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A white dwarf merger as progenitor of the anomalous X-Ray pulsar 4U 0142+61?
dc.contributor.author | Rueda, Jorge A. |
dc.contributor.author | Boshkayev, K. |
dc.contributor.author | Izzo, L. |
dc.contributor.author | Ruffini, R. |
dc.contributor.author | Lorén Aguilar, Pablo |
dc.contributor.author | Kuelebi, B. |
dc.contributor.author | Aznar Siguan, Gabriela |
dc.contributor.author | García-Berro Montilla, Enrique |
dc.contributor.other | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física Aplicada |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-10-25T13:20:04Z |
dc.date.available | 2013-10-25T13:20:04Z |
dc.date.created | 2013-08 |
dc.date.issued | 2013-08 |
dc.identifier.citation | Rueda, J.A. [et al.]. A white dwarf merger as progenitor of the anomalous X-Ray pulsar 4U 0142+61?. "The astrophysical journal letters", Agost 2013, vol. 772, núm. 2, p. 1-4. |
dc.identifier.issn | 2041-8205 |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2117/20466 |
dc.description.abstract | It has been recently proposed that massive, fast-rotating, highly magnetized white dwarfs could describe the observational properties of some of soft gamma-ray repeaters and anomalous X-ray pulsars (AXPs). Moreover, it has also been shown that high-field magnetic white dwarfs can be the outcome of white dwarf binary mergers. The products of these mergers consist of a hot central white dwarf surrounded by a rapidly rotating disk. Here we show that the merger of a double degenerate system can explain the characteristics of the peculiar AXP 4U 0142+61. This scenario accounts for the observed infrared excess. We also show that the observed properties of 4U 0142+6 are consistent with an approximately 1.2 M ¿ white dwarf, remnant of the coalescence of an original system made of two white dwarfs of masses 0.6 M ¿ and 1.0 M ¿. Finally, we infer a post-merging age tWD ˜ 64 kyr and a magnetic field B ˜ 2 × 108 G. Evidence for such a magnetic field may come from the possible detection of the electron cyclotron absorption feature observed between the B and V bands at ˜1015 Hz in the spectrum of 4U 0142+61. |
dc.format.extent | 4 p. |
dc.language.iso | eng |
dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Spain |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/ |
dc.subject | Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Física::Astronomia i astrofísica |
dc.subject.lcsh | White dwarf stars |
dc.subject.other | pulsars-general |
dc.subject.other | pulsars-individual (4U 0142+61) |
dc.subject.other | stars-magnetic field |
dc.subject.other | stars-rotation |
dc.subject.other | white dwarfs |
dc.subject.other | t tauri stars |
dc.subject.other | neutron-stars |
dc.subject.other | 4u-0142+61 |
dc.subject.other | accretion |
dc.subject.other | extinction |
dc.subject.other | supernova evolution |
dc.subject.other | repeaters model disks |
dc.subject.other | Astronomy & Astrophysics |
dc.title | A white dwarf merger as progenitor of the anomalous X-Ray pulsar 4U 0142+61? |
dc.type | Article |
dc.subject.lemac | Estels nans |
dc.contributor.group | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. CTE-CRAE - Grup de Recerca en Ciències i Tecnologies de l'Espai |
dc.contributor.group | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. GAA - Grup d'Astronomia i Astrofísica |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1088/2041-8205/772/2/L24 |
dc.relation.publisherversion | http://iopscience.iop.org/2041-8205/772/2/L24 |
dc.rights.access | Open Access |
local.identifier.drac | 12774162 |
dc.description.version | Postprint (published version) |
local.citation.author | Rueda, J.A.; Boshkayev , K.; Izzo, L.; Ruffini, R.; Loren, P.; Kuelebi, B.; Aznar, G.; Garcia-berro, E. |
local.citation.publicationName | The astrophysical journal letters |
local.citation.volume | 772 |
local.citation.number | 2 |
local.citation.startingPage | 1 |
local.citation.endingPage | 4 |
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