Disc reflection and a possible disc wind during a soft X-ray state in the neutron star low-mass X-ray binary 1RXS J180408.9-342058
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| Publication date | 01-10-2016 |
| Journal | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society |
| Volume | Issue number | 461 | 4 |
| Pages (from-to) | 4049-4058 |
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| Abstract |
1RXS J180408.9–342058 is a transient neutron star low-mass X-ray binary that exhibited a bright accretion outburst in 2015. We present NuSTAR, Swift, and Chandra observations obtained around the peak brightness of this outburst. The source was in a soft X-ray spectral state and displayed an X-ray luminosity of LX ≃ (2–3) × 1037(D/5.8 kpc)2 erg s−1 (0.5–10 keV). The NuSTAR data reveal a broad Fe–K emission line that we model as relativistically broadened reflection to constrain the accretion geometry. We found that the accretion disc is viewed at an inclination of i ≃ 27°–35° and extended close to the neutron star, down to Rin ≃ 5–7.5 gravitational radii (≃11–17 km). This inner disc radius suggests that the neutron star magnetic field strength is B ≲ 2 × 108 G. We find a narrow absorption line in the Chandra/HEG data at an energy of ≃7.64 keV with a significance of ≃4.8σ. This feature could correspond to blueshifted Fe XXVI and arise from an accretion disc wind, which would imply an outflow velocity of vout ≃ 0.086c (≃25 800 km s−1). However, this would be extreme for an X-ray binary and it is unclear if a disc wind should be visible at the low inclination angle that we infer from our reflection analysis. Finally, we discuss how the X-ray and optical properties of 1RXS J180408.9–342058 are consistent with a relatively small (Porb ≲ 3 h) binary orbit.
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| Document type | Article |
| Note | This article has been accepted for publication in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society© 2016. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society. All rights reserved. |
| Language | English |
| Published at | https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw1593 |
| Other links | https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016MNRAS.461.4049D/abstract |
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