Evolution of the Accretion Disk and Corona during the Outburst of the Neutron Star Transient MAXI J1807+132,The Astrophysical Journal

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Evolution of the Accretion Disk and Corona during the Outburst of the Neutron Star Transient MAXI J1807+132
The Astrophysical Journal ( IF 4.8 ) Pub Date : 2024-12-20 , DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ad919f
Sandeep K. Rout, Teo Muñoz-Darias, Jeroen Homan, Montserrat Armas Padilla, David M. Russell, Kevin Alabarta and Payaswini Saikia

Low-mass X-ray binaries with a neutron star as the primary object show a complex array of phenomenology during outbursts. The observed variability in X-ray emission primarily arises from changes in the innermost regions of the accretion disk, neutron star surface, and corona. In this work, we present the results of a comprehensive X-ray spectral and timing analysis of the neutron star transient MAXI J1807+132 during its 2023 outburst using data from the NICER observatory. The outburst is marked by a very rapid rise in the count rate by about a factor of 20 in a day. The source undergoes full state transitions and displays the hysteresis effect in the hardness and rms intensity diagrams. Spectral analysis with a three-component model is consistent with disk truncation during the hard states and reaching the last stable orbit during the intermediate and soft states. We discuss the different values of the last stable radius in the context of the possible distance of the source and magnetic field strength. The characteristic frequencies throughout the hard and intermediate states are found to be strongly correlated with the inner radius of the disk. Together with the spectral and fast variability properties, we attempt to trace the evolution of the size of the corona along the outburst. Following the main outburst, the source undergoes a high-amplitude reflare, wherein it shows a complex behavior with relatively high variability (10%), but low hardness.

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