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We numerically study the long-term evolution of the accretion disc around the neutron star in a coplanar Be/X-ray binary with a short period and a moderate eccentricity. From three dimensional Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics simulations, we…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 K. Hayasaki , Atsuo T. Okazaki

Be stars are main-sequence massive stars with emission features in their spectrum, which originates in circumstellar gaseous discs. Even though the viscous decretion disc (VDD) model can satisfactorily explain most observations, two…

Classical Be stars, the "e" standing for the presence of spectroscopic line emission, are main sequence stars of spectral type B that are able to form a gaseous disk in Keplerian motion from star-ejected matter. The main driver of this…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-17 Thomas Rivinius , Robert Klement

Spectropolarimetric surveys reveal that 8-10\% of OBA stars harbor large-scale magnetic fields, but thus far no such fields have been detected in any classical Be stars. Motivated by this, we present here MHD simulations for how a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-05-23 Asif ud-Doula , Stanley Owocki , Nathaniel Kee

In this work we explore the effect of binarity in the decretion disc of Be stars, in order to explain their variability. To this aim, we performed smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) simulations on Be binary systems, following the matter…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-10-31 Despina Panoglou , Daniel M. Faes , Alex C. Carciofi , Atsuo T. Okazaki , Thomas Rivinius

A review of basic properties of Be/X-ray binaries is presented. These systems (called also hard X-ray transients), which form the most numerous class of massive X-ray binaries in the Galaxy, are composed of Be stars and neutron stars (X-ray…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Janusz Ziółkowski

Keplerian accretion discs around massive black holes (MBHs) are gravitationally unstable beyond a few hundredths of parsec and should collapse to form stars. Indeed an accretion/star formation episode took place a few millions years ago in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Suzy Collin , Jean-Paul Zahn

Be stars are rapid rotators surrounded by a gaseous disk envelope whose origin is still under debate. This envelope is responsible for observed emission lines and large infrared excess. To progress in the understanding of the physical…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-01-16 Y. R. Cochetti , C. Arcos , S. Kanaan , A. Meilland , L. S. Cidale , M. Curé

We explore the pulsationally driven orbital mass ejection mechanism for Be star disc formation using isothermal, 3D magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) and hydrodynamic simulations. Non-radial pulsations are added to a star rotating at 95\% of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-11-09 Sean M. Ressler

Classical Be stars are well known to eject mass, but the details governing the initial distribution and evolution of this matter into a disk are poorly constrained by observations. By combining high-cadence spectroscopy with contemporaneous…

Disc fragmentation provides an important mechanism for producing low mass stars in prestellar cores. Here, we describe Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics simulations which show how populations of prestellar cores evolve into stars. We find the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-02-03 O. Lomax , A. P. Whitworth , D. A. Hubber

We apply the viscous decretion disc (VDD) model to interpret the infrared disc continuum emission of 80 Be stars observed in different epochs. In this way, we determined 169 specific disc structures, namely their density scale, $\rho_0$,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-07-11 Rodrigo G. Vieira , Alex C. Carciofi , Jon E. Bjorkman , Thomas Rivinius , Dietrich Baade , Leandro R. Rímulo

We study the accretion on to the neutron star in Be/X-ray binaries, using a 3D SPH code and the data imported from a simulation by \citet{oka2} for a coplanar system with a short period ($P_{\rm orb}=24.3 \rm{d}$) and a moderate…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Kimitake Hayasaki , Atsuo T. Okazaki

Despite extensive study, the mechanisms by which Be star disks acquire high densities and angular momentum while displaying variability on many time scales are still far from clear. In this paper, we discuss how magnetic torquing may help…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 J. P. Cassinelli , J. C. Brown , M. Maheswaran , N. A. Miller , D. C. Telfer

A Magnetic Rotator Wind-Disk(MRWD) model is considered for the formation of Keplerian disks around Be stars. Material from low latitudes of the stellar surface flows along magnetic flux tubes and passes through a shock surface to form a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Maheswaran

We examine the nature and role of mass loss via an equatorial decretion disk in massive stars with near-critical rotation induced by evolution of the stellar interior. In contrast to the usual stellar wind mass loss set by exterior driving…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 J. Krticka , S. P. Owocki , G. Meynet

We study the characteristics of the outflow in disks of Be stars, based on the viscous decretion disk scenario. In this scenario, the matter ejected from the equatorial surface of the star drifts outward because of the effect of viscosity,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Atsuo T. Okazaki

The main theoretical problem for the formation of a Keplerian disk around Be stars is how to supply angular momentum from the star to the disk, even more so since Be stars probably rotate somewhat sub-critically. For instance, nonradial…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 Th. Rivinius , D. Baade , R. H. D. Townsend , A. C. Carciofi , S. Štefl

We analyzed V-band photometry of the Be star {\omega} CMa, obtained during the last four decades, during which the star went through four complete cycles of disc formation and dissipation. The data were simulated by hydrodynamic models…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-07-04 M. R. Ghoreyshi , A. C. Carciofi , L. R. Rimulo , R. G. Vieira , D. M. Faes , D. Baade , J. E. Bjorkman , S. Otero , Th. Rivinius

We investigate the evolution of the relative angle between the stellar rotation axis and the circumstellar disc axis of a star that forms in a stellar cluster from the collapse of a turbulent molecular cloud. This is an inherently chaotic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 M. R. Bate , G. Lodato , J. E. Pringle