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New insight into the hard X-ray emission influenced by the type-\uppercase\expandafter{\romannumeral1} bursts observed by Insight-HXMT during outburst of 4U 1636--536

Authors :
Peng, J. Q.
Zhang, S.
Chen, Y. P.
Kong, L. D.
Wang, P. J.
Zhang, S. N.
Shui, Q. C.
Ji, L.
Zhang, G. B.
Yan, Z.
Tao, L.
Qu, J. L.
Ge, M. Y.
Yu, Z. L.
Li, J.
Chang, Z.
Li, Z. S.
Zhang, P.
Xiao, Y. X.
Zhao, S. J.
Source :
Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 685, id.A71, 11 pp.2024
Publication Year :
2025

Abstract

By analyzing the data from Insight-HXMT and NICER, we can determine the evolution of the significance of the hard shortage in 4U 1636--536 with its spectral state, as well as the evolution of the fraction of deficit with energy. Additionally, we investigate the possible geometry and evolution of the corona in 4U 1636-536 by combining our findings with the results of spectral analysis. We find that during the soft state, the significance of possible hard X-ray shortage in bursts is almost zero. However, in the hard state, some bursts exhibit significant shortages (>3 $\sigma$), while others do not. We attempt to establish a correlation between the significance of the hard X-ray shortage and the spectral parameters, but the data quality and the limited number of bursts prevent us from finding a strong correlation. For bursts with insignificant shortages in the soft state, their fraction of the deficit remains small. However, in the hard state, the fraction of deficit for all bursts increases with energy, regardless of the significance of the shortage of individual bursts. For bursts during the hard state, we investigate the evolution of the fraction of deficit during the bursts by stacking the peaks and decays of the bursts, respectively, and find that as the flux of the bursts decreases, the energy corresponding to the maximum of the fraction of deficit becomes progressively higher. We explore the possible geometry and evolution of the corona clued by the evolution of the fraction of deficit, which is obtained from the spectral and temporal analysis.<br />Comment: 11 pages, 8 figures, 2 tables, Published in A&A

Details

Database :
arXiv
Journal :
Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 685, id.A71, 11 pp.2024
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsarx.2503.03092
Document Type :
Working Paper
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202347534