An ``outside-in'' outburst of Aql X--1

Details An ``outside-in'' outburst of Aql X--1 An ``outside-in'' outburst of Aql X--1

1998-07-08

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9807071v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

6 pages latex, 2 figures, Accepted by MNRAS

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We present optical spectroscopy and optical and infrared photometry of the neutron star soft X-ray transient Aql X--1 during its X-ray outburst of August 1997. By modelling the X-ray, optical, and IR light curves, we find a 3 day delay between the IR and X-ray rise times, analogous to the UV-optical delay seen in dwarf novae outbursts and black hole X-ray transients. We interpret this delay as the signature of an ``outside-in'' outburst, in which a thermal instability in the outer disc propagates inward. This outburst is the first of this type definitively identified in a neutron star X-ray transient.

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