http://arxiv.org/abs/2107.01149
We perform a global 2.5D general-relativistic radiation magnetohydrodynamic simulation of super-critical accretion onto a neutron star with a $2\times 10^{10}$ G dipolar magnetic field, as a model of a neutron-star-powered ultraluminous X-ray source (ULX). We compute a lower limit on the total luminosity of $\sim 2.5\,L_\mathrm{Edd}$, and find the radiation to be highly beamed by the accretion disk outflows. The apparent isotropic luminosity, which is a function of the viewing angle, reaches a maximum above $100\,L_\mathrm{Edd}$, consistent with the luminosities observed in ULXs.
D. Abarca, K. Parfrey and W. Kluźniak
Mon, 5 Jul 21
11/52
Comments: 9 pages, 4 figures, Submitted to ApJ Letters
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