Observations of 4U 1626-67 with the Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer

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Authors
  • H.L. Marshall
  • J. Vink
  • IXPE Collaboration
  • N.S. Schultz
  • Deepto Chakrabarty
Publication date 20-11-2022
Journal Astrophysical Journal
Article number 70
Volume | Issue number 940 | 1
Number of pages 13
Organisations
  • Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy (API)
Abstract
We present measurements of the polarization of X-rays in the 2-8 keV band from the pulsar in the ultracompact low-mass X-ray binary 4U 1626-67 using data from the Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE). The 7.66 s pulsations were clearly detected throughout the IXPE observations as well as in the NICER soft X-ray observations, which we used as the basis for our timing analysis and to constrain the spectral shape over the 0.4-10 keV energy band. Chandra HETGS high-resolution X-ray spectra were also obtained near the times of the IXPE observations for firm spectral modeling. We found an upper limit on the pulse-averaged linear polarization of
Document type Article
Language English
Published at https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac98c2
Other links https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85143143326 https://ixpe.ssdc.asi.it/
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