Joint XMM-Newton and NuSTAR Observations of Type I X-ray Bursts from the Dipping Low-Mass X-ray Binary 4U 1323–62

Abstract In this study, we report partly simultaneous XMM-Newton and NuSTAR observations of the bursting, dipping low mass X-ray binary, 4U 1323–62 obtained in 2024. 4U 1323–62 is one of the well-known persistent bursters, with bursts occurring roughly every three hours. It is also one of the few sources for which the orbital period is known, and shows dips in X-rays. In this paper, we report the detection of 12 unique bursts with XMM-Newton and NuSTAR, 6 of them observed jointly. We detected two double burst events, one with the NuSTAR and another one observed with both missions. During our observations we detected 10 X-ray dips with a periodicity of 2.942 hours, in line with previous measurements. We also present the results of the time resolved X-ray spectral analysis of the bursts and show the limits on the cooling of the corona heated by the burst emission. We also found a 0.898 ± 0.017 Hz quasi-periodic oscillation (QPO) during the non-bursting and non-dipping times confirming previous detections.

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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
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2026-09-10
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https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stag1727
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Joint XMM-Newton and NuSTAR Observations of Type I X-ray Bursts from the Dipping Low-Mass X-ray Binary 4U 1323–62

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Joint XMM-Newton and NuSTAR Observations of Type I X-ray Bursts from the Dipping Low-Mass X-ray Binary 4U 1323–62

Tuğba Boztepe, Ersin Göğüş, D. R. Ballantyne, J. Speicher, Tolga Güver, Brian Luff, Diego Altamirano
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Abstract In this study, we report partly simultaneous XMM-Newton and NuSTAR observations of the bursting, dipping low mass X-ray binary, 4U 1323–62 obtained in 2024. 4U 1323–62 is one of the well-known persistent bursters, with bursts occurring roughly every three hours. It is also one of the few sources for which the orbital period is known, and shows dips in X-rays. In this paper, we report the detection of 12 unique bursts with XMM-Newton and NuSTAR, 6 of them observed jointly. We detected two double burst events, one with the NuSTAR and another one observed with both missions. During our observations we detected 10 X-ray dips with a periodicity of 2.942 hours, in line with previous measurements. We also present the results of the time resolved X-ray spectral analysis of the bursts and show the limits on the cooling of the corona heated by the burst emission. We also found a 0.898 ± 0.017 Hz quasi-periodic oscillation (QPO) during the non-bursting and non-dipping times confirming previous detections.

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Georgia Institute of Technology (US), Sabancı Üniversitesi (TR), Astronomical Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (SK), Astronomy and Space (AU), University of Southampton (GB), Istanbul Commerce University (TR), Istanbul University (TR)
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