AXJ1745.6-2901 is a high-inclination (eclipsing) neutron star low-massX-ray binary (LMXB) located less than similar to 1.5 arcmin from Sgr A(star). Ongoing monitoring campaigns have targeted Sgr A(star) frequently and these observations also cover AX J1745.6-2901. We present here an X-ray analysis of AX J1745.6-2901 using a large data set of 38 XMM-Newton observations, including 11 which caught AX J1745.6-2901 in outburst. Fe K absorption is clearly seen when AX J1745.6-2901 is in the soft state, but disappears during the hard state. The variability of these absorption features does not appear to be due to changes in the ionizing continuum. The small K alpha/K beta ratio of the equivalent widths of the Fe XXV and Fe XXVI lines suggests that the column densities and turbulent velocities of the absorbing ionized plasma are in excess of N-H similar or equal to 10(23) cm(-2) and upsilon(turb) greater than or similar to 500 km s(-1). These findings strongly support a connection between the wind (Fe K absorber) and the accretion state of the binary. These results reveal strong similarities between AX J1745.6-2901 and the eclipsing neutron star LMXB, EXO 0748-676, as well as with high-inclination black hole binaries, where winds (traced by the same Fe K absorption features) are observed only during the accretion-disc-dominated soft states, and disappear during the hard states characterized by jet emission.

Ponti, G., Bianchi, S., Munoz Darias, T., De Marco, B., Dwelly, T., Fender, R.p., et al. (2015). On the Fe K absorption - accretion state connection in the Galactic Centre neutron star X-ray binary AX J1745.6-2901. MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, 446(2), 1536-1550 [10.1093/mnras/stu1853].

On the Fe K absorption - accretion state connection in the Galactic Centre neutron star X-ray binary AX J1745.6-2901

BIANCHI, STEFANO;
2015-01-01

Abstract

AXJ1745.6-2901 is a high-inclination (eclipsing) neutron star low-massX-ray binary (LMXB) located less than similar to 1.5 arcmin from Sgr A(star). Ongoing monitoring campaigns have targeted Sgr A(star) frequently and these observations also cover AX J1745.6-2901. We present here an X-ray analysis of AX J1745.6-2901 using a large data set of 38 XMM-Newton observations, including 11 which caught AX J1745.6-2901 in outburst. Fe K absorption is clearly seen when AX J1745.6-2901 is in the soft state, but disappears during the hard state. The variability of these absorption features does not appear to be due to changes in the ionizing continuum. The small K alpha/K beta ratio of the equivalent widths of the Fe XXV and Fe XXVI lines suggests that the column densities and turbulent velocities of the absorbing ionized plasma are in excess of N-H similar or equal to 10(23) cm(-2) and upsilon(turb) greater than or similar to 500 km s(-1). These findings strongly support a connection between the wind (Fe K absorber) and the accretion state of the binary. These results reveal strong similarities between AX J1745.6-2901 and the eclipsing neutron star LMXB, EXO 0748-676, as well as with high-inclination black hole binaries, where winds (traced by the same Fe K absorption features) are observed only during the accretion-disc-dominated soft states, and disappear during the hard states characterized by jet emission.
2015
Ponti, G., Bianchi, S., Munoz Darias, T., De Marco, B., Dwelly, T., Fender, R.p., et al. (2015). On the Fe K absorption - accretion state connection in the Galactic Centre neutron star X-ray binary AX J1745.6-2901. MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, 446(2), 1536-1550 [10.1093/mnras/stu1853].
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