A LOW-MASS MAIN-SEQUENCE STAR AND ACCRETION DISK IN THE VERY FAINT X-RAY TRANSIENT M15 X-3
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Abstract
We present near-simultaneous / Hubble Space Telescope ( ) observations of the very faint ( L x < 10 36 erg s −1 ) X-ray transient source M15 X-3, as well as unpublished archival observations of M15 X-3. The observations constrain the luminosity of M15 X-3 to be <10 34 erg s −1 in all observed epochs. The X-ray spectrum shows evidence of curvature, and prefers a fit to a broken power law with break energy keV, and power-law indices of and over a single power law. We fit our new F438W ( B ), F606W (broad V ), and F814W ( I ) HST data on the blue optical counterpart with a model for an accretion disk and a metal-poor main-sequence star. From this fit, we determine the companion to be consistent with a main-sequence star of mass M ⊙ in a ∼4 hr orbit. X-ray irradiation of the companion is likely to be a factor in the optical emission from the system, which permits the companion to be smaller than calculated above, but larger than 0.15 M ⊙ at the 3 σ confidence level. M15 X-3 seems to be inconsistent with all suggested hypotheses explaining very faint transient behavior, except for magnetospherically inhibited accretion.
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| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Research integrity | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
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