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Hauptverfasser: Herrera, Yago, Vela, Daniel Muñoz, Sala, Glòria, José, Jordi, Cavecchi, Yuri
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Veröffentlicht: 2024
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Online-Zugang:https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.10256
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author Herrera, Yago
Vela, Daniel Muñoz
Sala, Glòria
José, Jordi
Cavecchi, Yuri
author_facet Herrera, Yago
Vela, Daniel Muñoz
Sala, Glòria
José, Jordi
Cavecchi, Yuri
contents X-Ray bursts (XRBs) are powerful thermonuclear events on the surface of accreting neutron stars (NSs), which can synthesize intermediate-mass elements. Although the high surface gravity prevents an explosive ejection, a small fraction of the envelope may be ejected by radiation-driven winds. In our previous works, we have developed a non-relativistic radiative wind model and coupled it to an XRB hydrodynamic simulation. We now apply this technique to another model featuring consecutive bursts. We determine the mass-loss and chemical composition of the wind ejecta. Results show that, for a representative XRB, about $0.1\%$ of the envelope mass is ejected per burst, at an average rate of $3.9 \times 10^{-12}\,M_\odot \texttt{yr}^{-1}$. Between $66\%$ and $76\%$ of the ejecta composition is $^{60}$Ni, $^{64}$Zn, $^{68}$Ge, $^{4}$He and $^{58}$Ni. We also report on the evolution of observational quantities during the wind phase and simulate NICER observations that resemble those of 4U 1820-40.
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spellingShingle Mass-loss, composition and observational signatures of stellar winds from X-ray bursts
Herrera, Yago
Vela, Daniel Muñoz
Sala, Glòria
José, Jordi
Cavecchi, Yuri
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
X-Ray bursts (XRBs) are powerful thermonuclear events on the surface of accreting neutron stars (NSs), which can synthesize intermediate-mass elements. Although the high surface gravity prevents an explosive ejection, a small fraction of the envelope may be ejected by radiation-driven winds. In our previous works, we have developed a non-relativistic radiative wind model and coupled it to an XRB hydrodynamic simulation. We now apply this technique to another model featuring consecutive bursts. We determine the mass-loss and chemical composition of the wind ejecta. Results show that, for a representative XRB, about $0.1\%$ of the envelope mass is ejected per burst, at an average rate of $3.9 \times 10^{-12}\,M_\odot \texttt{yr}^{-1}$. Between $66\%$ and $76\%$ of the ejecta composition is $^{60}$Ni, $^{64}$Zn, $^{68}$Ge, $^{4}$He and $^{58}$Ni. We also report on the evolution of observational quantities during the wind phase and simulate NICER observations that resemble those of 4U 1820-40.
title Mass-loss, composition and observational signatures of stellar winds from X-ray bursts
topic High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.10256