TY - JOUR
T1 - Binary X-ray Sources in Massive Brans–Dicke Gravity
AU - Panotopoulos, Grigoris
AU - Rincón, Ángel
AU - Lopes, Ilídio
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2022/5
Y1 - 2022/5
N2 - This study focuses on the X-ray emission of low-mass black hole binaries in massive Brans– Dicke gravity. First, we compute the accretion disk with the well-known Shakura–Sunyaev model for an optically thick, cool, and geometrically thin disk. Moreover, we assume that the gravitational field generated by the stellar-mass black hole is an analogue of the Schwarzschild space-time of Einstein’s theory in massive Brans–Dicke gravity. We compute the most relevant quantities of interest, i.e., (i) the radial velocity, (ii) the energy and surface density, and (iii) the pressure as a function entirely of the radial coordinate. We also compute the soft spectral component of the X-ray emission produced by the disk. Furthermore, we investigate in detail how the mass of the scalar field modifies the properties of the binary as described by the more standard Schwarzschild solution.
AB - This study focuses on the X-ray emission of low-mass black hole binaries in massive Brans– Dicke gravity. First, we compute the accretion disk with the well-known Shakura–Sunyaev model for an optically thick, cool, and geometrically thin disk. Moreover, we assume that the gravitational field generated by the stellar-mass black hole is an analogue of the Schwarzschild space-time of Einstein’s theory in massive Brans–Dicke gravity. We compute the most relevant quantities of interest, i.e., (i) the radial velocity, (ii) the energy and surface density, and (iii) the pressure as a function entirely of the radial coordinate. We also compute the soft spectral component of the X-ray emission produced by the disk. Furthermore, we investigate in detail how the mass of the scalar field modifies the properties of the binary as described by the more standard Schwarzschild solution.
KW - X-ray astrophysics
KW - accretion disk models
KW - modified gravity
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85130868587&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3390/universe8050285
DO - 10.3390/universe8050285
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85130868587
SN - 2218-1997
VL - 8
JO - Universe
JF - Universe
IS - 5
M1 - 285
ER -