A NuSTAR and Swift view of the hard state of MAXI J1813-095
Abstract
We present an analysis of the NuSTAR and Swift spectra of the black hole candidate MAXI J1813-095 in a failed-transition outburst in 2018. The NuSTAR observations show evidence of reflected emission from the inner region of the accretion disc. By modelling the reflection component in the spectra, we find a disc inner radius of Rin < 7 rg. This result suggests that either a slightly truncated disc or a non-truncated disc forms at a few per cent of the Eddington limit in MAXI J1813-095. Our best-fitting reflection models indicate that the geometry of the innermost accretion remains consistent during the period of NuSTAR observations. The spectral variability of MAXI J1813-095 from multi-epoch observations is dominated by the variable photon index of the Comptonization emission.
- Publication:
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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
- Pub Date:
- August 2022
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:2205.08227
- Bibcode:
- 2022MNRAS.514.1952J
- Keywords:
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- accretion;
- accretion discs;
- black hole physics;
- X-rays: binaries;
- Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
- E-Print:
- 9 pages, 12 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS