2013MNRAS.429L.104Z -
Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 429, L104-L108 (2013/February-2)
Cyg X-3: a low-mass black hole or a neutron star.
ZDZIARSKI A.A., MIKOLAJEWSKA J. and BELCZYNSKI K.
Abstract (from CDS):
Cyg X-3 is a highly interesting accreting X-ray binary, emitting from the radio to high-energy gamma-rays. It consists of a compact object wind-fed by a Wolf-Rayet (WR) star, but the masses of the components and the mass-loss rate have been a subject of controversies. Here, we determine its masses, inclination and the mass-loss rate using our derived relationship between the mass-loss rate and the mass for WR stars of the WN type, published infrared and X-ray data, and a relation between the mass-loss rate and the binary period derivative (observed to be >0 in Cyg X-3). Our obtained mass-loss rate is almost identical to that from two independent estimates and consistent with other ones, which strongly supports the validity of this solution. The found WR and compact-object masses are 10.3+ 3.9- 2.8 and 2.4+ 2.1- 1.1M☉, respectively. Thus, our solution still allows for the presence of either a neutron star or a black hole, but the latter only with a low mass. However, the radio, infrared and X-ray properties of the system suggest that the compact object is a black hole. Such a low-mass black hole could be formed via accretion-induced collapse or directly from a supernova.
Abstract Copyright:
© 2012 The Authors Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society (2012)
Journal keyword(s):
binaries: close - stars: individual: Cyg X-3 - stars: winds, outflows - stars: Wolf-Rayet - X-rays: binaries
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