Joint analysis of energy and RMS spectra from MAXI J1535-571 with Insight-HXMT
Abstract
A new black hole X-ray binary (BHXRB) MAXI J1535-571 was discovered by MAXI during its outburst in 2017. Using observations taken by the first Chinese X-ray satellite, the Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (dubbed as Insight-HXMT), we perform a joint spectral analysis (2-150 keV) in both energy and time domains. The energy spectra provide the essential input for probing the intrinsic Quasi-Periodic Oscillation (QPO) fractional rms spectra (FRS). Our results show that during the intermediate state, the energy spectra are in general consistent with those reported by Swift/XRT and NuSTAR. However, the QPO FRS become harder and the FRS residuals may suggest the presence of either an additional power-law component in the energy spectrum or a turn-over in the intrinsic QPO FRS at high energies.
- Publication:
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Journal of High Energy Astrophysics
- Pub Date:
- March 2020
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.jheap.2020.01.003
- arXiv:
- arXiv:2001.06637
- Bibcode:
- 2020JHEAp..25...29K
- Keywords:
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- Starts: individual (MAXI J1535-571);
- X-rays: binaries;
- Black hole physics;
- Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena