraluminous X-ray sources with magnetised neutron stars (NULX) in a spiral galaxy with the star formation history similar to that in the thin disc of Milky Way is computed using a hybrid approach. First, applying…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-04-28 A. K. Kuranov , K. A. Postnov , L. R. Yungelson

Recently, several accreting neutron stars (NSs) in X-ray binary systems inside supernova remnants have been discovered. They represent a puzzle for the standard magneto-rotational evolution of NSs, as their ages ($\lesssim 10^5$ years) are…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-02-23 A. D. Khokhriakova , S. B. Popov

In this paper we summarize some aspects of the wind accretion theory in high mass X-ray binaries hosting a magnetic neutron star and a supergiant companion. In particular, we concentrate on the different types of interaction between the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-07 E. Bozzo , M. Falanga , L. Stella

Assuming the wind-fed accretion magnetars in long period X-ray pulsars, we calculated the rotational evolution of the neutron stars. Our calculations considered the effects of the magnetic field decay in magnetars. The results show that…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-01-15 Wei Wang , Hao Tong

Symbiotic stars are binary systems where a white dwarf (WD) accretes material from the wind of an evolved, late-type companion. X-ray-emitting symbiotic systems are classified into $\alpha$, $\beta$, $\delta$, and $\beta/\delta$ types,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-10-15 Jesús A. Toalá , Diego A. Vasquez-Torres

Currently used model of spherical accretion onto a magnetized rotating neutron star encounters major difficulties in explaining the entry rate of accreting material into the stellar field and spin evolution of long-period X-ray pulsars.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-05-08 N. R. Ikhsanov , L. A. Pustil'nik , N. G. Beskrovnaya