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The binary systems IC 10 X-1 and NGC 300 X-1: Accretion of matter from an intense Wolf–Rayet stellar wind onto a black hole

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The current evolutionary stage of the binary systems IC 10 X-1 and NGC 300 X-1, which contain a massive black hole and a Wolf–Rayet star with a strong stellar wind that does not fill its Roche lobe, is considered. The high X-ray luminosity and X-ray properties testify to the presence of accretion disks in these systems. The consistency of the conditions for the existence of such a disk and the possibility of reproducing the observed X-ray luminosity in the framework of the Bondi–Hoyle–Littleton theory for a spherically symmetric stellar wind is analyzed. A brief review of information about the mass-loss rates of Wolf–Rayet stars and the speeds of their stellar winds is given. The evolution of these systems at the current stage is computed. Estimates made using the derived parameters show that it is not possible to achieve consistency, since the conditions for the existence of an accretion disk require that the speed of the Wolf–Rayetwind be appreciably lower than is required to reproduce the observedX-ray luminosity. Several explanations of this situation are possible: (1) the real pattern of the motion of the stellar-wind material in the binary is substantially more complex than is assumed in the Bondi–Hoyle–Littleton theory, changing the conditions for the formation of an accretion disk and influencing the accretion rate onto the black hole; (2) some of the accreting material leaves the accretor due to X-ray heating; (3) the accretion efficiency in these systems is nearly an order of magnitude lower than in the case of accretion through a thin disk onto a non-rotating black hole; (4) the intensity of the Wolf–Rayet wind is one to two orders of magnitude lower than has been suggested by modern studies.

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Original Russian Text © A.V. Tutukov, A.V. Fedorova, 2016, published in Astronomicheskii Zhurnal, 2016, Vol. 93, No. 1, pp. 96–106.

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Tutukov, A.V., Fedorova, A.V. The binary systems IC 10 X-1 and NGC 300 X-1: Accretion of matter from an intense Wolf–Rayet stellar wind onto a black hole. Astron. Rep. 60, 106–115 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063772915120070

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