Bibcode
Kalemci, E.; Arabacı, M. Özbey; Güver, T.; Russell, D. M.; Tomsick, J. A.; Wilms, J.; Weidenspointner, G.; Kuulkers, E.; Falanga, M.; Dinçer, T.; Drave, S.; Belloni, T.; Coriat, M.; Lewis, F.; Muñoz-Darias, T.
Bibliographical reference
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 445, Issue 2, p.1288-1298
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2014
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We characterized the broad-band X-ray spectra of Swift J1745-26 during
the decay of the 2013 outburst using INTEGRAL ISGRI, JEM-X and Swift
XRT. The X-ray evolution is compared to the evolution in optical and
radio. We fit the X-ray spectra with phenomenological and Comptonization
models. We discuss possible scenarios for the physical origin of an
˜50 d flare observed both in optical and X-rays ˜170 d after
the peak of the outburst. We conclude that it is a result of enhanced
mass accretion in response to an earlier heating event. We characterized
the evolution in the hard-X-ray band and showed that for the joint
ISGRI-XRT fits, the e-folding energy decreased from 350 to 130 keV,
while the energy where the exponential cut-off starts increased from 75
to 112 keV as the decay progressed. We investigated the claim that
high-energy cut-offs disappear with the compact jet turning on during
outburst decays, and showed that spectra taken with HEXTE on RXTE
provide insufficient quality to characterize cut-offs during the decay
for typical hard-X-ray fluxes. Long INTEGRAL monitoring observations are
required to understand the relation between the compact jet formation
and hard-X-ray behaviour. We found that for the entire decay (including
the flare), the X-ray spectra are consistent with thermal
Comptonization, but a jet synchrotron origin cannot be ruled out.
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