Suzaku Observation of the Intermediate Polar V1223 Sagittarii

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2011-06-30

arxiv.org/abs/1106.6111v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Galaxy Astrophysics

25 pages, 13 figures, accepted for publication in PASJ (Suzaku & MAXI special issue)

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We report on the Suzaku observation of the intermediate polar V1223 Sagittarii. Using a multi-temperature plasma emission model with its reflection from a cold matter, we obtained the shock temperature to be 37.9^{+5.1}_{-4.6} keV. This constrains the mass and the radius of the white dwarf (WD) in the ranges 0.82^{+0.05}_{-0.06} solar masses and (6.9+/-0.4)x10^8 cm, respectively, with the aid of a WD mass-radius relation. The solid angle of the reflector viewed from the post-shock plasma was measured to be Omega/2pi = 0.91+/-0.26. A fluorescent iron Kalpha emission line is detected, whose central energy is discovered to be modulated with the WD rotation for the first time in magnetic-CVs. Detailed spectral analysis indicates that the line comprises of a stable 6.4 keV component and a red-shifted component, the latter of which appears only around the rotational intensity-minimum phase. The equivalent width (EW) of the former stable component ~80 eV together with the measured Omega indicates the major reflector is the WD surface, and the shock height is not more than 7% of the WD radius. Comparing this limitation to the height predicted by the Aizu model (1973), we estimated the fractional area onto which the accretion occurs to be < 7x10^{-3}$ of the WD radius, which is the most severe constraint in non-eclipsing IPs. The red-shifted iron line component, on the other hand, can be interpreted as emanating from the pre-shock accretion flow via fluorescence. Its EW (28^{+44}_{-13} eV) and the central energy (6.30_{-0.05}^{+0.07} keV) at the intensity-minimum phase are consistent with this interpretation.

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