Period variation of X-ray pulsars and Kelvin-Helmholtz instability at the accretion disk boundary

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Dec 1989

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Chinese Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 13, Issue 4, p. 366-374.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

X-Ray Binaries--Accretion Disk--Instability

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We introduce between the magnetosphere of a neutron star and its accretion disk a sheared layer of finite thickness in which the velocity, density, pressure and magnetic field vary continuously and we discuss the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability of plane wave purturbations for the case of a compressible plasma. The results show that the K-H instability is still present and radial wave vector perturbation is the main mode of instability. We particularly considered the effect of the thickness of the sheared layer on the rotation of the neutron star, showing that by suitably adjusting the thickness we can explain the period changes in the X-ray pulsars. Application of this model to Her X-1 gave a good result.

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