{"title":"Pairs of giant shock waves (N-waves) in merging galaxy clusters","authors":"Congyao Zhang, E. Churazov, I. Zhuravleva","doi":"10.1093/mnras/staa3718","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa3718","url":null,"abstract":"When a subcluster merges with a larger galaxy cluster, a bow shock is driven ahead of the subcluster. At a later merger stage, this bow shock separates from the subcluster, becoming a \"runaway\" shock that propagates down the steep density gradient through the cluster outskirts and approximately maintains its strength and the Mach number. Such shocks are plausible candidates for producing radio relics in the periphery of clusters. We argue that, during the same merger stage, a secondary shock is formed much closer to the main cluster center. A close analog of this structure is known in the usual hydrodynamics as N-waves, where the trailing part of the \"N\" is the result of the non-linear evolution of a shock. In merging clusters, spherical geometry and stratification could further promote its development. Both the primary and the secondary shocks are the natural outcome of a single merger event and often both components of the pair should be present. However, in the radio band, the leading shock could be more prominent, while the trailing shock might conversely be more easily seen in X-rays. The latter argument implies that for some of the (trailing) shocks found in X-ray data, it might be difficult to identify their \"partner\" leading shocks or the merging subclusters, which are farther away from the cluster center. We argue that the Coma cluster and A2744 could be two examples in a post-merger state with such well-separated shock pairs.","PeriodicalId":8437,"journal":{"name":"arXiv: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena","volume":"274 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76574642","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ambipolar decay of magnetic field in magnetars and the observed magnetar activities","authors":"B. Bhalla, M. Sinha","doi":"10.1142/S0217732321501443","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/S0217732321501443","url":null,"abstract":"Magnetars are comparatively young neutron stars with ultra-strong surface magnetic field in the range $10^{14-16}$ G. The old neutron stars have surface magnetic field some what less $sim 10^8$ G which clearly indicates the decay of field with time. One possible way of magnetic field decay is by ambipolar diffusion. We describe the general procedure to solve for the ambipolar velocity inside the star core without any approximation. With a realistic model of neutron star we determine the ambipolar velocity configuration inside the neutron star core and hence find the ambipolar decay rate and time scale which is consistent with the magnetar observations.","PeriodicalId":8437,"journal":{"name":"arXiv: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena","volume":"11 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84378592","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. Ronchini, G. Oganesyan, M. Branchesi, S. Ascenzi, M. Bernardini, F. Brighenti, S. Dall’Osso, P. D’Avanzo, G. Ghirlanda, G. Ghisellini, M. Ravasio, O. Salafia
{"title":"Unveiling the origin of steep decay in γ-ray bursts","authors":"S. Ronchini, G. Oganesyan, M. Branchesi, S. Ascenzi, M. Bernardini, F. Brighenti, S. Dall’Osso, P. D’Avanzo, G. Ghirlanda, G. Ghisellini, M. Ravasio, O. Salafia","doi":"10.21203/rs.3.rs-74350/v1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-74350/v1","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 γ-ray bursts (GRBs) are short-lived transients releasing a large amount of energy (10^51-10^53 erg) in the keV-MeV energy range. GRBs are thought to originate from internal dissipation of the energy carried by ultra-relativistic jets launched by the remnant of a massive star’s death or a compact binary coalescence. While thousands of GRBs have been observed over the last thirty years, we still have an incomplete understanding of where and how the radiation is generated in the jet. A novel investigation of the GRB emission mechanism, via time-resolved spectral analysis of the X-ray tails of bright GRB pulses, enables us to discover a unique relation between the spectral index and the flux. This relation is incompatible with the long standing scenario invoked to interpret X-ray tails, that is, the delayed arrival of pho-tons from high-latitude parts of the jet. We show that our results provide for the first time evidence of adiabatic cooling and efficient energy exchange between the emitting particles in the relativistic outflows of GRBs.","PeriodicalId":8437,"journal":{"name":"arXiv: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena","volume":"17 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89726150","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Type Ia supernovae from wide white dwarfs triples","authors":"E. Michaely","doi":"10.1093/mnras/staa3623","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa3623","url":null,"abstract":"For ultra-wide systems (with outer orbit >$10^{3}{rm AU})$ the galactic field is collisional. Hence, ultra-wide triple white-dwarfs (TWDs) can be perturbed, by flyby stars, to sufficiently high outer eccentricity such that the triple becomes dynamically unstable. An unstable triple undergoes multiple binary-single resonant encounters between all three WDs. These encounters might result in a direct collision between any random two WDs and lead to a Type Ia supernova (SN) event. In case where the multiple resonant encounters did not produce a collision a compact binary is formed (while the third WD is ejected), this binary either collides or merges via gravitational wave emission, similar to the classic double-degenerate (DD) channel. In this research study we estimate the galactic rates of Type Ia SN from the direct collision channel is to be $0.1%-4%$ and primarily $2%-36%$ from the DD scenario.","PeriodicalId":8437,"journal":{"name":"arXiv: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena","volume":"15 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84199082","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Exploring the effects of magnetar bursts in pulsar wind nebulae","authors":"J. Martin, D. Torres, Bing Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.jheap.2020.09.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jheap.2020.09.001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8437,"journal":{"name":"arXiv: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena","volume":"33 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72605261","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Neutron conversion–diffusion: a new model for structured short gamma-ray burst jets compatible with GRB 170817","authors":"Edwan Pr'eau, K. Ioka, P. M'esz'aros","doi":"10.1093/MNRAS/STAB652","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/MNRAS/STAB652","url":null,"abstract":"We present a generic theoretical model for the structuring of a relativistic jet propagating through the ejecta of a binary neutron star merger event, introducing the effects of the neutron conversion-diffusion, which provides a baryon flux propagating transversely from the ejecta towards the jet axis. This results naturally in an increased baryon load structure of the outer jet with the approximate isotropic energy distribution $E_{iso}(theta) propto theta^{-4}$, which is compatible with the first gravitational wave and short gamma-ray burst event GW170817/GRB 170817A observed at an off-axis angle of the jet.","PeriodicalId":8437,"journal":{"name":"arXiv: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena","volume":"29 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86158574","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Formation of binary black holes similar to GW190521 with a total mass of ∼150 M⊙ from Population III binary star evolution","authors":"T. Kinugawa, Takashi Nakamura, H. Nakano","doi":"10.1093/mnrasl/slaa191","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/mnrasl/slaa191","url":null,"abstract":"In case of zero metal (population III) stars, we show that total mass of binary black holes from binary population III star evolution can be $sim 150 ,M_{odot}$, which agrees with mass of a binary black hole, GW190521 recently discovered by LIGO/Virgo. The event rate of such binary black hole mergers is estimated as 0.13--0.66$~{rm yr^{-1}~Gpc^{-3}}$, which is consistent with the observed value of 0.02--0.43$~{rm yr^{-1}~Gpc^{-3}}$.","PeriodicalId":8437,"journal":{"name":"arXiv: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena","volume":"34 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73121297","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Choked accretion onto a Kerr black hole","authors":"A. Aguayo-Ortiz, O. Sarbach, E. Tejeda","doi":"10.1103/physrevd.103.023003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.103.023003","url":null,"abstract":"The choked accretion model consists of a purely hydrodynamical mechanism in which, by setting an equatorial to polar density contrast, a spherically symmetric accretion flow transitions to an inflow-outflow configuration. This scenario has been studied in the case of a (non-rotating) Schwarzschild black hole as central accretor, as well as in the non-relativistic limit. In this article, we generalize these previous works by studying the accretion of a perfect fluid onto a (rotating) Kerr black hole. We first describe the mechanism by using a steady-state, irrotational analytic solution of an ultrarelativistic perfect fluid, using a stiff equation of state. We then use hydrodynamical numerical simulations in order to explore a more general equation of state. Analyzing the effects of the black hole's rotation on the flow, we find in particular that the choked accretion inflow-outflow morphology prevails for all possible values of the black hole's spin parameter, showing the robustness of the model.","PeriodicalId":8437,"journal":{"name":"arXiv: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena","volume":"4 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87097850","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Relativistic Orbit Model for Temporal Properties of AGN","authors":"P. Rana, A. Mangalam","doi":"10.3390/galaxies8030067","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/galaxies8030067","url":null,"abstract":"We present a unified model for X-ray quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) seen in Narrow-line Seyfert 1 (NLSy1) galaxies, $gamma$-ray and optical band QPOs that are seen in Blazars. The origin of these QPOs is attributed to the plasma motion in corona or jets of these AGN. In the case of X-ray QPOs, we applied the general relativistic precession model for the two simultaneous QPOs seen in NLSy1 1H 0707-945 and deduce orbital parameters, such the radius of the emission region, and spin parameter $a$ for a circular orbit; we obtained the Carter's constant $Q$, $a$, and the radius in the case of a spherical orbit solution. In other cases where only one X-ray QPO is seen, we localized the orbital parameters for NLSy1 galaxies REJ 1034+396, 2XMM J123103.2+110648, MS 2254.9-3712, Mrk 766, and MCG-06-30-15. By applying the lighthouse model, we found that a kinematic origin of the jet based $gamma$-ray and optical QPOs, in a relativistic MHD framework, is possible. Based on the inbuilt Hamiltonian formulation with a power-law distribution in the orbital energy of the plasma consisting of only circular or spherical trajectories, we show that the resulting Fourier power spectral density (PSD) has a break corresponding to the energy at ISCO. Further, we derive connection formulae between the slopes in the PSD and that of the energy distribution. Overall, given the preliminary but promising results of these relativistic orbit models to match the observed QPO frequencies and PSD at diverse scales in the inner corona and the jet, it motivates us to build detailed models, including a transfer function for the energy spectrum in the corona and relativistic MHD jet models for plasma flow and its polarization properties.","PeriodicalId":8437,"journal":{"name":"arXiv: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena","volume":"68 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77896011","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
T. Fischer, G. Guo, G. Mart'inez-Pinedo, M. Liebendörfer, A. Mezzacappa
{"title":"Muonization of supernova matter","authors":"T. Fischer, G. Guo, G. Mart'inez-Pinedo, M. Liebendörfer, A. Mezzacappa","doi":"10.1103/physrevd.102.123001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.102.123001","url":null,"abstract":"The present article investigates the impact of muons on core-collapse supernovae, with particular focus on the early muon neutrino emission. While the presence of muons is well understood in the context of neutron stars, until the recent study by Bollig et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 242702 (2017)] the role of muons in core-collapse supernovae had been neglected - electrons and neutrinos were the only leptons considered. In their study, Bollig~et~al. disentangled the muon and tau neutrinos and antineutrinos and included a variety of muonic weak reactions, all of which the present paper follows closely. Only then does it becomes possible to quantify the appearance of muons shortly before stellar core bounce and how the post-bounce prompt neutrino emission is modified.","PeriodicalId":8437,"journal":{"name":"arXiv: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88671016","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}