Physical Environment of Accreting Neutron Stars
Neutron stars (NSs) powered by accretion, which are known as accretion-powered NSs, always are located in binary systems and manifest themselves as X-ray sources. Physical processes taking place during the accretion of material from their companions form a challenging and appealing topic, because of...
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| description | Neutron stars (NSs) powered by accretion, which are known as accretion-powered NSs, always are located in binary systems and manifest themselves as X-ray sources. Physical processes taking place during the accretion of material from their companions form a challenging and appealing topic, because of the strong magnetic field of NSs. In this paper, we review the physical process of accretion onto magnetized NS in X-ray binary systems. We, firstly, give an introduction to accretion-powered NSs and review the accretion mechanism in X-ray binaries. This review is mostly focused on accretion-induced evolution of NSs, which includes scenario of NSs both in high-mass binaries and in low-mass systems. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-77285a37fada45c2a51e3fb969bd7b3d2025-02-03T05:57:58ZengWileyAdvances in Astronomy1687-79691687-79772016-01-01201610.1155/2016/34245653424565Physical Environment of Accreting Neutron StarsJ. Wang0Institute of Astronomy and Space Science, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, ChinaNeutron stars (NSs) powered by accretion, which are known as accretion-powered NSs, always are located in binary systems and manifest themselves as X-ray sources. Physical processes taking place during the accretion of material from their companions form a challenging and appealing topic, because of the strong magnetic field of NSs. In this paper, we review the physical process of accretion onto magnetized NS in X-ray binary systems. We, firstly, give an introduction to accretion-powered NSs and review the accretion mechanism in X-ray binaries. This review is mostly focused on accretion-induced evolution of NSs, which includes scenario of NSs both in high-mass binaries and in low-mass systems.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/3424565 |
| spellingShingle | J. Wang Physical Environment of Accreting Neutron Stars Advances in Astronomy |
| title | Physical Environment of Accreting Neutron Stars |
| title_full | Physical Environment of Accreting Neutron Stars |
| title_fullStr | Physical Environment of Accreting Neutron Stars |
| title_full_unstemmed | Physical Environment of Accreting Neutron Stars |
| title_short | Physical Environment of Accreting Neutron Stars |
| title_sort | physical environment of accreting neutron stars |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/3424565 |
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