2018MNRAS.477.5640P

Query : 2018MNRAS.477.5640P

2018MNRAS.477.5640P - Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 477, 5640-5645 (2018/July-2)

Colliding stellar winds structure and X-ray emission.

PITTARD J.M. and DAWSON B.

Abstract (from CDS):

We investigate the structure and X-ray emission from the colliding stellar winds in massive star binaries. We find that the opening angle of the contact discontinuity (CD) is overestimated by several formulae in the literature at very small values of the wind momentum ratio, η. We find also that the shocks in the primary (dominant) and secondary winds flare by ≃20° compared to the CD, and that the entire secondary wind is shocked when η <= 0.02. Analytical expressions for the opening angles of the shocks, and the fraction of each wind that is shocked, are provided. We find that the X-ray luminosity Lx ∝ η, and that the spectrum softens slightly as η decreases.

Abstract Copyright: © 2018 The Author(s) Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society

Journal keyword(s): shock waves - binaries: general - stars: early-type - stars: mass-loss - stars: winds, outflows - X-rays: stars

Simbad objects: 12

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Number of rows : 12
N Identifier Otype ICRS (J2000)
RA 		ICRS (J2000)
DEC 		Mag U Mag B Mag V Mag R Mag I Sp type #ref
1850 - 2026 		#notes
1 NAME SMC G 00 52 38.0 -72 48 01   2.79 2.2     ~ 12317 1
2 HD 5980 WR* 00 59 26.5838833944 -72 09 53.927337312   11.13 11.31   11.029 WN4+O7I: 419 1
3 * gam02 Vel WR* 08 09 31.95013 -47 20 11.7108 0.64 1.58 1.83 1.85 2.00 WC8+O7.5III-V 951 0
4 THA 35-II-42 WR* 10 25 56.5024585224 -57 48 43.519215708   14.168 12.661 12.102   WN5ha/O3+O3Vz((f*)) 105 0
5 HD 92740 WR* 10 41 17.5158425712 -59 40 36.895992960 5.68 6.50 6.42 7.38   WN7h+O9III-V 426 0
6 HD 93162 WR* 10 44 10.3890266112 -59 43 11.106500520 7.90 8.55 8.80 8.66   O2.5If*/WN6+OB 374 0
7 * eta Car s*b 10 45 03.545808 -59 41 03.95124 6.37 7.03 6.48 6.123 4.41 LBV 2543 0
8 WR 48a WR* 13 12 39.6052790136 -62 42 55.939362876       16.081   WC6 106 0
9 HD 193576 WR* 20 19 32.4229160448 +38 43 53.959035756 8.15 8.53 8.00     WN5+O6II-V 721 0
10 HD 193793 WR* 20 20 27.9757908696 +43 51 16.286840244 6.90 7.25 6.85 4.58   WC7pd+O5.5fc 754 0
11 Schulte 9 s*b 20 33 10.7362926720 +41 15 08.222370372 13.38 12.77 10.96     O5I+O4III 243 0
12 BD+40 4227A SB* 20 33 15.0781182864 +41 18 50.479292556 10.42 10.27 8.98 8.03 6.83 O6Ib(fc)+O4.5:III:(fc) 253 0

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