Determination of X-ray pulsar geometry with IXPE polarimetry

Autor: Victor Doroshenko, Juri Poutanen, Sergey S. Tsygankov, Valery F. Suleimanov, Matteo Bachetti, Ilaria Caiazzo, Enrico Costa, Alessandro Di Marco, Jeremy Heyl, Fabio La Monaca, Fabio Muleri, Alexander A. Mushtukov, George G. Pavlov, Brian D. Ramsey, John Rankin, Andrea Santangelo, Paolo Soffitta, Rüdiger Staubert, Martin C. Weisskopf, Silvia Zane, Iván Agudo, Lucio A. Antonelli, Luca Baldini, Wayne H. Baumgartner, Ronaldo Bellazzini, Stefano Bianchi, Stephen D. Bongiorno, Raffaella Bonino, Alessandro Brez, Niccolò Bucciantini, Fiamma Capitanio, Simone Castellano, Elisabetta Cavazzuti, Stefano Ciprini, Alessandra De Rosa, Ettore Del Monte, Laura Di Gesu, Niccolò Di Lalla, Immacolata Donnarumma, Michal Dovčiak, Steven R. Ehlert, Teruaki Enoto, Yuri Evangelista, Sergio Fabiani, Riccardo Ferrazzoli, Javier A. Garcia, Shuichi Gunji, Kiyoshi Hayashida, Wataru Iwakiri, Svetlana G. Jorstad, Vladimir Karas, Takao Kitaguchi, Jeffery J. Kolodziejczak, Henric Krawczynski, Luca Latronico, Ioannis Liodakis, Simone Maldera, Alberto Manfreda, Frédéric Marin, Andrea Marinucci, Alan P. Marscher, Herman L. Marshall, Giorgio Matt, Ikuyuki Mitsuishi, Tsunefumi Mizuno, Chi-Yung Ng, Stephen L. O’Dell, Nicola Omodei, Chiara Oppedisano, Alessandro Papitto, Abel L. Peirson, Matteo Perri, Melissa Pesce-Rollins, Maura Pilia, Andrea Possenti, Simonetta Puccetti, Ajay Ratheesh, Roger W. Romani, Carmelo Sgrò, Patrick Slane, Gloria Spandre, Rashid A. Sunyaev, Toru Tamagawa, Fabrizio Tavecchio, Roberto Taverna, Yuzuru Tawara, Allyn F. Tennant, Nicolas E. Thomas, Francesco Tombesi, Alessio Trois, Roberto Turolla, Jacco Vink, Kinwah Wu, Fei Xie
Přispěvatelé: High Energy Astrophys. & Astropart. Phys (API, FNWI), Gravitation and Astroparticle Physics Amsterdam, Doroshenko, Victor, Poutanen, Juri, Tsygankov, Sergey S., Suleimanov, Valery F., Bachetti, Matteo, Caiazzo, Ilaria, Costa, Enrico, Di Marco, Alessandro, Heyl, Jeremy, La Monaca, Fabio, Muleri, Fabio, Mushtukov, Alexander A., Pavlov, George G., Ramsey, Brian D., Rankin, John, Santangelo, Andrea, Soffitta, Paolo, Staubert, Rüdiger, Weisskopf, Martin C., Zane, Silvia, Agudo, Iván, Antonelli, Lucio A., Baldini, Luca, Baumgartner, Wayne H., Bellazzini, Ronaldo, Bianchi, Stefano, Bongiorno, Stephen D., Bonino, Raffaella, Brez, Alessandro, Bucciantini, Niccolò, Capitanio, Fiamma, Castellano, Simone, Cavazzuti, Elisabetta, Ciprini, Stefano, De Rosa, Alessandra, Del Monte, Ettore, Di Gesu, Laura, Di Lalla, Niccolò, Donnarumma, Immacolata, Dovčiak, Michal, Ehlert, Steven R., Enoto, Teruaki, Evangelista, Yuri, Fabiani, Sergio, Ferrazzoli, Riccardo, Garcia, Javier A., Gunji, Shuichi, Hayashida, Kiyoshi, Iwakiri, Wataru, Jorstad, Svetlana G., Karas, Vladimir, Kitaguchi, Takao, Kolodziejczak, Jeffery J., Krawczynski, Henric, Latronico, Luca, Liodakis, Ioanni, Maldera, Simone, Manfreda, Alberto, Marin, Frédéric, Marinucci, Andrea, Marscher, Alan P., Marshall, Herman L., Matt, Giorgio, Mitsuishi, Ikuyuki, Mizuno, Tsunefumi, Ng, Chi-Yung, O’Dell, Stephen L., Omodei, Nicola, Oppedisano, Chiara, Papitto, Alessandro, Peirson, Abel L., Perri, Matteo, Pesce-Rollins, Melissa, Pilia, Maura, Possenti, Andrea, Puccetti, Simonetta, Ratheesh, Ajay, Romani, Roger W., Sgrò, Carmelo, Slane, Patrick, Spandre, Gloria, Sunyaev, Rashid A., Tamagawa, Toru, Tavecchio, Fabrizio, Taverna, Roberto, Tawara, Yuzuru, Tennant, Allyn F., Thomas, Nicolas E., Tombesi, Francesco, Trois, Alessio, Turolla, Roberto, Vink, Jacco, Wu, Kinwah, Xie, Fei, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España)
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Nature Astronomy, 6(12), 1433-1443. Nature Publishing Group
Nature Astronomy, 6, 1433-1443
ISSN: 2397-3366
Popis: Full list of authors: Doroshenko, Victor; Poutanen, Juri; Tsygankov, Sergey S.; Suleimanov, Valery F.; Bachetti, Matteo; Caiazzo, Ilaria; Costa, Enrico; Di Marco, Alessandro; Heyl, Jeremy; La Monaca, Fabio; Muleri, Fabio; Mushtukov, Alexander A.; Pavlov, George G.; Ramsey, Brian D.; Rankin, John; Santangelo, Andrea; Soffitta, Paolo; Staubert, Rüdiger; Weisskopf, Martin C.; Zane, Silvia; Agudo, Iván; Antonelli, Lucio A.; Baldini, Luca; Baumgartner, Wayne H.; Bellazzini, Ronaldo; Bianchi, Stefano; Bongiorno, Stephen D.; Bonino, Raffaella; Brez, Alessandro; Bucciantini, Niccolò; Capitanio, Fiamma; Castellano, Simone; Cavazzuti, Elisabetta; Ciprini, Stefano; De Rosa, Alessandra; Del Monte, Ettore; Di Gesu, Laura; Di Lalla, Niccolò; Donnarumma, Immacolata; Dovčiak, Michal; Ehlert, Steven R.; Enoto, Teruaki; Evangelista, Yuri; Fabiani, Sergio; Ferrazzoli, Riccardo; Garcia, Javier A.; Gunji, Shuichi; Hayashida, Kiyoshi; Iwakiri, Wataru; Jorstad, Svetlana G.; Karas, Vladimir; Kitaguchi, Takao; Kolodziejczak, Jeffery J.; Krawczynski, Henric; Latronico, Luca; Liodakis, Ioannis; Maldera, Simone; Manfreda, Alberto; Marin, Frédéric; Marinucci, Andrea; Marscher, Alan P.; Marshall, Herman L.; Matt, Giorgio; Mitsuishi, Ikuyuki; Mizuno, Tsunefumi; Ng, Chi-Yung; O'Dell, Stephen L.; Omodei, Nicola; Oppedisano, Chiara; Papitto, Alessandro; Peirson, Abel L.; Perri, Matteo; Pesce-Rollins, Melissa; Pilia, Maura; Possenti, Andrea; Puccetti, Simonetta; Ratheesh, Ajay; Romani, Roger W.; Sgrò, Carmelo; Slane, Patrick; Spandre, Gloria; Sunyaev, Rashid A.; Tamagawa, Toru; Tavecchio, Fabrizio; Taverna, Roberto; Tawara, Yuzuru; Tennant, Allyn F.; Thomas, Nicolas E.; Tombesi, Francesco; Trois, Alessio; Turolla, Roberto; Vink, Jacco; Wu, Kinwah; Xie, Fei.
Using observations of X-ray pulsar Hercules X-1 by the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer we report a highly significant (>17σ) detection of the polarization signal from an accreting neutron star. The observed degree of linear polarization of ~10% is far below theoretical expectations for this object, and stays low throughout the spin cycle of the pulsar. Both the degree and angle of polarization exhibit variability with the pulse phase, allowing us to measure the pulsar spin position angle 57(2) deg and the magnetic obliquity 12(4) deg, which is an essential step towards detailed modelling of the intrinsic emission of X-ray pulsars. Combining our results with the optical polarimetric data, we find that the spin axis of the neutron star and the angular momentum of the binary orbit are misaligned by at least ~20 deg, which is a strong argument in support of the models explaining the stability of the observed superorbital variability with the precession of the neutron star. © 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited.
This Article is based on observations made by IXPE, a joint US and Italian mission. This research used data products provided by the IXPE Team (MSFC, SSDC, INAF and INFN) and distributed with additional software tools by the High-Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center (HEASARC), at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC). The US contribution is supported by NASA and led and managed by its Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), with industry partner Ball Aerospace (contract number NNM15AA18C). The Italian contribution is supported by the Italian Space Agency (Agenzia Spaziale Italiana, ASI) through contract number ASI-OHBI-2017-12-I.0, agreement numbers ASI-INAF-2017-12-H0 and ASI-INFN-2017.13-H0, and its Space Science Data Center (SSDC) and by the Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF) and the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) in Italy. V.D. and V.F.S. acknowledge support from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) under travel grant number 57525212. J.P. and S.S.T. thank the Russian Science Foundation for support under grant number 20-12-00364 and the Academy of Finland for support under grant numbers 333112, 349144, 349373 and 349906. V.F.S. thanks the German Research Foundation (DFG) for grant number WE 1312/53-1. I.C. is a Sherman Fairchild Fellow at Caltech and thanks the Burke Institute at Caltech for supporting her research. A.A.M. acknowledges support from the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research Veni Fellowship.
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