Hostname: page-component-cd9895bd7-7cvxr Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-12-28T06:10:51.179Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Evolution of black-hole intermediate-mass X-ray binaries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2006

Wen-Cong Chen  and
Xiang-Dong Li
Wen-Cong Chen
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China email: chenwc@nju.edu.cn, lixd@nju.edu.cn
Xiang-Dong Li
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China email: chenwc@nju.edu.cn, lixd@nju.edu.cn
Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

Core share and HTML view are not available for this content. However, as you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button.

We propose a plausible mechanism for orbital angular momentum loss in black-hole intermediate-mass X-ray binaries, assuming that a small fraction of the transferred mass form a circumbinary disc. The disc can effectively drain orbital angular momentum from the binary, leading to the formation of compact black-hole low-mass X-ray binaries. This scenario also suggests the possible existence of luminous, persistent black hole low-mass X-ray binaries.

Keywords

Black holes – X-ray binaries – circumstellar matter
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 2 , Symposium S238: Black Holes from Stars to Galaxies – Across the Range of Masses , August 2006 , pp. 339 - 340
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2007

References

Chen, W.-C. & Li, X.-D. 2006, MNRAS, 373, 305CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Fabbiano, G., Kim, D.-W., Fragos, T. et al. 2006, ApJ, 650, 879CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Justham, S., Rappaport, S. & Podsiadlowski, Ph. 2006, MNRAS, 366, 1415CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Podsiadlowski, Ph., Rappaport, S. & Han, Z. 2003, MNRAS, 341, 385CrossRefGoogle Scholar