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Dramatic Drop in the X-Ray Polarization of Swift J1727.8-1613 in the Soft Spectral State
Astronomical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Boční II 1401/1, 14100 Praha 4, Czech Republic;, Boční II 1401/1.
KTH, Centres, Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics NORDITA. Department of Physics and Astronomy, FI-20014 University of Turku, Finland; .ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5767-7253
Center for Astrophysics ∣ Harvard & Smithsonian, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA, 60 Garden Street.
Number of Authors: 372024 (English)In: Astrophysical Journal Letters, ISSN 2041-8205, E-ISSN 2041-8213, Vol. 966, no 2, article id L35Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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Black hole X-ray binaries exhibit different spectral and timing properties in different accretion states. The X-ray outburst of a recently discovered and extraordinarily bright source, Swift J1727.8-1613, has enabled the first investigation of how the X-ray polarization properties of a source evolve with spectral state. The 2-8 keV polarization degree was previously measured by the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) to be ≈4% in the hard and hard intermediate states. Here we present new IXPE results taken in the soft state, with the X-ray flux dominated by the thermal accretion disk emission. We find that the polarization degree has dropped dramatically to ≲1%. This result indicates that the measured X-ray polarization is largely sensitive to the accretion state and the polarization fraction is significantly higher in the hard state when the X-ray emission is dominated by upscattered radiation in the X-ray corona. The combined polarization measurements in the soft and hard states disfavor a very high or low inclination of the system.

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American Astronomical Society , 2024. Vol. 966, no 2, article id L35
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-346806DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/ad402eISI: 001215805800001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85193022270OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-346806DiVA, id: diva2:1860420
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