Published January 1, 2020
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Modelling of 35-d superorbital cycle of B and V light curves of IMXB HZ Her/Her X-1
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- 1. Moscow MV Lomonosov State Univ, Sternberg Astron Inst, Moscow 119234, Russia
- 2. Inst Astron & Astrophys, D-72074 Tubingen, Germany
- 3. Univ Erlangen Nurnberg, Astron Inst, D-96049 Bamberg, Germany
- 4. Leibniz Inst Astrophys, D-14482 Potsdam, Germany
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The X-ray binary Her X-1 consists of an accreting neutron star and the optical component HZ Her. The 35-d X-ray superorbital variability of this system is known, since its discovery in 1972 by the Uhuru satellite and is believed to be caused by forced precession of a warped accretion disc tilted to the orbital plane. We argue that the observed features of the 35-d optical variability of HZ Her can be explained by free precession of the neutron star with a period close to that of the forced disc. The model parameters include (a) the X-ray luminosity of the neutron star; (b) the optical flux from the accretion disc; and (c) the tilt of the inner and outer edges of the accretion disc. A possible synchronization mechanism based on the coupling between the neutron star free precession and the dynamical action of non-stationary gas streams is discussed.
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