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在中子星低质量X射线双星的Chandra X射线谱中寻找铁发射线

A search for iron emission lines in the Chandra X-ray spectra of neutron star low-mass X-ray binaries

E. M. Cackett, J. M. Miller, J. Homan, M. van der Klis, W. H. G. Lewin, M. Mendez, J. Raymond, D. Steeghs, R. Wijnands

摘要:

虽然铁发射线在黑洞系统中得到了很好的研究,无论是在X射线双星和活动星系核中,但在中子星低质量X射线双星(LMXB)中对这些线的关注较少。然而,最近的观测与朱雀和XMM-牛顿已经揭示了广泛的不对称铁线的轮廓在4个中子星LMXB,确认内部磁盘起源这些线在中子星系统。在这里,我们提出了一个在6个中子星LMXB铁线的搜索。对于每个物体,我们在2个不同的时期同时进行钱德拉和RXTE观测,从而实现高分辨率光谱和宽带光谱覆盖。在调查的六个对象中,我们只在其中两个对象GX 17+2和GX 349+2中发现了明显的铁线。然而,我们不能排除在其他来源中存在薄弱,广泛的线条。在GX 17+2中,谱线的等效宽度在两个历元之间是一致的,而在GX 349+2中,谱线的等效宽度在两个历元之间增加了约3倍,因为源通量减少了1.3倍。这表明盘是高度电离的,并且线由复合发射主导。我们发现,在长期硬度-强度图中似乎没有形成铁发射线的特定位置,但需要更多的来源和进一步的观测。

英文摘要:

While iron emission lines are well studied in black hole systems, both in X-ray binaries and Active Galactic Nuclei, there has been less of a focus on these lines in neutron star low-mass X-ray binaries (LMXBs). However, recent observations with Suzaku and XMM-Newton have revealed broad asymmetric iron line profiles in 4 neutron star LMXBs, confirming an inner disk origin for these lines in neutron star systems. Here, we present a search for iron lines in 6 neutron star LMXBs. For each object we have simultaneous Chandra and RXTE observations at 2 separate epochs, allowing for both a high resolution spectrum, as well as broadband spectral coverage. Out of the six objects in the survey, we only find significant iron lines in two of the objects, GX 17+2 and GX 349+2. However, we cannot rule out that there are weak, broad lines present in the other sources. The equivalent width of the line in GX 17+2 is consistent between the 2 epochs, while in GX 349+2 the line equivalent width increases by a factor of ~3 between epochs as the source flux decreases by a factor of 1.3. This suggests that the disk is highly ionized, and the line is dominated by recombination emission. We find that there appears to be no specific locations in the long-term hardness-intensity diagrams where iron emission lines are formed, though more sources and further observations are required.

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