Sco X-1 and Cyg X-1: Determination of Strength and Structure of Magnetic Field in the Nearest Environment of Accreting Compact Stars

dc.creatorGnedin, Yu. N.
dc.creatorSilant'ev, N. A.
dc.creatorTitarchuk, L. G.
dc.date2002-07-30
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T02:04:28Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T02:04:28Z
dc.descriptionWe estimated the magnetic field strength of compact stars in X-ray binaries Sco X-1 and Cyg X-1, via various methods of determination of magnetic fields. For Sco X-1 we used three independent methods. One of them is based on the correct account of the Faraday rotation of polarization plane in the process of electron scattering of X-rays from accreting neutron stars. Numerical calculations are made with use of first X-rays polarimetric data presented by Long et al. (1979). Other original method of determing the magnetic field developed by Titarchuk at al. (2001) is based on observed quasi-periodic oscillations (QPO) frequencies in X-ray binaries that can be considered as magnetoacoustic oscillations of boundary layer near a neutron star. The optical polarimetric data obtained in 70-th have been also used for estimation of magnetic field of the neutron star in Sco X-1 and of nearest environment around the black hole in Cyg X-1.
dc.description10 pages
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0207640
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0207640
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/4773
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleSco X-1 and Cyg X-1: Determination of Strength and Structure of Magnetic Field in the Nearest Environment of Accreting Compact Stars
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