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2008年爆发衰变期间新X射线瞬变XTE J1719-291中的X射线软化

X-ray softening in the new X-ray transient XTE J1719-291 during its 2008 outburst decay

M. Armas Padilla, N. Degenaar, A. Patruno, D. M. Russell, M. Linares, T. J. Maccarone, J. Homan, R. Wijnands

摘要:

X射线瞬变XTE J1719-291是在2008年3月爆发期间用RXTE/PCA发现的,持续了至少46天。它的2-10 keV峰值亮度为7 E35 erg/s,假设距离为8 kpc,这将该系统归类为非常微弱的X射线瞬变。这次爆发由Swift、RXTE、Chandra和XMM-Newton监测。分析了爆发过程中的X射线谱演化。我们用一个简单的幂律模型对整体数据进行了拟合,并对吸收进行了校正,发现光谱随着光度的降低而软化。然而,XMM-牛顿谱不能用简单的单分量模型来拟合,而是可以用热分量(黑体或盘状黑体)加上受吸收影响的幂律模型来拟合。因此,随着X射线亮度的降低,X射线光谱的软化可能是由于光子指数的变化,或者替代地,它可能是由于软组分的性质的变化。假设该系统是一个X射线双星系统,我们估计了致密天体中子星和黑洞的长期时均质量吸积率分别为7.7E-13 Msun/yr和3.7E-10 -13 Msun/yr。虽然没有确凿的证据是关于吸积物的性质,根据X射线/光学光度比,我们初步建议,中子星是存在于这个系统。

英文摘要:

The X-ray transient XTE J1719-291 was discovered with RXTE/PCA during its outburst in 2008 March, which lasted at least 46 days. Its 2-10 keV peak luminosity is 7E35 erg/s assuming a distance of 8 kpc, which classifies the system as a very faint X-ray transient. The outburst was monitored with Swift, RXTE, Chandra and XMM-Newton. We analysed the X-ray spectral evolution during the outburst. We fitted the overall data with a simple power-law model corrected for absorption and found that the spectrum softened with decreasing luminosity. However, the XMM-Newton spectrum can not be fitted with a simple one-component model, but it can be fitted with a thermal component (black body or disc black body) plus power-law model affected by absorption. Therefore, the softening of the X-ray spectrum with decreasing X-ray luminosity might be due to a change in photon index or alternatively it might be due to a change in the properties of the soft component. Assuming that the system is an X-ray binary, we estimated a long-term time-averaged mass accretion rate of ~ 7.7E-13 M_sun/yr for a neutron star as compact object and ~ 3.7E10-13 M_sun/yr in the case of a black hole. Although no conclusive evidence is available about the nature of the accretor, based on the X-ray/optical luminosity ratio we tentatively suggest that a neutron star is present in this system.

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