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MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
卷 465, 期 1, 页码 L119-L123出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/mnrasl/slw223
关键词
stars: emission-line, Be; stars: neutron
资金
- RSF [16-12-10519]
- DLR [50 OR 1508]
- [ESP2014-53672-C3-3-P]
- Russian Science Foundation [16-12-10519] Funding Source: Russian Science Foundation
gamma Cassiopeia (gamma Cas), is known to be a binary system consisting of a Be-type star and a low-mass (M similar to 1M(circle dot)) companion of unknown nature orbiting in the Be-disc plane. Here, we apply the quasi-spherical accretion theory on to a compact magnetized star and show that if the low-mass companion of gamma Cas is a fast spinning neutron star, the key observational signatures of. Cas are remarkably well reproduced. Direct accretion on to this fast rotating neutron star is impeded by the propeller mechanism. In this case, around the neutron star magnetosphere a hot shell is formed which emits thermal X-rays in qualitative and quantitative agreement with observed properties of the X-ray emission from gamma Cas. We suggest that gamma Cas and its analogues constitute a new subclass of Be-type X-ray binaries hosting rapidly rotating neutron stars formed in supernova explosions with small kicks. The subsequent evolutionary stage of gamma Cas and its analogues should be the X Per-type binaries comprising low-luminosity slowly rotating X-ray pulsars. The model explains the enigmatic X-ray emission from gamma Cas, and also establishes evolutionary connections between various types of rotating magnetized neutron stars in Be-binaries.
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