The University of Southampton
University of Southampton Institutional Repository

Shedding far-ultraviolet light on the donor star and evolutionary state of the neutron-star LMXB Swift J1858.6−0814

Shedding far-ultraviolet light on the donor star and evolutionary state of the neutron-star LMXB Swift J1858.6−0814
Shedding far-ultraviolet light on the donor star and evolutionary state of the neutron-star LMXB Swift J1858.6−0814

The evolution of accreting X-ray binary systems is closely coupled to the properties of their donor stars. Consequently, we can constrain the evolutionary track a system is by establishing the nature of its donor. Here, we present far -ultra violet (far -UV) spectroscopy of the transient neutron-star low-mass X-ray binary J1858 in different accretion states (low-hard, high-hard, and soft). All of these spectra exhibit anomalous N V , C IV , Si IV , and He II lines, suggesting that its donor star has undergone CNO processing. We also determine the donor's ef fecti ve temperature, T d ≃ 5700 K, and radius, R d ≃ 1.7 R ≃, based on photometric observations obtained during quiescence. Lastly, we leverage the transient nature of the system to set an upper limit of M acc × 10 -8 . 5 M ⊙yr -1 on the present-day mass-transfer rate. Combining these with the orbital period of the system, P orb = 21.3 h, we search for viable evolution paths. The initial donor masses in the allowed solutions span the range 1 M ⊙ ≲ M d , i ≲ 3.5 M ⊙. All but the lowest masses in this range are consistent with the strong CNO-processing signature in the UV line ratios. The present-day donor mass in the permitted tracks are 0.5 M ⊙ ≲ M d ,obs ≲ 1.3 M ⊙, higher than suggested by eclipse modelling. Since P orb is close to the so-called bifurcation period, both converging and diverging binary tracks are permitted. If the former is confirmed, J1858 will end its life as an ultracompact system with a substellar donor.

astro-ph.HE, astro-ph.SR, accretion, binaries: eclipsing, stars: evolution, accretion discs, X-rays: bina- ries, ultraviolet: stars, stars: neutron
1365-2966
2508-2522
Segura, N. Castro
26dfa223-df20-4ae1-98cc-7900dfe49fa3
Knigge, C.
ac320eec-631a-426e-b2db-717c8bf7857e
Matthews, J.H.
43b0df43-79a8-4596-9f44-3806ce87f305
Vincentelli, F.M.
6059e516-6e7a-4d18-afa4-c5b68a3b207a
Charles, P.
0429b380-0754-4dc1-8def-885c7fa6a086
Long, K.S.
8ad2b0f5-7e1b-4e0b-82cc-ece35c1cd3eb
Altamirano, D.
d5ccdb09-0b71-4303-9538-05b467be075b
Buckley, D.A.H.
2b82e4e2-d175-4cb3-9868-46b13f4f890c
Modiano, D.
bf8c36c1-62a4-48ce-a043-f3a5d6b8b412
Torres, M.A.P.
c336aaa3-56c4-4c90-b5cc-7bc88ae91e4d
Buisson, D.J.K.
f96b1210-d056-4948-9e4a-deeb669e6d1a
Fijma, S.
f27ef41e-8386-4dd5-9665-455044965a0a
Alabarta, K.
8c164ccd-de85-4b2b-870b-7471ff95423b
Degenaar, N.
54149051-d74e-4e43-a7cd-501ec4023511
Georganti, M.
99477e62-73c6-4055-b1be-e1728f6894e5
Baglio, M.C.
8bdcd5f5-449c-4d35-8d19-01c13dd5d010
Segura, N. Castro
26dfa223-df20-4ae1-98cc-7900dfe49fa3
Knigge, C.
ac320eec-631a-426e-b2db-717c8bf7857e
Matthews, J.H.
43b0df43-79a8-4596-9f44-3806ce87f305
Vincentelli, F.M.
6059e516-6e7a-4d18-afa4-c5b68a3b207a
Charles, P.
0429b380-0754-4dc1-8def-885c7fa6a086
Long, K.S.
8ad2b0f5-7e1b-4e0b-82cc-ece35c1cd3eb
Altamirano, D.
d5ccdb09-0b71-4303-9538-05b467be075b
Buckley, D.A.H.
2b82e4e2-d175-4cb3-9868-46b13f4f890c
Modiano, D.
bf8c36c1-62a4-48ce-a043-f3a5d6b8b412
Torres, M.A.P.
c336aaa3-56c4-4c90-b5cc-7bc88ae91e4d
Buisson, D.J.K.
f96b1210-d056-4948-9e4a-deeb669e6d1a
Fijma, S.
f27ef41e-8386-4dd5-9665-455044965a0a
Alabarta, K.
8c164ccd-de85-4b2b-870b-7471ff95423b
Degenaar, N.
54149051-d74e-4e43-a7cd-501ec4023511
Georganti, M.
99477e62-73c6-4055-b1be-e1728f6894e5
Baglio, M.C.
8bdcd5f5-449c-4d35-8d19-01c13dd5d010

Segura, N. Castro, Knigge, C., Matthews, J.H., Vincentelli, F.M., Charles, P., Long, K.S., Altamirano, D., Buckley, D.A.H., Modiano, D., Torres, M.A.P., Buisson, D.J.K., Fijma, S., Alabarta, K., Degenaar, N., Georganti, M. and Baglio, M.C. (2024) Shedding far-ultraviolet light on the donor star and evolutionary state of the neutron-star LMXB Swift J1858.6−0814. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 527 (2), 2508-2522. (doi:10.1093/mnras/stad3109).

Record type: Article

Abstract

The evolution of accreting X-ray binary systems is closely coupled to the properties of their donor stars. Consequently, we can constrain the evolutionary track a system is by establishing the nature of its donor. Here, we present far -ultra violet (far -UV) spectroscopy of the transient neutron-star low-mass X-ray binary J1858 in different accretion states (low-hard, high-hard, and soft). All of these spectra exhibit anomalous N V , C IV , Si IV , and He II lines, suggesting that its donor star has undergone CNO processing. We also determine the donor's ef fecti ve temperature, T d ≃ 5700 K, and radius, R d ≃ 1.7 R ≃, based on photometric observations obtained during quiescence. Lastly, we leverage the transient nature of the system to set an upper limit of M acc × 10 -8 . 5 M ⊙yr -1 on the present-day mass-transfer rate. Combining these with the orbital period of the system, P orb = 21.3 h, we search for viable evolution paths. The initial donor masses in the allowed solutions span the range 1 M ⊙ ≲ M d , i ≲ 3.5 M ⊙. All but the lowest masses in this range are consistent with the strong CNO-processing signature in the UV line ratios. The present-day donor mass in the permitted tracks are 0.5 M ⊙ ≲ M d ,obs ≲ 1.3 M ⊙, higher than suggested by eclipse modelling. Since P orb is close to the so-called bifurcation period, both converging and diverging binary tracks are permitted. If the former is confirmed, J1858 will end its life as an ultracompact system with a substellar donor.

Text
stad3109 - Version of Record
Available under License Creative Commons Attribution.
Download (3MB)

More information

Accepted/In Press date: 28 September 2023
e-pub ahead of print date: 12 October 2023
Published date: 1 January 2024
Additional Information: Funding Information: This work have made use of the Pan-STARRS1 survey. The Pan-STARRS1 Surveys (PS1) and the PS1 public science archive have been made possible through contributions by the Institute for Astronomy, the University of Hawaii, the Pan-STARRS Project Office, the Max-Planck Society and its participating institutes, the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Heidelberg and the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, The Johns Hopkins University, Durham University, the University of Edinburgh, the Queen’s University Belfast, the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, the Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network Incorporated, the National Central University of Taiwan, the Space Telescope Science Institute, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration under grant no. NNX08AR22G issued through the Planetary Science Division of the NASA Science Mission Directorate, the National Science Foundation grant no. AST-1238877, the University of Maryland, Eotvos Lorand University (ELTE), the Los Alamos National Laboratory, and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. Funding Information: This research is based on observations made with the NASA/ESA HST obtained from the Space Telescope Science Institute, which is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc., under NASA contract NAS 5–26555. These observations are associated with programmes 15984 and 16066. Some of the observations reported in this paper were obtained with the SALT under the programme 2018-2-LSP-001 (PI: DAHB). Polish participation in SALT is funded by grant no. MEiN nr2021/WK/01. Based on observations obtained with XMM–Newton, an ESA science mission with instruments and contributions directly funded by ESA Member States and NASA. Funding Information: NCS and DA acknowledges support from the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) grant ST/V001000/1. NCS and CK also acknowledge support from STFC grant ST/M001326/1. Partial support for KSL’s effort on the project was provided by NASA through grant numbers HST-GO-15984 from the Space Telescope Science Institute, which is operated by AURA, Inc., under NASA contract NAS 5–26555. JM acknowledges funding from the Royal Society via a University Research Fellowship. Publisher Copyright: © 2023 The Author(s).
Keywords: astro-ph.HE, astro-ph.SR, accretion, binaries: eclipsing, stars: evolution, accretion discs, X-rays: bina- ries, ultraviolet: stars, stars: neutron

Identifiers

Local EPrints ID: 484908
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/484908
ISSN: 1365-2966
PURE UUID: 56bf77ec-dcaf-45a1-ba23-ca94f5581df4
ORCID for D. Altamirano: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-3422-0074
ORCID for M. Georganti: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-3776-9652

Catalogue record

Date deposited: 24 Nov 2023 17:35
Last modified: 18 Mar 2024 03:54

Export record

Altmetrics

Contributors

Author: N. Castro Segura
Author: C. Knigge
Author: J.H. Matthews
Author: F.M. Vincentelli
Author: P. Charles
Author: K.S. Long
Author: D. Altamirano ORCID iD
Author: D.A.H. Buckley
Author: D. Modiano
Author: M.A.P. Torres
Author: D.J.K. Buisson
Author: S. Fijma
Author: K. Alabarta
Author: N. Degenaar
Author: M. Georganti ORCID iD
Author: M.C. Baglio

Download statistics

Downloads from ePrints over the past year. Other digital versions may also be available to download e.g. from the publisher's website.

View more statistics

Atom RSS 1.0 RSS 2.0

Contact ePrints Soton: eprints@soton.ac.uk

ePrints Soton supports OAI 2.0 with a base URL of http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/cgi/oai2

This repository has been built using EPrints software, developed at the University of Southampton, but available to everyone to use.

We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue without changing your settings, we will assume that you are happy to receive cookies on the University of Southampton website.

×