How to make a mature accreting magnetar

Abstract

Several candidates for accreting magnetars have been proposed recently by different authors. Existence of such systems contradicts the standard magnetic field decay scenario where a large magnetic field of a neutron star reaches $\lesssim$ few$\times 10^{13}$G at ages $\gtrsim 1$ Myr. Among other sources, the high mass X-ray binary 4U0114+65 seems to have a strong magnetic field around $10^{14}$ G. We develop a new Bayesian estimate for the kinematic age and demonstrate that 4U0114+65 has kinematic age 2.4-5 Myr ($95\%$ credential interval) since the formation of the neutron star. We discuss which conditions are necessary to explain the potential existence of magnetars in accreting high-mass binaries with ages about few Myrs and larger. Three necessary ingredients are: the Hall attractor to prevent rapid decay of dipolar field, relatively rapid cooling of the crust in order to avoid Ohmic decay due to phonons, and finally, low values of the parameter $Q$ to obtain long Ohmic time scale due to impurities. If age and magnetic field estimates for proposed accreting magnetars are correct, then these systems set the strongest limit on the crust impurity for a selected sample of neutron stars and provide evidence in favour of the Hall attractor.

arXiv comment8 pages, 3 figures, accepted to MNRAS on September 29

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