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Titolo: | NuSTAR + XMM-Newton monitoring of the neutron star transient AX J1745.6-2901 | Autori: | PONTI, GABRIELE Bianchi, S. Muñoz-Darias, T. Mori, K. De, K. Rau, A. De Marco, B. Hailey, C. Tomsick, J. Madsen, K. K. Clavel, M. Rahoui, F. Lal, D. V. Roy, S. Stern, D. |
Data pubblicazione: | 2018 | Rivista: | MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY | Numero: | 473 | Fascicolo: | 2 | Da pagina:: | 2304 | Abstract: | AX J1745.6-2901 is a high-inclination (eclipsing) transient neutron star (NS) low-mass X-ray binary showcasing intense ionized Fe K absorption. We present here the analysis of 11 XMM-Newton and 15 NuSTAR new data sets (obtained between 2013 and 2016), therefore tripling the number of observations of AX J1745.6-2901 in outburst. Thanks to simultaneous XMM-Newton and NuSTAR spectra, we greatly improve on the fitting of the X-ray continuum. During the soft state, the emission can be described by a disc blackbody (kT ∼ 1.1-1.2 keV and inner disc radius r<SUB>DBB</SUB> ∼ 14 km), plus hot (kT ∼ 2.2-3.0 keV) blackbody radiation with a small emitting radius (r<SUB>BB</SUB> ∼ 0.5 - 0.8 km) likely associated with the boundary layer or NS surface, plus a faint Comptonization component. Imprinted on the spectra are clear absorption features created by both neutral and ionized matter. Additionally, positive residuals suggestive of an emission Fe K α disc line and consistent with relativistic ionized reflection are present during the soft state, while such residuals are not significant during the hard state. The hard-state spectra are characterized by a hard (Γ ∼ 1.9-2.1) power law, showing no evidence for a high energy cut-off (kT<SUB>e</SUB> > 60-140 keV) and implying a small optical depth (τ < 1.6). The new observations confirm the previously witnessed trend of exhibiting strong Fe K absorption in the soft state that significantly weakens during the hard state. Optical (GROND) and radio (GMRT) observations suggest for AX J1745.6-2901 a standard broad-band spectral energy distribution as typically observed in accreting NSs. | URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12386/29389 | URL: | https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/473/2/2304/4209247?login=true | ISSN: | 0035-8711 | DOI: | 10.1093/mnras/stx2425 | Bibcode ADS: | 2018MNRAS.473.2304P | Fulltext: | open |
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