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2024ApJ...968...51M - Astrophys. J., 968, 51 (2024/June-3)

Investigating the Ultracompact X-Ray Binary Candidate SLX 1735-269 with NICER and NuSTAR.

MOUTARD D.L., LUDLAM R.M., SUDHA M., BUISSON D.J.K., CACKETT E.M., DEGENAAR N., FABIAN A.C., GANDHI P., GARCIA J.A., SHAW A.W. and TOMSICK J.A.

Abstract (from CDS):

We present two simultaneous NICER and NuSTAR observations of the ultracompact X-ray binary (UCXB) candidate SLX 1735-269 while the source was in two different spectral states. Using various reflection modeling techniques, we find that XILLVERCO, a model used for fitting X-ray spectra of UCXBs with high carbon and oxygen abundances is an improvement over RELXILL or RELXILLNS, which instead contains solar-like chemical abundances. This provides indirect evidence in support of the source being ultracompact. We also use this reflection model to get a preliminary measurement of the inclination of the system, $i={57}_{-7}^{+23}$ degrees. This is consistent with our timing analysis, where a lack of eclipses indicates an inclination of i < 80°. The timing analysis is otherwise inconclusive, and we cannot confidently measure the orbital period of the system.

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

Journal keyword(s): Low-mass x-ray binary stars - X-ray binary stars - Neutron stars

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