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Hauptverfasser: Chatterjee, Kaushik, Mondal, Santanu, Palit, Biswaraj, Singh, Chandra B., Nath, Sujoy Kumar, Pahari, Mayukh, Kumar, Brajesh, Wang, Wei, Chang, Hsiang-Kuang, Liu, Xiaowei
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author Chatterjee, Kaushik
Mondal, Santanu
Palit, Biswaraj
Singh, Chandra B.
Nath, Sujoy Kumar
Pahari, Mayukh
Kumar, Brajesh
Wang, Wei
Chang, Hsiang-Kuang
Liu, Xiaowei
author_facet Chatterjee, Kaushik
Mondal, Santanu
Palit, Biswaraj
Singh, Chandra B.
Nath, Sujoy Kumar
Pahari, Mayukh
Kumar, Brajesh
Wang, Wei
Chang, Hsiang-Kuang
Liu, Xiaowei
contents The newly discovered Galactic transient MAXI J1744-294 went into its first X-ray outburst in 2025. We study the spectral properties of this source in the 2-10 keV energy band during this outburst using X-ray data from the XRISM satellite for both of its Resolve and Xtend instruments, taken on March 03, 2025. High-resolution spectroscopy has revealed, for the first time, complex iron line features in this source, corresponding to distinct components of Fe XXV emission and Fe XXVI absorption lines. Such a detailed structure has not been reported in other low-mass X-ray binaries to date, prior to the XRISM era. Our analysis shows that the line complexes arise from two highly ionized plasmas with ionization rate ~ 1000 erg-cm/s with distinct turbulent velocities: one broad (~2513 km/s) from hot gas at the inner accretion disk and one narrow (~153 km/s) scattered by nearby photoionized gas. These results offer new insight into the reprocessing of continuum in stratified media, either in the accretion disk or winds, or both, for XRBs in the soft state. The data are well described by models with spin, mass of the black hole, and accretion disk inclination 0.63-0.70, 5.7-10.1 Solar masses, and 19-24 degrees. The fitted spectral model parameters suggest that the source is in the soft spectral state. The source is situated in a crowded field near the Galactic center, resulting in a large hydrogen column density.
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spellingShingle Distinct Fe-K Line Complexes in MAXI J1744-294 Revealed by XRISM High-Resolution Spectroscopy
Chatterjee, Kaushik
Mondal, Santanu
Palit, Biswaraj
Singh, Chandra B.
Nath, Sujoy Kumar
Pahari, Mayukh
Kumar, Brajesh
Wang, Wei
Chang, Hsiang-Kuang
Liu, Xiaowei
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
The newly discovered Galactic transient MAXI J1744-294 went into its first X-ray outburst in 2025. We study the spectral properties of this source in the 2-10 keV energy band during this outburst using X-ray data from the XRISM satellite for both of its Resolve and Xtend instruments, taken on March 03, 2025. High-resolution spectroscopy has revealed, for the first time, complex iron line features in this source, corresponding to distinct components of Fe XXV emission and Fe XXVI absorption lines. Such a detailed structure has not been reported in other low-mass X-ray binaries to date, prior to the XRISM era. Our analysis shows that the line complexes arise from two highly ionized plasmas with ionization rate ~ 1000 erg-cm/s with distinct turbulent velocities: one broad (~2513 km/s) from hot gas at the inner accretion disk and one narrow (~153 km/s) scattered by nearby photoionized gas. These results offer new insight into the reprocessing of continuum in stratified media, either in the accretion disk or winds, or both, for XRBs in the soft state. The data are well described by models with spin, mass of the black hole, and accretion disk inclination 0.63-0.70, 5.7-10.1 Solar masses, and 19-24 degrees. The fitted spectral model parameters suggest that the source is in the soft spectral state. The source is situated in a crowded field near the Galactic center, resulting in a large hydrogen column density.
title Distinct Fe-K Line Complexes in MAXI J1744-294 Revealed by XRISM High-Resolution Spectroscopy
topic High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.22964