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Titolo: | Broad-band spectral analysis of the accreting millisecond X-ray pulsar SAX J1748.9-2021 | Autori: | Pintore, Fabio Sanna, A. Di Salvo, T. DEL SANTO, MELANIA Riggio, A. D'AI', ANTONINO Burderi, L. Scarano, F. Iaria, R. |
Data pubblicazione: | 2016 | Rivista: | MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY | Numero: | 457 | Fascicolo: | 3 | Da pagina:: | 2988 | Abstract: | We analysed a 115-ks XMM-Newton observation and the stacking of 8 d of INTEGRAL observations, taken during the raise of the 2015 outburst of the accreting millisecond X-ray pulsar SAX J1748.9-2021. The source showed numerous type-I burst episodes during the XMM-Newton observation, and for this reason we studied separately the persistent and burst epochs. We described the persistent emission with a combination of two soft thermal components, a cold thermal Comptonization component (∼2 keV) and an additional hard X-ray emission described by a power law (Γ ∼ 2.3). The continuum components can be associated with an accretion disc, the neutron star (NS) surface and a thermal Comptonization emission coming out of an optically thick plasma region, while the origin of the high-energy tail is still under debate. In addition, a number of broad (σ = 0.1-0.4 keV) emission features likely associated with reflection processes have been observed in the XMM-Newton data. The estimated 1.0-50 keV unabsorbed luminosity of the source is ∼5 × 10<SUP>37</SUP> erg s<SUP>-1</SUP>, about 25 per cent of the Eddington limit assuming a 1.4 M<SUB>☉</SUB> NS. We suggest that the spectral properties of SAX J1748.9-2021 are consistent with a soft state, differently from many other accreting X-ray millisecond pulsars which are usually found in the hard state. Moreover, none of the observed type-I burst reached the Eddington luminosity. Assuming that the burst ignition and emission are produced above the whole NS surface, we estimate an NS radius of ∼7-8 km, consistent with previous results. | URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12386/25188 | URL: | https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/457/3/2988/2588964 | ISSN: | 0035-8711 | DOI: | 10.1093/mnras/stw176 | Bibcode ADS: | 2016MNRAS.457.2988P | Fulltext: | open |
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