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标题：Stable accretion from a cold disc in highly magnetized neutron stars
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作者：S. S. Tsygankov ; A. A. Mushtukov ; V. F. Suleimanov 等
期刊名称：Astronomy & Astrophysics
印刷版ISSN：0004-6361
电子版ISSN：1432-0746
出版年度：2017
卷号：608
页码：1-8
DOI：10.1051/0004-6361/201630248
语种：English
出版社：EDP Sciences
摘要：Aims. The aim of this paper is to investigate the transition of a strongly magnetized neutron star into the accretion regime with very low accretion rate. Methods. For this purpose, we monitored the Be-transient X-ray pulsar GRO J1008−57 throughout a full orbital cycle. The current observational campaign was performed with the Swift/XRT telescope in the soft X-ray band (0.5–10 keV) between two subsequent Type I outbursts in January and September 2016. Results. The expected transition to the propeller regime was not observed. However, transitions between different regimes of accretion were detected. In particular, after an outburst, the source entered a stable accretion state characterised by an accretion rate of ~ 1014−1015 g s-1. We associate this state with accretion from a cold (low-ionised) disc of temperature below ~6500 K. We argue that a transition to this accretion regime should be observed in all X-ray pulsars that have a certain combination of the rotation frequency and magnetic field strength. The proposed model of accretion from a cold disc is able to explain several puzzling observational properties of X-ray pulsars.
关键词：enaccretion, accretion disksmagnetic fieldsX-rays: binariesX-rays: individuals: GRO J1008-57