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Simple Model Of Accretion Onto Isolated Neutron Star With Synchrotron Cooling

Abstract.

In this work we modeled accretion onto the isolated neutron star (INS) from the interstellar medium in the case of spherical symmetry for different values of the magnetic field strength, ambient gas density and NS's mass. We try to verify the idea that if the radius of corotation, tex2html_wrap_inline10 , is less than the Alfven radius, tex2html_wrap_inline12 , the shell will form around the INS and tex2html_wrap_inline12 will decrease to tex2html_wrap_inline10 and the periodic X-ray source will appear (see M.Colpi et al., 1993 A&A 269, 319, hereafter CTL). Dependence of tex2html_wrap_inline12 from t in our model coincides well with the analytic formula from CTL. The periodic sources with P from several minutes to several months can appear.




Sergei B. Popov
Fri Jun 21 18:15:27 MSD 1996