A Scenario of the Formation of Isolated X-Ray Pulsars with Anomalously Long Period

被引:4
作者
Ikhsanov, N. R. [1 ,2 ]
Kim, V. Yu. [1 ]
Beskrovnaya, N. G. [1 ]
机构
[1] Russian Acad Sci, Pulkovo Cent Astron Observ, St Petersburg 196140, Russia
[2] St Petersburg State Univ, St Petersburg 198504, Russia
关键词
NEUTRON-STARS; COLLAPSING STAR; MAGNETIC-FIELD; ORIGIN; ACCRETION; EVOLUTION; BINARY; MATTER;
D O I
10.1134/S1063772915010059
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
A scenario of the formation of isolated X-ray pulsars is discussed with an application to one of the best studied objects of this class 1E 161348-5055. This moderately luminous, 10(33)-10(35) erg s(-1), pulsar with a relatively soft spectrum, kT similar to 0.6-0.8 keV, is associated with an isolated neutron star, which is located near the center of the young (similar to 2000 yr) compact supernova remnant RCW 103 and rotates steadily (vertical bar(nu) over dot vertical bar <= 2.6 x 10(-18) Hz s(-1)) with the period of 6.7 h. We show that in the current epoch the neutron star is in the accretor state. The parameters of the source emission can be explained in terms of the magnetic-levitation accretion scenario in which the star with the surface magnetic field of 10(12) G accretes material onto its surface from a non-Keplerian magnetic fossil disk at the rate 10(14) g s(-1). A neutron star could evolve to this state in a High-Mass X-ray Binary (HMXB), which had disintegrated during the supernova explosion powered by the core-collapse of its massive component. The life-time of an isolated X-ray pulsar formed this way can be as long as a few thousand years.
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