2024ApJ...961L...8R

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2024ApJ...961L...8R - Astrophys. J., 961, L8 (2024/January-3)

X-Ray Polarized View of the Accretion Geometry in the X-Ray Binary Circinus X-1.

RANKIN J., LA MONACA F., DI MARCO A., POUTANEN J., BOBRIKOVA A., KRAVTSOV V., MULERI F., PILIA M., VELEDINA A., FENDER R., KAARET P., KIM D.E., MARINUCCI A., MARSHALL H.L., PAPITTO A., TENNANT A.F., TSYGANKOV S.S., WEISSKOPF M.C., WU K., ZANE S., AMBROSINO F., FARINELLI R., GNARINI A., AGUDO I., ANTONELLI L.A., BACHETTI M., BALDINI L., BAUMGARTNER W.H., BELLAZZINI R., BIANCHI S., BONGIORNO S.D., BONINO R., BREZ A., BUCCIANTINI N., CAPITANIO F., CASTELLANO S., CAVAZZUTI E., CHEN C.-T., CIPRINI S., COSTA E., DE ROSA A., DEL MONTE E., DI GESU L., DI LALLA N., DONNARUMMA I., DOROSHENKO V., DOVCIAK M., EHLERT S.R., ENOTO T., EVANGELISTA Y., FABIANI S., FERRAZZOLI R., GARCIA J.A., GUNJI S., HAYASHIDA K., HEYL J., IWAKIRI W., JORSTAD S.G., KARAS V., KISLAT F., KITAGUCHI T., KOLODZIEJCZAK J.J., KRAWCZYNSKI H., LATRONICO L., LIODAKIS I., MALDERA S., MANFREDA A., MARIN F., MARSCHER A.P., MASSARO F., MATT G., MITSUISHI I., MIZUNO T., NEGRO M., NG C.-Y., O'DELL S.L., OMODEI N., OPPEDISANO C., PAVLOV G.G., PEIRSON A.L., PERRI M., PESCE-ROLLINS M., PETRUCCI P.-O., POSSENTI A., PUCCETTI S., RAMSEY B.D., RATHEESH A., ROBERTS O.J., ROMANI R.W., SGRO C., SLANE P., SOFFITTA P., SPANDRE G., SWARTZ D.A., TAMAGAWA T., TAVECCHIO F., TAVERNA R., TAWARA Y., THOMAS N.E., TOMBESI F., TROIS A., TUROLLA R., VINK J. and XIE F.

Abstract (from CDS):

Cir X-1 is a neutron star X-ray binary characterized by strong variations in flux during its eccentric ∼16.6 day orbit. There are also strong variations in the spectral state, and it has historically shown both atoll and Z state properties. We observed the source with the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer during two orbital segments, 6 days apart, for a total of 263 ks. We find an X-ray polarization degree in these segments of 1.6% ± 0.3% and 1.4% ± 0.3% at polarization angles of 37° ± 5° and -12° ± 7°, respectively. Thus, we observed a rotation of the polarization angle by 49° ± 8° along the orbit. Because variations of accretion flow, and then of the hardness ratio, are expected during the orbit, we also studied the polarization binned in hardness ratio and found the polarization angle differing by 67° ± 11° between the lowest and highest values of the hardness ratio. We discuss possible interpretations of this result that could indicate a possible misalignment between the symmetry axes of the accretion disk and the Comptonizing region caused by the misalignment of the neutron star's angular momentum with respect to the orbital one.

Abstract Copyright: © 2024. The Author(s). Published by the American Astronomical Society.

Journal keyword(s): X-ray binary stars - Polarimetry - X-ray astronomy - X-ray sources

Simbad objects: 5

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Number of rows : 5
N Identifier Otype ICRS (J2000)
RA 		ICRS (J2000)
DEC 		Mag U Mag B Mag V Mag R Mag I Sp type #ref
1850 - 2026 		#notes
1 V* BR Cir HXB 15 20 40.8532547060 -57 10 00.206639033   21.4 21.4     B5-A0I 849 1
2 V* HZ Her LXB 16 57 49.8110126616 +35 20 32.486555472 11.90 14.89 13.63 13.88   B3/6ep 2172 0
3 [KRL2007b] 214 LXB 17 00 58.46 -46 11 08.6           ~ 296 0
4 4U 1758-25 LXB 18 01 09.7308060816 -25 04 44.120221284     11.08     ~ 705 1
5 V* V1341 Cyg LXB 21 44 41.1544345272 +38 19 17.066570988 15.00 15.13 14.68 15.00   A9III 1229 1

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