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The giant outburst of 4U 0115+634 in 2011 with Suzaku and RXTE

TitleThe giant outburst of 4U 0115+634 in 2011 with Suzaku and RXTE
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2020
AuthorsKühnel, MBissinger, Kreykenbohm, I, Ferrigno, C, Pottschmidt, K, Marcu-Cheatham, DM, Fürst, F, Rothschild, RE, Kretschmar, P, Klochkov, D, Hemphill, P, Hertel, D, Müller, S, Sokolova-Lapa, E, Oruru, B, Grinberg, V, Martínez-Núñez, S, Torrejón, JM, Becker, PA, Wolff, MT, Ballhausen, R, Schwarm, F-W, Wilms, J
JournalAstrophysical processes
Volume634
Date Published13 February 2020
Abstract

We present an analysis of X-ray spectra of the high-mass X-ray binary 4U 0115+634 as observed with Suzaku and RXTE in 2011 July, during the fading phase of a giant X-ray outburst. We used a continuum model consisting of an absorbed cutoff power law and an ad hoc Gaussian emission feature centered around 8.5 keV, which we attribute to cyclotron emission. Our results are consistent with a fundamental cyclotron absorption line centered at ∼10.2 keV for all observed flux ranges. At the same time we rule out significant influence of the 8.5 kev Gaussian on the parameters of the cyclotron resonant scattering feature, which are not consistent with the cyclotron line energies or the depths of previously reported flux-dependent descriptions. We also show that some continuum models can lead to artificial line-like residuals in the analyzed spectra, which are then misinterpreted as unphysically strong cyclotron lines. Specifically, our results do not support the existence of a previously claimed additional cyclotron feature at ∼15 keV. Apart from these features, we find for the first time evidence for a He-like Fe XXV emission line at ∼6.7 keV and weak H-like Fe XXVI emission close to ∼7.0 keV.

URLhttps://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2020/02/aa35666-19/aa35666-19.html
DOI10.1051/0004-6361/201935666