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2016MNRAS.461.4049D - Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 461, 4049-4058 (2016/October-1)

Disc reflection and a possible disc wind during a soft X-ray state in the neutron star low-mass X-ray binary 1RXS J180408.9-342058.

DEGENAAR N., ALTAMIRANO D., PARKER M., MILLER-JONES J.C.A., MILLER J.M., HEINKE C.O., WIJNANDS R., LUDLAM R., PARIKH A., HESSELS J.W.T., GUSINSKAIA N., DELLER A.T. and FABIAN A.C.

Abstract (from CDS):

1RXS J180408.9-342058 is a transient neutron star low-mass X-ray binary that exhibited a bright accretion outburst in 2015. We present NuSTAR, Swift, and Chandra observations obtained around the peak brightness of this outburst. The source was in a soft X-ray spectral state and displayed an X-ray luminosity of LX ≃ (2-3) x 1037(D/5.8 kpc)2 erg/s (0.5-10 keV). The NuSTAR data reveal a broad Fe-K emission line that we model as relativistically broadened reflection to constrain the accretion geometry. We found that the accretion disc is viewed at an inclination of i ≃ 27deg-35deg and extended close to the neutron star, down to Rin ≃ 5-7.5 gravitational radii (≃11-17 km). This inner disc radius suggests that the neutron star magnetic field strength is B <= 2 x 108 G. We find a narrow absorption line in the Chandra/HEG data at an energy of ≃7.64 keV with a significance of ≃4.8σ. This feature could correspond to blueshifted Fe xxvi and arise from an accretion disc wind, which would imply an outflow velocity of vout ≃ 0.086c (≃25 800 km/s). However, this would be extreme for an X-ray binary and it is unclear if a disc wind should be visible at the low inclination angle that we infer from our reflection analysis. Finally, we discuss how the X-ray and optical properties of 1RXS J180408.9-342058 are consistent with a relatively small (Porb <= 3 h) binary orbit.

Abstract Copyright: © 2016 The Authors Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society

Journal keyword(s): accretion, accretion discs - stars: individual: 1RXS J180408.9-342058 - stars: neutron - stars: winds, outflows - X-rays: binaries

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