Discovery of annular X-ray emission centered on MAXI J1421-613: Dust-scattering X-rays?

Author:

Nobukawa Kumiko K1ORCID,Nobukawa Masayoshi2ORCID,Yamauchi Shigeo1

Affiliation:

1. Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Nara Women’s University, Kitauoyanishi-machi, Nara, Nara 630-8506, Japan

2. Faculty of Education, Nara University of Education, Takabatake-cho, Nara, Nara 630-8528, Japan

Abstract

Abstract We report the discovery of an annular emission of $\sim\!\! {3^{\prime }}\!-\!{9^{\prime }}$ radius around the center of a transient source, the X-ray burster MAXI J1421-613, in the Suzaku follow-up analysis. The spectrum of the annular emission shows no significant emission-line structure, and is well explained by an absorbed power-law model with a photon index of $\sim\!\! 4.2$. These features exclude the possibility that the annular emission is a shell-like component of a supernova remnant. The spectral shape, the time history, and the X-ray flux of the annular emission agree with the scenario that the emission is due to a dust-scattering echo. The annular emission is made under a rare condition of the dust-scattering echo, where the central X-ray source, MAXI J1421-613, exhibits a short time outburst with three X-ray bursts and immediately re-enters a long quiescent period. The distribution of the hydrogen column density along the annular emission follows that of the CO intensity, which means that MAXI J1421-613 is located behind the CO cloud. We estimate the distance to MAXI J1421-613 to be $\sim\!\! 3\:$kpc assuming that the dust layer responsible for the annular emission is located at the same position as the CO cloud.

Funder

JSPS

MEXT

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Subject

Space and Planetary Science,Astronomy and Astrophysics

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