Optical and X-ray variations during five outbursts of Aql X-1 in 3.6 yr from 2016
Abstract
We analysed optical/X-ray quasi-simultaneous light curves of Aql X-1, obtained by Monitor of All-sky X-ray Image, Zwicky Transient Facility, and Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope network in about 3.6 yr from 2016, for understanding electromagnetic radiation mechanisms during its outbursts. As a result, we confirmed that five outbursts had detected in the epoch, and that three outbursts underwent the X-ray state transition across Low-Hard, In-Transition, and High-Soft state while remaining two outbursts stayed in the Low-Hard state. We found that the optical spectral energy distribution in the High-Soft state is consistent with a simplified irradiated disc model, and that the optical colour/magnitude variation can be explained by variations in the X-ray luminosity and the disc geometrical thickness.
- Publication:
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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
- Pub Date:
- November 2023
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:2308.11438
- Bibcode:
- 2023MNRAS.525.4358N
- Keywords:
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- accretion;
- accretion discs;
- methods: observational;
- binaries: close;
- stars: neutron;
- X-rays: binaries;
- Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
- E-Print:
- 9 pages, 10 figures, 3 tables, accepted for publication in MNRAS