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Parameters of X-ray binary system Scorpius X-1

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics 2021-10-12 v1 High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena

Abstract

We modelled optical light curves of Sco~X-1 obtained by the Kepler space telescope during K2 mission. Modelling was performed for the case of the strong heating of the optical star and accretion disc by X-rays. In the considered model the optical star fully filled its Roche lobe. We investigated the inverse problem in wide ranges of values of model parameters and estimated following parameters of Sco X-1: the mass ratio of components q=Mx/Mv=3.6q=M_x/M_v=3.6 (3.53.83.5-3.8), where MxM_x and MvM_v were masses of the neutron and optical stars correspondingly, the orbital inclination was i=30i=30^{\circ} (253425^{\circ}-34^{\circ}). In the brackets uncertainties of parameters qq and ii were shown, they originated due to uncertainties of characteristics of the physical model of Sco X-1. The temperature of non-heated optical star was T2=25003050T_2 = 2500-3050 K, its radius was R2=1.25R=8.7×1010R_2=1.25R_{\odot}=8.7\times 10^{10} cm, and its bolometric luminosity was Lbol=(2.14.6)×1032L_{bol}=(2.1-4.6)\times 10^{32} erg s1^{-1}. The mass of the star was Mv0.4MM_v\simeq 0.4M_{\odot}. The contribution of the X-ray heated accretion disc dominated in the total optical emission of Sco~X-1. The transition between low and high states occurred due to the increase of X-ray luminosity by a factor 232-3.

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@article{arxiv.2109.00967,
  title  = {Parameters of X-ray binary system Scorpius X-1},
  author = {A. M. Cherepashchuk and T. S. Khruzina and A. I. Bogomazov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2109.00967},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

18 pages, 17 figures, MNRAS accepted

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