J 2024

Accretion tori around rotating neutron stars: I. Structure, shape, and size

MATUSZKOVÁ, Monika; Gabriel TÖRÖK; Debora LANČOVÁ; Kateřina KLIMOVIČOVÁ; Jiří HORÁK et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Accretion tori around rotating neutron stars: I. Structure, shape, and size

Authors

MATUSZKOVÁ, Monika (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution); Gabriel TÖRÖK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution); Debora LANČOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution); Kateřina KLIMOVIČOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution); Jiří HORÁK (203 Czech Republic); Martin URBANEC (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution); Eva ŠRÁMKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution); Odele STRAUB (756 Switzerland); Gabriela URBANCOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Vladimír KARAS (203 Czech Republic)

Edition

ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS, LES ULIS CEDEX A, EDP SCIENCES S A, 2024, 0004-6361

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Article in a journal

Field of Study

10308 Astronomy

Country of publisher

France

Confidentiality degree

is not subject to a state or trade secret

References:

Impact factor

Impact factor: 5.800

RIV identification code

RIV/47813059:19630/24:A0000344

Organization unit

Institute of physics in Opava

UT WoS

001351092800013

EID Scopus

2-s2.0-85209241826

Keywords in English

stars: neutron;accretion;accretion disks

Tags

International impact, Reviewed

Links

EF18_054/0014696, research and development project. EF19_073/0016951, research and development project. GX21-06825X, research and development project. LTC18058, research and development project. LTT17003, research and development project.
Changed: 30/1/2025 14:05, Mgr. Pavlína Jalůvková

Abstract

In the original language

We present a full general relativistic analytic solution for a radiation-pressure-supported equilibrium fluid torus orbiting a rotating neutron star (NS). We applied previously developed analytical methods that include the effects of both the NS's angular momentum and quadrupole moment in the Hartle-Thorne geometry. The structure, size, and shape of the torus are explored, with a particular focus on the critically thick solution - the cusp tori. For the astrophysically relevant range of NS parameters, we examined how our findings differ from those obtained for the Schwarzschild space-time. The solutions for rotating stars display signatures of an interplay between relativistic and Newtonian effects where the impact of the NS angular momentum and quadrupole moment are almost counterbalanced at a given radius. Nevertheless, the space-time parameters still strongly influence the size of tori, which can be shown in a coordinate-independent way. Finally, we discuss the importance of the size of the central NS which determines whether or not a surrounding torus exists. We provide a set of tools in a Wolfram Mathematica code, which establishes a basis for further investigation of the impact of the NSs' super-dense matter equation of state on the spectral and temporal behaviour of accretion tori.