Table 1: Fixed physical quantities in our model.
Parameter and unit Value

a: orbital semi-major axis [cm]
$5\times10^{12}$ a
P: orbital period [d] 26.4960 b
e: eccentricity 0.72 c
i: inclination angle [$^{\circ}$] 30 c
$M_{\rm x}$: compact object mass [$M_{\odot}$] 2.5 c
$M_{\star}$: stellar mass [$M_{\odot}$] 12 c
$L_{\star}$: stellar bolometric luminosity [erg s-1] 1038 d
$T_{\star}$: stellar surface temperature [K] $2.6\times10^4$ d
$R_{\star}$: stellar radius [$R_{\odot}$] 10 e
$L_{\rm CD}$: CD bolometric luminosity [erg s-1] 1037 d
$T_{\rm CD}$: CD surface temperature [K] $1.7\times10^4$ e
$\dot{m}_{\rm w}$: stellar mass loss rate [$M_{\odot}$ yr-1] $\sim $10-7 e
$V_{\rm R}$: initial CD radial speed [cm s-1] $3\times 10^5$ e
$V_{\phi 0}$: initial CD azimuthal speed [cm s-1] $1.13\times 10^7/\sin i$ c
$\rho_{\rm CD}$: initial CD density [g cm-3] 10-11 e
$V_{\rm jet}$: convection speed [cm s-1] 1010 f
$E_{\rm min}$: electron minimum energy [MeV] 1
a Taylor et al. (1992), b Gregory (2002), c Casares et al. (2005),
d Hutchings & Crampton (1981), e MP95, f Massi et al. (2001,2004).

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