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Disc versus wind accretion in X-ray pulsar GX 301-2

Journal
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY  
Date Issued
2021
Author(s)
Liu, Jiren
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Ji, Long
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Jenke, Peter A.
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Doroshenko, Victor
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Liao, Zhenxuan
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Li, Xiaobo
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Zhang, Shuangnan
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ORLANDINI, MAURO  
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Ge, Mingyu
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Zhang, Shu
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Santangelo, Andrea
DOI
10.1093/mnras/stab938
Abstract
GX 301-2 provides a rare opportunity to study both disc and wind accretion in a same target. We report Insight-Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope observations of the spin-up event of GX 301-2 that happened in 2019 and compare with those of wind-fed state. The pulse profiles of the initial rapid spin-up period are dominated by one main peak, while those of the later slow spin-up period are composed of two similar peaks, as those of wind-fed state. These behaviours are confirmed by Fermi/Gamma-ray Burst Monitor data, which also show that during the rapid spin-up period, the main peak increases with luminosity up to 8 × 1037 erg s-1, but the faint peak remains almost constant. The absorption column densities during the spin-up period are ~1.5 × 1023 cm-2, much less than those of wind-fed state at similar luminosity (~9 × 1023 cm-2), supporting the scenario that most of material is condensed into a disc during the spin-up period. We discuss possible differences between disc and wind accretion that may explain the observed different trends of pulse profiles.
Volume
504
Issue
2
Start page
2493
Uri
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12386/32244
Url
https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/504/2/2493/6211000
Issn Identifier
0035-8711
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2021MNRAS.504.2493L
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