Modelling the correlated keV/TeV light curves of Be/gamma-ray binaries

Chen, A. M.; Takata, Jumpei

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“…It is worth noting, that the derived position of the periastron of LS I +61303 is from the orbital solutions of Casares et al (2005) and Aragona et al (2009), based on the radial velocities. Some recent models by Kravtsov et al (2020) and Chen & Takata (2022) cast doubts on the position of the periastron. However, the radial velocity measurements are model independent and more reliable.…”

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Optical spectroscopy of the Be/black hole binary MWC 656 ‐ interaction of a black hole with a circumstellar disc

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We present new spectroscopic observations of the Be/black hole binary MWC 656 obtained during the period 2015–2021. We measure the equivalent width of Hα (EWα), Hβ (EWβ$$ {EW}_{\beta } $$), and the distance between the peaks of Hα (normalΔVα$$ \Delta {V}_{\alpha } $$), Hβ (normalΔVβ$$ \Delta {V}_{\beta } $$), and FeII (normalΔVFeII$$ \Delta {V}_{\mathrm{FeII}} $$) lines. Combining new and old data, we find that: (1) the density of the circumstellar disc of MWC 656 (normalΔVα$$ \Delta {V}_{\alpha } $$ versus EWα$$ {EW}_{\alpha } $$ diagram) is similar to the Be stars. For the Be stars, we find the relation normalΔVβ=0.999normalΔVα+62.4$$ \Delta {V}_{\beta }=0.999\Delta {V}_{\alpha }+62.4 $$ km s−1, and the position of MWC 656 corresponds to the average behavior of the Be stars. This means that the presence of the black hole does not change the overall structure of the circumstellar disc; (2) the periodogram analysis indicates modulation of EWα$$ {EW}_{\alpha } $$ with a period 60.4±0.4$$ 60.4\pm 0.4 $$ days, which is identical to the binary orbital period. The maxima of EWα$$ {EW}_{\alpha } $$ and EWβ$$ {EW}_{\beta } $$ are around periastron (phase zero); (3) around orbital phase zero, normalΔVβ$$ \Delta {V}_{\beta } $$ and normalΔVFeII$$ \Delta {V}_{FeII} $$ decrease by about 30$$ 30 $$ km s−1. This suggests that we observe an increase of the circumstellar disc size induced by the periastron passage of the black hole and that the entire circumstellar disc pulsates with the orbital period with relative amplitude of 10–20%. The observations also indicate, that the reason for the black hole in MWC 656 to be in deep quiescence is a very low efficiency of accretion (∼2×10−6$$ \sim 2\times {10}^{-6} $$).

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Optical spectroscopy of the Be/black hole binary MWC 656 ‐ interaction of a black hole with a circumstellar disc

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“…The optical orbits of Casares et al (2012) and Moritani et al (2015) are incompatible with a shockemission scenario as noted by Chen & Takata (2022). Thus they are inadequate for an IBS study of J0632.…”

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“…X-ray LC data provide alternate orbital solutions to those obtained with optical data. Two such solutions are obtained by attributing the bumps in the X-ray LC to disk interactions (Malyshev et al 2019;Chen & Takata 2022). Most recently, Tokayer et al (2021) derived an orbit of J0632 by modeling the most extensive X-ray LC data with an IBS model (Fig.…”

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“…Thus they are inadequate for an IBS study of J0632. The X-ray orbits of Chen & Takata (2022) and Malyshev et al (2019) were constructed using an inclined disk model which employs a termination shock and its interaction with an inclined disk. This is essentially a one-zone model with a disk as the shock region is assumed to be a point source (Chen & Takata 2022), whereas the IBS model of Tokayer et al (2021, TAH21 hereafter) took into account the multi-zone emission from a cone-shape IBS region.…”

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“…The X-ray orbits of Chen & Takata (2022) and Malyshev et al (2019) were constructed using an inclined disk model which employs a termination shock and its interaction with an inclined disk. This is essentially a one-zone model with a disk as the shock region is assumed to be a point source (Chen & Takata 2022), whereas the IBS model of Tokayer et al (2021, TAH21 hereafter) took into account the multi-zone emission from a cone-shape IBS region. Because the IBS, unlike the one-zone termination shock, produces Dopplerboosted emission along the shock tail (e.g., Dubus 2013;An & Romani 2017;van der Merwe et al 2020), the orbit of J0632 inferred by an IBS model (Fig.…”

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Modelling the correlated keV/TeV light curves of Be/gamma-ray binaries

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Optical spectroscopy of the Be/black hole binary MWC 656 ‐ interaction of a black hole with a circumstellar disc

Optical spectroscopy of the Be/black hole binary MWC 656 ‐ interaction of a black hole with a circumstellar disc

Investigation of the broadband emission of the gamma-ray binary HESS J0632+057 using an intrabinary shock model

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