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2020MNRAS.498...68B - Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 498, 68-76 (2020/October-2)

Soft X-ray emission lines in the X-ray binary Swift J1858.6-0814 observed with XMM-Newton Reflection Grating Spectrometer: disc atmosphere or wind?

BUISSON D.J.K., ALTAMIRANO D., DIAZ TRIGO M., MENDEZ M., ARMAS PADILLA M., CASTRO SEGURA N., DEGENAAR N.D., VAN DEN EIJNDEN J., FOGANTINI F.A., GANDHI P., KNIGGE C., MUNOZ-DARIAS T., OZBEY ARABACI M. and VINCENTELLI F.M.

Abstract (from CDS):

We find soft X-ray emission lines from the X-ray binary Swift J1858.6-0814 in data from XMM-NewtonReflection Grating Spectrometer (RGS): N VII, O VII, and O VIII, as well as notable residuals short of a detection at Ne IX and other higher ionization transitions. These could be associated with the disc atmosphere, as in accretion disc corona sources, or with a wind, as has been detected in Swift J1858.6-0814 in emission lines at optical wavelengths. Indeed, the N VII line is redshifted, consistent with being the emitting component of a P-Cygni profile. We find that the emitting plasma has an ionization parameter log (ξ) = 1.35 ± 0.2 and a density n > 1.5 x 1011 cm–3. From this, we infer that the emitting plasma must be within 1013 cm of the ionizing source, ∼5 x 107 rg for a 1.4 M neutron star, and from the line width that it is at least 104 rg away [2 x 109(M/1.4 M) cm]. We compare this with known classes of emission-line regions in other X-ray binaries and active galactic nuclei.

Abstract Copyright: © 2020 The Author(s) Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society

Journal keyword(s): accretion, accretion discs - black hole physics - stars: neutron - X-rays: binaries

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