Spectral analysis of low-mass X-ray binaries Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Sonbas E.
  2. Dhuga K.S.
  3. Gogus E.
  4. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

A recent study of a small sample of X-ray binaries (XRBs) suggests a significant softening of spectra of neutron star (NS) binaries as compared to black hole (BH) binaries in the luminosity range 10^34^-10^37^erg/s. This softening is quantified as an anticorrelation between the spectral index and the 0.5-10keV X-ray luminosity. We extend the study to significantly lower luminosities (i.e., ~a few x10^30^erg/s) for a larger sample of XRBs. We find evidence for a significant anticorrelation between the spectral index and the luminosity for a group of NS binaries in the luminosity range 10^32^-10^33^erg/s. Our analysis suggests a steep slope for the correlation i.e., -2.12+/-0.63. In contrast, BH binaries do not exhibit the same behavior. We examine the possible dichotomy between NS and BH binaries in terms of a Comptonization model that assumes a feedback mechanism between an optically thin hot corona and an optically thick cool source of soft photons. We gauge the NS-BH dichotomy by comparing the extracted corona temperatures, Compton-y parameters, and the Comptonization amplification factors: the mean temperature of the NS group is found to be significantly lower than the equivalent temperature for the BH group. The extracted Compton-y parameters and the amplification factors follow the theoretically predicted relation with the spectral index.

Keywords
  1. x-ray-binary-stars
  2. black-holes
  3. neutron-stars
  4. x-ray-sources
Bibliographic source Bibcode
2018ApJ...853..150S
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ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/853/150
Document Object Identifer DOI
doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.18530150

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History

2018-12-04T07:58:45Z
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2018-12-04T07:58:45Z
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2019-01-09T14:00:16Z
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