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2016ApJ...827..134S - Astrophys. J., 827, 134-134 (2016/August-3)

A NuSTAR observation of the reflection spectrum of the low-mass X-ray binary 4U 1728-34.

SLEATOR C.C., TOMSICK J.A., KING A.L., MILLER J.M., BOGGS S.E., BACHETTI M., BARRET D., CHENEVEZ J., CHRISTENSEN F.E., CRAIG W.W., HAILEY C.J., HARRISON F.A., RAHOUI F., STERN D.K., WALTON D.J. and ZHANG W.W.

Abstract (from CDS):

We report on a simultaneous NuSTAR and Swift observation of the neutron star low-mass X-ray binary 4U 1728-34. We identified and removed four Type I X-ray bursts during the observation in order to study the persistent emission. The continuum spectrum is hard and described well by a blackbody with kT=1.5 keV and a cutoff power law with Γ=1.5, and a cutoff temperature of 25 keV. Residuals between 6 and 8 keV provide strong evidence of a broad Fe Kα line. By modeling the spectrum with a relativistically blurred reflection model, we find an upper limit for the inner disk radius of {R}_{∈}\leqslant 2{R}_{ISCO}. Consequently, we find that R_NS <= 23 km, assuming M=1.4 M_☉ and a=0.15. We also find an upper limit on the magnetic field of B <= 2 x 10^8 G.

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Journal keyword(s): accretion, accretion disks - stars: neutron - X-rays: binaries - X-rays: binaries

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