Thermonuclear X-ray bursts in rapid succession in 4U 1636–536 with AstroSat-LAXPC
Thermonuclear X-ray bursts in rapid succession in 4U 1636–536 with AstroSat-LAXPC
We present results from an observation of the low-mass X-ray binary 4U 1636–536 obtained with the LAXPC instrument aboard AstroSat. The observations of 4U 1636–536 made during the performance verification phase of AstroSat showed seven thermonuclear X-ray bursts in a total exposure of ∼65 ks over a period of about two consecutive days. Moreover, the light curve of 4U 1636–536 revealed the presence of a rare triplet of X-ray bursts, having a wait time of about 5.5 min between the second and the third bursts. We also present results from time-resolved spectroscopy performed during these seven X-ray bursts. In addition, we have also detected a transient quasi-periodic oscillation at ∼5 Hz. However, we did not find any evidence of kilo-hertz quasi-periodic oscillations and/or X-ray burst oscillations, perhaps due to the hard spectral state of the source during this observation.
Accretion, Accretion discs, Stars: Neutron, X-rays: Binaries, X-rays: Bursts, X-rays: Individual: 4U 1636–536
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1 February 2019
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Yadav, J. S.
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Antia, H. M.
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Agrawal, P. C.
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Beri, Aru, Paul, Biswajit, Yadav, J. S., Antia, H. M., Agrawal, P. C., Manchanda, R. K., Dedhia, Dhiraj, Chauhan, Jai Verdhan, Pahari, Mayukh, Misra, Ranjeev, Katoch, Tilak, Madhwani, P., Shah, Parag, Varun, and Mate, Sujay
(2019)
Thermonuclear X-ray bursts in rapid succession in 4U 1636–536 with AstroSat-LAXPC.
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 482 (4), .
(doi:10.1093/mnras/sty2975).
Abstract
We present results from an observation of the low-mass X-ray binary 4U 1636–536 obtained with the LAXPC instrument aboard AstroSat. The observations of 4U 1636–536 made during the performance verification phase of AstroSat showed seven thermonuclear X-ray bursts in a total exposure of ∼65 ks over a period of about two consecutive days. Moreover, the light curve of 4U 1636–536 revealed the presence of a rare triplet of X-ray bursts, having a wait time of about 5.5 min between the second and the third bursts. We also present results from time-resolved spectroscopy performed during these seven X-ray bursts. In addition, we have also detected a transient quasi-periodic oscillation at ∼5 Hz. However, we did not find any evidence of kilo-hertz quasi-periodic oscillations and/or X-ray burst oscillations, perhaps due to the hard spectral state of the source during this observation.
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Accepted/In Press date: 30 October 2018
e-pub ahead of print date: 3 November 2018
Published date: 1 February 2019
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Accretion, Accretion discs, Stars: Neutron, X-rays: Binaries, X-rays: Bursts, X-rays: Individual: 4U 1636–536
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/428958
ISSN: 1365-2966
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Aru Beri
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Biswajit Paul
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J. S. Yadav
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H. M. Antia
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P. C. Agrawal
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R. K. Manchanda
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Dhiraj Dedhia
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Jai Verdhan Chauhan
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Mayukh Pahari
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Ranjeev Misra
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Tilak Katoch
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P. Madhwani
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Parag Shah
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Varun
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Sujay Mate
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