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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

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Degenaar, N 
Altamirano, D 
Parker, M 
Miller-Jones, JCA 
Miller, JM 

Abstract

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) × 1037(D/5.8 kpc)2 erg s−1 (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 27–35 and extended close to the neutron star, down to Rin 5–7.5 gravitational radii ($\simeq$11–17 km). This inner disc radius suggests that the neutron star magnetic field strength is B 2 × 108 G. We find a narrow absorption line in the Chandra/HEG data at an energy of $\simeq$7.64 keV with a significance of $\simeq4.8\sigma$. This feature could correspond to blueshifted Fe XXVI and arise from an accretion disc wind, which would imply an outflow velocity of vout $\simeq0.086c$ ($\simeq25800kms^{−1}).However,thiswouldbeextremeforanXraybinaryanditisunclearifadiscwindshouldbevisibleatthelowinclinationanglethatweinferfromourreflectionanalysis.Finally,wediscusshowtheXrayandopticalpropertiesof1RXSJ180408.9342058areconsistentwitharelativelysmall(P_\text{orb}$ 3 h) binary orbit.

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accretion, accretion discs, stars: individual: 1RXS J180408.9–342058, stars: neutron, stars: winds, outflows, X-rays: binaries

Journal Title

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Journal ISSN

0035-8711
1365-2966

Volume Title

461

Publisher

Oxford University Press
Sponsorship
Science and Technology Facilities Council (ST/N000927/1)
ND is supported by an NWO/Vidi grant and an EU Marie Curie Intra-European fellowship under contract no. FP-PEOPLE-2013-IEF-627148. DA acknowledges support from the Royal Society. JCAMJ is supported by an Australian Research Council (ARC) Future Fellowship (FT140101082) and an ARC Discovery Grant (DP120102393). RW and AP are supported by an NWO/TOP grant, module 1, awarded to RW. COH is supported by an NSERC Discovery Grant. ATD is supported by an NWO/Veni grant. JWTH is supported by NWO/Vidi and ERC/starting (337062) grants.