2022MNRAS.511.4981D -
Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 511, 4981-4990 (2022/April-3)
A broad-band X-ray study of the asynchronous polar CD Ind.
DUTTA A. and RANA V.
Abstract (from CDS):
We present a simultaneous broad-band analysis of X-ray data obtained with the XMM-Newton and the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) for the asynchronous polar source, CD Ind. The spin-folded light curve in the soft 0.3-3.0 keV band shows a single broad hump-like structure superimposed with occasional narrow dips, indicating a single-pole accretion model with a complex intrinsic absorber. Lack of strong modulation in the folded light curve above 3 keV reveals that emission from the corresponding zone of the post-shock region (PSR) remains in view throughout the spin phase. The broad-band spectrum is modelled with a three-component absorbed plasma emission model and absorbed isobaric cooling flow model, both of which fit the data well with similar statistical significance. The presence of a partial covering absorber is evident in the spectra with equivalent column density ∼7×1022 cm–2 and a covering fraction of ∼25 per cent. Strong ionized oxygen Kα line emission is detected in the spectra. We notice spectral variability during the spin phase 0.75-1.05, when there is a considerable increase in the column density of the overall absorber (from ∼1 ×1020 cm–2 to ∼9 ×1020 cm–2). We required at least three plasma temperatures to describe the multitemperature nature of the PSR. The shock temperature ∼43.3–3.4+3.8 keV, represented by the upper temperature of the cooling flow model, implies a white dwarf mass of ∼0.87+0.04–0.03 M☉. The iron Kα line complex show strong He-like and weak neutral fluorescence lines. We could not unambiguously detect the presence of Compton reflection in the spectra, which is probably very small and signifies a tall shock height.
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© 2022 The Author(s) Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Royal Astronomical Society
Journal keyword(s):
accretion, accretion discs - stars: individual: EUVE J2115-58.6 - stars: individual: RX J2115.7-5840 - novae, cataclysmic variables - white dwarfs
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