GALACTIC CENTER MINISPIRAL: INTERACTION MODES OF NEUTRON STARS

Authors

  • Michal Zajacek Astronomical Institute, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
  • Vladimir Karas
  • Devaky Kunneriath

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14311/AP.2015.55.0203

Keywords:

galaxy center, individual objects, Sagittarius A, neutron stars

Abstract

Streams of gas and dust in the inner parsec of the Galactic center form a distinct feature known as the Minispiral, which has been studied in radio waveband as well as in the infrared wavebands. A large fraction of the Minispiral gas is ionized by radiation of OB stars present in the Nuclear Star Cluster (NSC). Based on the inferred mass in the innermost parsec ( ~106 solar masses), over ~103–104 neutron stars should move in the sphere of gravitational influence of the SMBH. We estimate that a fraction of them propagate through the denser, ionized medium concentrated mainly along the three arms of the Minispiral. Based on the properties of the gaseous medium, we discuss different interaction regimes of magnetised neutron stars passing through this region. Moreover, we sketch expected observational effects of these regimes. The simulation results may be applied to other galactic nuclei hosting NSC, where the expected distribution of the interaction regimes is different across different galaxy types.

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Published

2015-06-30

Issue

Vol. 55 No. 3 (2015)

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How to Cite

Zajacek, M., Karas, V., & Kunneriath, D. (2015). GALACTIC CENTER MINISPIRAL: INTERACTION MODES OF NEUTRON STARS. Acta Polytechnica, 55(3), 203-214. https://doi.org/10.14311/AP.2015.55.0203