Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2008-04-21
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
12 pages, 9 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS, for high resolution figures, see http://www.rccp.tsukuba.ac.jp/Astro
Scientific paper
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13337.x
We consider the effect of a supernova (SN) explosion in a very massive binary that is expected to form in a portion of Population III stars with the mass higher than 100$M_\odot$. In a Population III binary system, a more massive star can result in the formation of a BH and a surrounding accretion disc. Such BH accretion could be a significant source of the cosmic reionization in the early universe. However, a less massive companion star evolves belatedly and eventually undergoes a SN explosion, so that the accretion disc around a BH might be blown off in a lifetime of companion star. In this paper, we explore the dynamical impact of a SN explosion on an accretion disc around a massive BH, and elucidate whether the BH accretion disc is totally demolished or not. For the purpose, we perform three-dimensional hydrodynamic simulations of a very massive binary system, where we assume a BH of $10^3 M_{\odot}$ that results from a direct collapse of a very massive star and a companion star of $100 M_{\odot}$ that undergoes a SN explosion. We calculate the remaining mass of a BH accretion disc as a function of time. As a result, it is found that a significant portion of gas disc can survive through three-dimensional geometrical effects even after the SN explosion of a companion star. Even if the SN explosion energy is higher by two orders of magnitude than the binding energy of gas disc, about a half of disc can be left over. The results imply that the Population III BH accretion disc can be a long-lived luminous source, and therefore could be an important ionizing source in the early universe.
Sato Jun'ichi
Sawada Keisuke
Umemura Masayuki
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