Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Scientific paper
2010-09-24
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
13 pages, 3 figures, accepted in ApJL
Scientific paper
The heating associated with the deposition of $\gamma$-rays in an accretion disk is proposed as a mechanism to facilitate the transformation of a low mass X-ray binary to the radio millisecond pulsar phase. The $\gamma$-ray emission produced in the outer gap accelerator in the pulsar magnetosphere likely irradiates the surrounding disk, resulting in its heating and to the possible escape of matter from the system. We apply the model to PSR J1023+0038, which has recently been discovered as a newly born rotation powered millisecond pulsar. The predicted $\gamma$-ray luminosity $\sim 6 \times 10^{34}~\mathrm{erg~s^{-1}}$ can be sufficient to explain the disappearance of the truncated disk existing during the 8~month$\sim 2$~yr period prior to the 2002 observations of J1023+0038 and the energy input required for the anomalously bright optical emission of its companion star.
Cheng Kwong Sang
Taam Ronald E.
Takata Jumpei
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