Discovery of thermonuclear Type-I X-ray bursts from the X-ray binary MAXI J1807+132

MAXI J1807+132 is a low-mass X-ray binary (LMXB) first detected in outburst in 2017. Observations during the 2017 outburst did not allow for an unambiguous identification of the nature of the compact object. MAXI J1807+132 was detected in outburst again in 2019 and was monitored regularly with NICER...

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Autores principales: Albayati, A. C., Altamirano, Diego, Jaisawal, Gaurava K., Bult, Peter, Rapisarda, S., Mancuso, Giulio Cesare, Guver, Tolga, Arzoumanian, Zaven, Chakrabarty, Deepto, Chenevez, Jérôme, Court, J. M. C., Gendreau, Keith C., Guillot, Sebastien, Keek, Laurens, Malacaria, Christian, Strohmayer, Tod E.
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Publicado: 2021
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Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/125734
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language Inglés
topic Ciencias Astronómicas
Pulsar
Eddington luminosity
Physics
Luminosity
X-ray binary
Amplitude
Compact star
Neutron star
Astrophysics
Radius
spellingShingle Ciencias Astronómicas
Pulsar
Eddington luminosity
Physics
Luminosity
X-ray binary
Amplitude
Compact star
Neutron star
Astrophysics
Radius
Albayati, A. C.
Altamirano, Diego
Jaisawal, Gaurava K.
Bult, Peter
Rapisarda, S.
Mancuso, Giulio Cesare
Guver, Tolga
Arzoumanian, Zaven
Chakrabarty, Deepto
Chenevez, Jérôme
Court, J. M. C.
Gendreau, Keith C.
Guillot, Sebastien
Keek, Laurens
Malacaria, Christian
Strohmayer, Tod E.
Discovery of thermonuclear Type-I X-ray bursts from the X-ray binary MAXI J1807+132
topic_facet Ciencias Astronómicas
Pulsar
Eddington luminosity
Physics
Luminosity
X-ray binary
Amplitude
Compact star
Neutron star
Astrophysics
Radius
description MAXI J1807+132 is a low-mass X-ray binary (LMXB) first detected in outburst in 2017. Observations during the 2017 outburst did not allow for an unambiguous identification of the nature of the compact object. MAXI J1807+132 was detected in outburst again in 2019 and was monitored regularly with NICER. In this paper we report on five days of observations during which we detected three thermonuclear (Type-I) X-ray bursts, identifying the system as a neutron star LMXB. Time-resolved spectroscopy of the three Type-I bursts revealed typical characteristics expected for these phenomena. All three Type-I bursts show slow rises and long decays, indicative of mixed H/He fuel. We find no strong evidence that any of the Type-I bursts reached the Eddington Luminosity; however, under the assumption that the brightest X-ray burst underwent photospheric radius expansion, we estimate a <12.4kpc upper limit for the distance. We searched for burst oscillations during the Type-I bursts from MAXI J1807+132 and found none (<10% amplitude upper limit at 95% confidence level). Finally, we found that the brightest Type-I burst shows a ~1.6sec pause during the rise. This pause is similar to one recently found with NICER in a bright Type-I burst from the accreting millisecond X-ray pulsar SAX J1808.4-3658. The fact that Type-I bursts from both sources can show this type of pause suggests that the origin of the pauses is independent of the composition of the burning fuel, the peak luminosity of the Type-I bursts, or whether the NS is an X-ray pulsar.
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author Albayati, A. C.
Altamirano, Diego
Jaisawal, Gaurava K.
Bult, Peter
Rapisarda, S.
Mancuso, Giulio Cesare
Guver, Tolga
Arzoumanian, Zaven
Chakrabarty, Deepto
Chenevez, Jérôme
Court, J. M. C.
Gendreau, Keith C.
Guillot, Sebastien
Keek, Laurens
Malacaria, Christian
Strohmayer, Tod E.
author_facet Albayati, A. C.
Altamirano, Diego
Jaisawal, Gaurava K.
Bult, Peter
Rapisarda, S.
Mancuso, Giulio Cesare
Guver, Tolga
Arzoumanian, Zaven
Chakrabarty, Deepto
Chenevez, Jérôme
Court, J. M. C.
Gendreau, Keith C.
Guillot, Sebastien
Keek, Laurens
Malacaria, Christian
Strohmayer, Tod E.
author_sort Albayati, A. C.
title Discovery of thermonuclear Type-I X-ray bursts from the X-ray binary MAXI J1807+132
title_short Discovery of thermonuclear Type-I X-ray bursts from the X-ray binary MAXI J1807+132
title_full Discovery of thermonuclear Type-I X-ray bursts from the X-ray binary MAXI J1807+132
title_fullStr Discovery of thermonuclear Type-I X-ray bursts from the X-ray binary MAXI J1807+132
title_full_unstemmed Discovery of thermonuclear Type-I X-ray bursts from the X-ray binary MAXI J1807+132
title_sort discovery of thermonuclear type-i x-ray bursts from the x-ray binary maxi j1807+132
publishDate 2021
url http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/125734
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