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Are there Magnetars in HMXBs? The case of SFXTs Enrico Bozzo1,2, Maurizio Falanga3, Luigi Stella2 1 INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma 2 Dipartimento di Fisica – Universita' di Roma “Tor Vergata” 3 CEA Saclay, DSM/DAPNIA/Service d’Astrophysique, France (ApJ submitted) Are there Magnetars in HMXBs? The case of SFXTs MAGNETA RS HMXBS SFXTs magnetic stars high mass X-ray binaries supergiant fast X-ray transients X-Ray Binaries Cen X-3 the first pulsating X-ray source to be discovered. (Chodil et al. 1967) Accretion Process 4.8 s L acc ~ 36 GM NS Ṁ R NS 38 10 − 10 erg s −1 X-Ray Binaries LMXB (low mass X-ray binaries) HMXB (high mass X-ray binaries) Accrescimento da disco Disk Accretion --> short orbital period (<3 d) (Zhang et al., 2004) Cent X-3 17 Msun O type star Porb ~2 d Wind accretion --> longer spin period (>3 d) HMXB (high mass X-ray binaries) L acc ~ Companion GM NS Ṁ R NS NS NS Persistent --> constant luminosity 1035-1038 erg s-1 Transients --> variable luminosity ~1032-1034 erg s-1 (quiescence) ~1036-1038 erg s-1 (week-to-months long outbursts) . Variations of the luminosity <--> Variations of MW along the orbit HMXB with OB companions L~102 (OB) L~103-104 (Be) (stella et al. 1986) Modulation of the mass flow rate along the orbit NOT ENOUGH !!--> INTERACTION PROCESSES WIND – NS MAGNETOSPHERE Interaction processes in HMXB with magnetized Neutron Stars Vw = wind velocity (~1000 Km s-1) Vx = velocity of compact object (~300 Km s-1) Ra = capture radius (~4x1010 cm ~ 2-3 R*) OB STAR NS Ra WIND BOW SHOCK R a= 2 GM V 2X X V 2W ~ 2 GM V 2W X 10 ~ 4 × 10 cm Ṁ c apt / Ṁ w ~ 10 −5 (Bondi, 1952) Closer to the neutron star: detailed interaction processes Ra Rco Inflowing matter RM RM~3x10 9 . B121/3 M-6-1/6 cm Rco~4x109 Pspin100-2/3 cm Ra~4x1010 v8-2 cm B These radii depend on: Neutron Star Spin Period Neutron star magnetic field Mass loss rate from the companion star Velocity of the Wind Different Position of these radii --> Different interaction regimes DIRECT ACCRETION REGIME . 1/3 RM~3x109 B12 Ra M-6-1/6 cm Rco~4x109 Pspin1002/3 cm < Ra~4x1010 v8-2 cm Rco RM L acc ~ GM NS Ṁ capt R NS Lacc~1036 erg s-1 .M ~1016 g s-1 capt .M ~10-6 M yr-1 w sun . > R ~4x10 -1/6 M-7 cm< R ~4x10 THE CENTRIFUGAL INHIBITION OF ACCRETION: The Centrifugal barrier (“Propeller”) RM~4.4x10 9 B121/3 co 10 a Ra RM Rco 9 L pro~ =L Pspin1002/3 cm v8-2 cm GM NS Ṁ capt RM R NS acc RM ~ 10 −3 L acc Lpro~1033 erg s-1 .M ~1015 g s-1 capt . ~10-7 M yr-1 M w sun (Stella et al. 1986) = HMXB with OB or Be companions . Transition from DIRECT ACCRETION --> PROPELLER due to variation in MW larger eccentricity <--> larger variation in MW --> larger L . Everything seems to be well understood ...but... (stella et al. 1986) A new class of HMXB: Supergiant Fast X-ray Transients (Sakano et al. 2002) SAX J1818.6-1703 AX1845.0-0433 (Bozzo et al, in prep.) (Sguera et al. 2005) SFXT: new class, new problems OB supergiant companion stars (~circular orbits?) 36-1037 erg s-1 X-ray luminosities ~10 L~104-105 few hours-long non periodic outbursts evidences of P spin~1000-2000 s Similar to other TRANSIENTS Ra R M R co How Can we apply the wind accretion theory to SFXT? Not Similar to other TRANSIENTS DIRECT ACCRETION REGIME . 1/3 RM~3x109 B12 Rco~1.5x1010 Pspin10002/3 M-6-1/6 cm < cm R ~4x1010 v -2 cm a Ra 8 Rco RM L acc ~ GM NS Ṁ capt R NS Lacc~1036 erg s-1 .M ~1016 g s-1 capt .M ~10-6 M yr-1 w sun Apparently it's working fine.... Propeller Regime: CENTRIFUGAL BARRIER B14 RM~2x1010 . 1/3 10 2/3 > R ~1.5x10 P co spin1000 -1/6 M-7 cm<cmR ~4x1010 v -2 cm a 8 RM Ra Rco L pro~ =L . 1) Variation of M GM NS Ṁ capt RM R NS acc RM −4 ~ 10 Lacc Open problems: W in few hours? few hours orbit? Impossible (OB star radius) !! 2) SFXT with SPIN PERIODS >1000 s REQUIRES superstrong = magnetic field 1) Variation of MW in few hours? few hours orbit? Impossible (OB star radius) !! . MW changes on few hours time-scale CLUMPY WINDS: Ṁ w ∝ >> clump w w (Prinjia et al. 2005; Walter et al. 2006) Bow Shock NS 2) SFXT with SPIN PERIODS >1000 s REQUIRES superstrong magnetic field Magnetars: Neutron Stars powered by magnetic energy MAGNEtic sTARS (B>1014G) Theoretically ok! Fast spin (few ms) and differential rotation generate internal toroidal field B > 1015 G --> external field up to 1016 G (Thompson & Duncan 1992) Observational evidences? Evidences in isolated neutron stars (e.g. SGR) Energy of ~ 1044 ergs caused by large scale rearrangement of core B field (rotation and accretion power ruled out) Are There Magnetars in HMXBs? The case of Supergiant Fast X-ray Transients XMM-NEWTON proposal ACCEPTED !!!