The Evolutionary Status of SS433

Details The Evolutionary Status of SS433 The Evolutionary Status of SS433

1999-12-18

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9912396v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

13 pages, Astrophysical Journal Letters, accepted

Scientific paper

10.1086/312475

We consider possible evolutionary models for SS 433. We assume that common-envelope evolution is avoided if radiation pressure is able to expel most of a super-Eddington accretion flow from a region smaller than the accretor's Roche lobe. This condition is satisfied, at least initially, for largely radiative donors with masses in the range 4-12 solar masses. For donors more massive than about 5 solar masses, moderate mass ratios q = M_2/M_1 > 1 are indicated, thus tending to favor black-hole accretors. For lower mass donors, evolutionary considerations do not distinguish between a neutron star or black hole accretor. In all cases the mass transfer (and mass loss) rates are much larger than the likely mass-loss rate in the precessing jets. Almost all of the transferred mass is expelled at radii considerably larger than the jet acceleration region, producing the "stationary" H-alpha line, the infrared luminosity, and accounting for the low X-ray luminosity.

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