The First Mid-Infrared Spectrum of a Low Mass X-Ray Binary

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Mar 2008

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Spitzer Proposal ID #50600

Physics

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Roche lobe overflow from a low-mass star to a neutron star produces immense amounts of continuum radiation from an accretion disk. The accretion disk emits primarily in the X-ray region, although the outer part of the disk dominates the emission in the UV-optical region, and the Rayleigh-Jeans tail extends into the mid-infrared region, as seen in Sco X-1. Line emission is also important, as it reveals critical properties of the accretion disk, the hot wind (if present), and the local environment. Line emission in the mid-infrared has never been observed for any LMXB but it can provide critical insights to the object's environment. For the first time, we propose to measure mid-IR lines from a LMXB by using the best target, Sco X-1, the brightest persistent X-ray source in the sky.

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