We report results of the INTEGRAL Target of Opportunity observations of the transient X-ray burster XTE J1810-189. The observations were performed on April 3--6, 2008, soon after the discovery of the source and near the peak of its outburst. That time the source had a flux of about 50 mCrab and exhibited a hard Comptonized X-ray spectrum extending well above 100 keV. Being approximated by a power law with an exponetial cut-off in the broad 3--100 keV energy band it gave the average photon index $Γ\simeq 1.6$ and $kT_{cutoff}\simeq 67$ keV. We found only slight indications for changes in the index during the observation ($Γ$ first steady decreased from $\sim 2.0$ to $\sim1.3$ and then increased back to $\sim 2.0$). However the $N_{\rmn H}$ value measured by absorption in the low energy part of the spectrum changed drastically and very irregularly (from $\sim 4\times 10^{22}$ till $\sim 100\times 10^{22}$ cm$^{-2}$). There were 10 type I X-ray bursts detected from the source during these TOO observations. Assuming that the Eddington luminosity was reached during the burst with the highest peak flux we get an upper estimate for a distance to the source $D=6.4\pm0.6$ kpc. From the X-ray burst parameters we conclude that this LMXB harboures an evolved star.
Detection of a large Be circumstellar disk during X-ray quiescence of XTE J1946+274
本文对Be/X射线二元系统XTE J1946+274进行了多波长研究,主要目的是更好地表征其在X射线静止期的行为。我们的目标是阐明触发该源的X射线活动的机制。XTE J1946+274在2013年3月12日的静止期被Chandra-ACIS观测到。此外,自2011年9月以来,El Teide(西班牙特内里费岛)、Roque de los Muchachos(西班牙拉帕尔马)和Sierra Nevada(西班牙格拉纳达)的地面天文观测台以及自2005年4月以来,TUBITAK国家观测台(土耳其安塔利亚)对该辐射源进行了监测。我们已经进行了光谱和光度的时间分析,以调查这个二元系统的静态和瞬态行为。2006年,Be星发生了一次长时间的大规模抛射事件,持续了大约7年。我们还发现,一个大的被拱盘是目前在静止期,虽然主要的X射线活动没有观察到。我们试图解释这种情况下,假设永久存在一个倾斜和扭曲的Be拱星盘。静止期的0.3-10 keV X射线谱符合吸收黑体或吸收幂律模型。这些模型的主要参数为kT=1.43+/-0.17和Gamma=0.9+/-0.4(N_H~2- 7 E +22 cm ~(-2))。0.3-10 keV的源通量为~0.8E-12 erg-1 cm-2 s-1。发现脉动,P_pulse=15.757(1)s(MJD 56363.115),rms脉冲分数为32.1(3)%。在静止…
A low mass and radius neutron star candidate in XTE J1810-189?
School of Physical Science and Technology, Xinjiang University(新疆大学物理科学与技术学院);School of Science, Qingdao University of Technology(青岛理工大学理学院);Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences(中国科学院高能物理研究所粒子天体物理重点实验室);Astrophysical Big-Bang Laboratory (ABBL), CPR, RIKEN(RIKEN计算物理研究中心大爆炸天体物理实验室);Interdisciplinary Theoretical and Mathematical Sciences Program (iTHEMS), RIKEN(RIKEN跨学科理论与数学科学项目);Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Hiroshima University(广岛大学先进理工学研究科);Department of Astronomy, Peking University(北京大学天文学系);Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Peking University(北京大学 Kavli 天文与天体物理研究所)
What's the Buzz About GX 13+1? Constraining Coronal Geometry with QUEEN-BEE: A Bayesian Nested Sampling Framework for X-ray Polarization Rotation Analysis
本文提出贝叶斯嵌套采样框架 QUEEN-BEE,用于分析 IXPE 数据中 GX 13+1 的 X 射线偏振旋转,首次约束其冕几何为片状,并展示其在低信噪比下识别演化偏振特征的能力。