Bibcode
Cackett, E. M.; Altamirano, D.; Patruno, A.; Miller, J. M.; Reynolds, M.; Linares, M.; Wijnands, R.
Referencia bibliográfica
The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 694, Issue 1, pp. L21-L25 (2009).
Fecha de publicación:
3
2009
Número de citas
117
Número de citas referidas
103
Descripción
During the 2008 September-October outburst of the accreting millisecond
pulsar SAX J1808.4-3658, the source was observed by both Suzaku and
XMM-Newton approximately 1 day apart. Spectral analysis reveals a broad
relativistic Fe Kα emission line which is present in both data
sets, as has recently been reported for other neutron star low-mass
X-ray binaries. The properties of the Fe K line observed during each
observation are very similar. From modeling the Fe line, we determine
the inner accretion disk radius to be 13.2 ± 2.5 GM
c-2. The inner disk radius measured from the Fe K line
suggests that the accretion disk is not very receded in the hard state.
If the inner disk (as measured by the Fe line) is truncated at the
magnetospheric radius this implies a magnetic field strength of ~3
× 108 G at the magnetic poles, consistent with other
independent estimates.