Simultaneous NICER and NuSTAR Observations of the Neutron Star Low-mass X-ray Binary Serpens X-1

arXiv:2501.17137 · astro-ph.HE · Submitted 2025-01-28 · Read on arXiv

astro-ph.HE

Submitted: 2025-01-28

Updated: 2025-01-28

Comments: 13 pages, 9 figures, Accepted for publication in APJ

DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/adaeaa

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• Abundance — 18× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Calibration — 11× in this paper · explained in 7 episodes
• Degeneracy — 2× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Consistency — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• NICER and the Reflection Grating Spectrometer — 1× in this paper

Sources

• Physics of 1 keV line in X-ray binaries
• The Problem of the High Iron Abundance in Accretion Disks around Black Holes
• Spread of Matter Over a Neutron-Star Surface During Disk Accretion

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