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2009AJ....138...50B - Astron. J., 138, 50-62 (2009/July-0)

A study of the low-mass X-ray binary dip sources XB 1916-053, XB 1323-619, X 1624-490 and 4U 1746-371 observed with INTEGRAL.

BALMAN S.

Abstract (from CDS):

We detect dipping activity/modulations in the light curve of the four low-mass X-ray binaries in the 3-10 keV and 20-40 keV energy ranges. The spectral parameters derived from the fits to the International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory data are consistent with hot coronal structures in these systems where we find a range of plasma temperatures 3.0-224.9 keV. The unabsorbed X-ray to soft gamma-ray fluxes between 4 keV and 200 keV are 5.9x10–10 erg/s/cm2 for XB 1916-053, 3.3x10–10 erg/s/cm2 for XB 1323-619, 21.6x10–10 erg/s/cm2 for X 1624-490, and 11.0x10–10 erg/s/cm2 for 4U 1746-371. The optical depth to Compton scattering, τ, varies in a range 4.4-0.002 consistent with electron densities ne< 1.4x1015/cm3. In general, we find no significant difference in the dip and non-dip spectra in the ISGRI energy range (above 20 keV) for all the four sources. We only detect absorption differences between dipping and non-dipping intervals for XB 1916-053 and X 1624-490 in the JEM-X energy range. Fits in the 4-200 keV range including an additional photoionized absorber model for the two sources show that XB 1916-053 has the highest ionized absorber among the two.

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Journal keyword(s): accretion, accretion disks - radiation mechanisms: general - X-rays: binaries - X-rays: individual (XB 1916-053, XB 1323-619, X 1624-490, 4U 1746-317)

CDS comments: In key words 4U 1746-317 is a misprint for 4U 1746-371.

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