M.R. Truss
The decline and fall of GRS 1915+105: the end is nigh?
Truss, M.R.; Done, C.
Authors
C. Done
Abstract
The Galactic microquasar GRS 1915+105 has been in a continuous state of outburst since 1992, over 20 times longer than any other black hole X-ray transient. Assuming that the outburst is powered via accretion of an irradiated gaseous disc, we calculate how the predicted outburst duration varies according to the efficiency of the self-irradiation mechanism. At least one current model leads to the conclusion that the end of the outburst is imminent. The timing of the decline of GRS 1915+105, whenever it arrives, will be an excellent discriminator of the self-irradiation mechanism in X-ray transients, allowing us to infer the fraction of the disc that is heated by the incident X-rays and the magnitude of the mass loss rate in the form of a wind.
Citation
Truss, M., & Done, C. (2006). The decline and fall of GRS 1915+105: the end is nigh?. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, 368(1), L25-L29. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-3933.2006.00149.x
Journal Article Type | Article |
---|---|
Publication Date | May 1, 2006 |
Deposit Date | May 2, 2008 |
Publicly Available Date | May 2, 2008 |
Journal | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters |
Electronic ISSN | 1745-3933 |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 368 |
Issue | 1 |
Pages | L25-L29 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-3933.2006.00149.x |
Keywords | Accretion, Accretion discs, Binaries, Stars. |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1564823 |
Files
Other material
(143 Kb)
PDF
You might also like
Propeller-activated resonances and the fate of short-period cataclysmic variables
(2006)
Journal Article
The outbursts of dwarf novae
(2000)
Journal Article
On the nature of superoutbursts in dwarf novae
(2001)
Journal Article
Downloadable Citations
About Durham Research Online (DRO)
Administrator e-mail: dro.admin@durham.ac.uk
This application uses the following open-source libraries:
SheetJS Community Edition
Apache License Version 2.0 (http://www.apache.org/licenses/)
PDF.js
Apache License Version 2.0 (http://www.apache.org/licenses/)
Font Awesome
SIL OFL 1.1 (http://scripts.sil.org/OFL)
MIT License (http://opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.html)
CC BY 3.0 ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)
Powered by Worktribe © 2024
Advanced Search