An explanation for metallicity effects on X-ray Binary properties

Details An explanation for metallicity effects on X-ray Binary properties An explanation for metallicity effects on X-ray Binary properties

2004-01-16

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0401333v1

Astrophys.J. 606 (2004) 430-435

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

6 pages, no figures, accepted to ApJ

Scientific paper

10.1086/382937

We show that irradiation induced stellar winds can explain two important metallicity effects in X-ray binaries - the higher numbers and the softer spectra of the X-ray binaries in metal rich globular clusters compared to the metal poor ones. As has been previously noted by Iben, Tutukov and Fedorova, the winds should be stronger at lower metallicity due to less efficient line cooling. This will speed up the evolution of the LMXBs in metal poor clusters, hence reducing their numbers. These winds can also provide extra material near the accreting object which may create an intrinsic absorber to harden the X-ray spectra of the metal poor cluster systems relative to the metal rich ones, as suggested by observations. We outline some additional observational predictions of the model.

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