{
  "id": "0906.4928",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2009-06-26T13:40:37.000Z",
  "updated": "2009-06-26T13:40:37.000Z",
  "title": "Warping modes in discs around accreting neutron stars",
  "authors": [
    "H. Meheut",
    "M. Tagger"
  ],
  "comment": "Accepted for publication in MNRAS",
  "categories": [
    "astro-ph.HE"
  ],
  "abstract": "The origin and stability of a thin sheet of plasma in the magnetosphere of an accreting neutron star is investigated. First the radial extension of such a magnetospheric disc is explored. Then a mechanism for magnetospheric accretion is proposed, reconsidering the bending wave explored by Agapitou, Papaloizou & Terquem (1997), that was found to be stable in ideal MHD. We show that this warping becomes unstable and can reach high amplitudes, in a variant of Pringle's radiation-driven model for the warping of AGN accretion discs (Pringle (1996)). Finally we discuss how this mechanism might give a clue to explain the observed X-ray kHz QPO of neutron star binaries.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2009-06-26T13:40:37.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "accreting neutron star",
      "warping modes",
      "reach high amplitudes",
      "pringles radiation-driven model",
      "agn accretion discs"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "doi": "10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.15311.x",
      "journal": "Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society",
      "year": 2009,
      "month": "Oct",
      "volume": 399,
      "number": 2,
      "pages": 794
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 0,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "inspire": 824162,
      "adsabs": "2009MNRAS.399..794M"
    }
  }
}