Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2000-06-21
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
10 pages, 8 figures, accepted for publication in A&A Main Journal
Scientific paper
Results of a 1999 November 16--17 BeppoSAX observation of the low-mass X-ray binary X2127+119 located in the globular cluster NGC7078 are presented. The system is believed to be one where the central neutron star is normally obscured by the accretion disk, and only X-rays scattered into our line of sight by an extended accretion disk corona (ADC) are observed. The 0.1--10 keV lightcurve is energy dependent and shows two partial eclipses separated by the 17.1 hr orbital period. The 0.1--100 keV spectrum is unusually complex, but can be successfully modeled using a partially covered power-law and disk-blackbody model. Together with a column consistent with the interstellar value to NGC7078, about 60% of the source is covered by an additional column of 1E22 atom/cm2. The absorbed component may be X-rays that pass through the outer layers of the accretion disk. The energy dependent intensity variations by a factor of ~2 may be modeled as due to a changing normalization of the disk-blackbody. None of the other spectral parameters appear to clearly depend on luminosity. The same spectral model is also able to fit an archival ASCA spectrum.
Oosterbroek Tim
Parmar Arvind N.
Sidoli Lara
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