The thermal-radiative wind in low mass X-ray binary H~1743-322; Radiation hydrodynamic simulations

Tomaru, Ryota; Done, Chris; Ohsuga, Ken; Nomura, Mariko; Takahashi, Tadayuki

doi:10.1093/mnras/stz2738

The thermal-radiative wind in low mass X-ray binary H~1743-322; Radiation hydrodynamic simulations

Tomaru, Ryota; Done, Chris; Ohsuga, Ken; Nomura, Mariko; Takahashi, Tadayuki

Authors

Ryota Tomaru

Professor Christine Done chris.done@durham.ac.uk
Professor

Ken Ohsuga

Mariko Nomura

Tadayuki Takahashi

Abstract

Blueshifted absorption lines are seen in high inclination black hole binary systems in their disc dominated states, showing these power an equatorial disc wind. While some contribution from magnetic winds remain a possibility, thermal and thermal-radiative winds are expected to be present. We show results from radiation hydrodynamic simulations which show that the additional radiation force from atomic features (bound-free and lines) are important along with electron scattering. Together, these increase the wind velocity at high inclinations, so that they quantitatively match the observations in H 1743-322, unlike purely thermal winds which are too slow. We highlight the role played by shadowing of the outer disc from the (sub grid) inner disc Compton heated layer, and show that the increase in shadow from the higher Compton temperature after the spectral transition to the hard state leads to strong suppression of the wind. Thermal-radiative winds explain all of the spectral features (and their disappearance) in this simplest wind system and magnetic winds play only a minor role. We speculate that thermal-radiative winds can explain all the spectral features seen in the more complex (larger disc size) binaries, GRO J1655-40 and GRS 1915+105, without requiring magnetic winds.

Citation

Tomaru, R., Done, C., Ohsuga, K., Nomura, M., & Takahashi, T. (2019). The thermal-radiative wind in low mass X-ray binary H~1743-322; Radiation hydrodynamic simulations. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 490(3), 3098-3111. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz2738

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Aug 4, 2019
Online Publication Date	Oct 3, 2019
Publication Date	Dec 30, 2019
Deposit Date	Aug 22, 2019
Publicly Available Date	Aug 22, 2019
Journal	Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Print ISSN	0035-8711
Electronic ISSN	1365-2966
Publisher	Royal Astronomical Society
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	490
Issue	3
Pages	3098-3111
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz2738

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