A NuSTAR and Swift View of the Hard State of MAXI J1813-095

  • Jiachen Jiang
  • , Douglas J. K. Buisson
  • , Thomas Dauser
  • , Andrew C. Fabian
  • , Felix Fürst
  • , Luigi C. Gallo
  • , Fiona A. Harrison
  • , Michael L. Parker
  • , James F. Steiner
  • , John A. Tomsick
  • , Santiago Ubach
  • , Dominic J. Walton

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Abstract

We present an analysis of the NuSTAR and Swift spectra of the black hole candidate MAXI J1813−095 in a failed-transition outburst in 2018. The NuSTAR observations show evidence of reflected emission from the inner region of the accretion disc. By modelling the reflection component in the spectra, we find a disc inner radius of Rin < 7 rg. This result suggests that either a slightly truncated disc or a non-truncated disc forms at a few per cent of the Eddington limit in MAXI J1813−095. Our best-fitting reflection models indicate that the geometry of the innermost accretion remains consistent during the period of NuSTAR observations. The spectral variability of MAXI J1813−095 from multi-epoch observations is dominated by the variable photon index of the Comptonization emission.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1952–1960
Number of pages9
JournalMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS)
Volume514
Issue number2
Early online date20 May 2022
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Aug 2022

Keywords

  • astro-ph.HE

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