Synchrotron radiation from NGC 470 HLX1 - a hidden hyperluminous accreting neutron star?

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Autori principali: Ghosh, Tanuman, Sethi, Shiv, Dewangan, Gulab Chand, Bachetti, Matteo, Rana, Vikram, Misra, Ranjeev
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Pubblicazione: 2025
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author Ghosh, Tanuman
Sethi, Shiv
Dewangan, Gulab Chand
Bachetti, Matteo
Rana, Vikram
Misra, Ranjeev
author_facet Ghosh, Tanuman
Sethi, Shiv
Dewangan, Gulab Chand
Bachetti, Matteo
Rana, Vikram
Misra, Ranjeev
contents We present the first broadband spectral analysis of NGC 470 HLX1, a hyperluminous X-ray source that exhibits significant flux variability over different epochs. We investigate the feasibility of synchrotron radiation with varying latitude from a magnetized neutron star to explain the source's spectra. Although the statistical quality of the data does not allow us to rule out simple phenomenological models, it is adequate to constrain the parameter space for this more physically motivated model. We also shed light on the particle acceleration mechanisms and maximum Lorentz factor of electrons within the neutron star magnetospheric plasma under super-Eddington accretion conditions. In our broadband spectral modeling, the detection of a blackbody-like component suggests the presence of a disk near the corotation radius or an outflow ejected from the disk. The viability of synchrotron emission in an HLX system offers new insights about the nature of these sources, motivating further sample studies to assess whether most of these sources are powered by accreting neutron stars.
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spellingShingle Synchrotron radiation from NGC 470 HLX1 - a hidden hyperluminous accreting neutron star?
Ghosh, Tanuman
Sethi, Shiv
Dewangan, Gulab Chand
Bachetti, Matteo
Rana, Vikram
Misra, Ranjeev
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
We present the first broadband spectral analysis of NGC 470 HLX1, a hyperluminous X-ray source that exhibits significant flux variability over different epochs. We investigate the feasibility of synchrotron radiation with varying latitude from a magnetized neutron star to explain the source's spectra. Although the statistical quality of the data does not allow us to rule out simple phenomenological models, it is adequate to constrain the parameter space for this more physically motivated model. We also shed light on the particle acceleration mechanisms and maximum Lorentz factor of electrons within the neutron star magnetospheric plasma under super-Eddington accretion conditions. In our broadband spectral modeling, the detection of a blackbody-like component suggests the presence of a disk near the corotation radius or an outflow ejected from the disk. The viability of synchrotron emission in an HLX system offers new insights about the nature of these sources, motivating further sample studies to assess whether most of these sources are powered by accreting neutron stars.
title Synchrotron radiation from NGC 470 HLX1 - a hidden hyperluminous accreting neutron star?
topic High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.10183