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On the origin of Supergiant Fast X-ray Transients. / Hubrig, Swetlana; Sidoli, Lara; Postnov, Konstantin A.; Schöller, Markus; Kholtygin, Alexander F.; Järvinen, Silva P.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - On the origin of Supergiant Fast X-ray Transients
AU - Hubrig, Swetlana
AU - Sidoli, Lara
AU - Postnov, Konstantin A.
AU - Schöller, Markus
AU - Kholtygin, Alexander F.
AU - Järvinen, Silva P.
PY - 2019/1/1
Y1 - 2019/1/1
N2 - A fraction of high-mass X-ray binaries are supergiant fast X-ray transients. These systems have on average low X-ray luminosities, but display short flares during which their X-ray luminosity rises by a few orders of magnitude. The leading model for the physics governing this X-ray behaviour suggests that the winds of the donor OB supergiants are magnetized. In agreement with this model, the first spectropolarimetric observations of the SFXT IGR J11215-5952 using the FORS 2 instrument at the Very Large Telescope indicate the presence of a kG longitudinal magnetic field. Based on these results, it seems possible that the key difference between supergiant fast X-ray transients and other high-mass X-ray binaries are the properties of the supergiant's stellar wind and the physics of the wind's interaction with the neutron star magnetosphere.
AB - A fraction of high-mass X-ray binaries are supergiant fast X-ray transients. These systems have on average low X-ray luminosities, but display short flares during which their X-ray luminosity rises by a few orders of magnitude. The leading model for the physics governing this X-ray behaviour suggests that the winds of the donor OB supergiants are magnetized. In agreement with this model, the first spectropolarimetric observations of the SFXT IGR J11215-5952 using the FORS 2 instrument at the Very Large Telescope indicate the presence of a kG longitudinal magnetic field. Based on these results, it seems possible that the key difference between supergiant fast X-ray transients and other high-mass X-ray binaries are the properties of the supergiant's stellar wind and the physics of the wind's interaction with the neutron star magnetosphere.
KW - (stars:) binaries: general
KW - (stars:) supergiants
KW - IGR J11215-5952)
KW - stars: individual (IGR J08408-4503
KW - stars: magnetic fields
KW - X-rays: stars
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85077459374&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1017/S1743921318008426
DO - 10.1017/S1743921318008426
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85077459374
SP - 193
EP - 196
JO - Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union
JF - Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union
SN - 1743-9213
ER -
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