GRO J1744-28
Other names : 2EG J1746-2852 ([1])
Available data: NuSTAR ObsID 80202027002
Monitoring data: Swift/BAT
Type
Transient Low-mass X-ray Binary exhibiting Type I and II X-ray bursts and pulsations. Next to the Rapid Burster this is one of a few sources where Type II bursts are observed. Discovered on 1995 December 2 with the Burst And Transient Source Experiment (BATSE) on-board the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory ([1])
Coordinates
RA 17h 44‘ 33.09“ DEC -28° 44‘ 27.0“
Binary system
- Distance: 7.5-8.5 kpc ([2], [3])
- Optical companion: G4 III star ([4], [5]) with M<0.4M_sun and inclination i>15° ([4])
Orbit
The orbital parameters were approximated to Porb = 11.836 days, T π/2 = 2456696.19880 (JED), ax sin(i) = 2.637 light-sec on the basis of the 2014 outburst with no constrains on the longitude of periastron or eccentricity ([6]). See NSSTC Gamma Ray Astrophysics.
Pulsations & Magnetic field
GRO J1744-28 is special because it exhibits X-ray bursts and pulsations at the same time. Sources which show X-ray bursts are generally believed to have surface conditions (low B-fields) which do not allow pulsations. Pulse period: 2.14Hz [7]
The magnetic field strength deduced from disk reflection models lies in the 2–6×10^10 G range (Degenaar et al. 2014), mismatching the values deduced from the CRSF measurements (5.27±0.06 × 10^11 G [8]) by one order of magnitude.
Outbursts
- 1995 December: Discovery and first report of Type II X-ray bursts ([7])
- 1996 December: Similar burst characteristics ([9]), CRSF report at 5keV in BeppoSAX data (not yet proven) ([10])
- 2014 February: Outburst after 18 years of quiescence ([11], no CRSF), CRSF report at 5keV, 10keV and 15keV in XMM-Newton/INTEGRAL data, still under debate ([8])
- 2017 February: Fourth outburst with ~two orders of magnitude lower luminosity (Koenig et al. in prep.)
X-ray Spectrum
- Spectrum shows typical cut-off powerlaw like expected from accreting X-ray binary
- Broad iron line at 6-7 keV
Cyclotron Features
Cyclotron line in this source is under debate
- Fundamental CRSF at 4.68±0.05 keV (gabs, XMM-Newton/INTEGRAL, 2014 outburst [8]) / ∼4.5 keV (gabs, BeppoSAX, 1997 outburst [10])
- Indication of second and third harmonic at 10.4±0.1 keV and 15.8+1.3−0.7 keV in XMM-Newton/INTEGRAL data (using gabs) ([8])
- GRO J1744−28 one of the few LMXBs where a CRSF has been reported below 10 keV (Other candidates are X1822−371 with a claimed cyclotron line energy of 0.7 keV ([12]) and SWIFT J0051.8−7320 at 5 keV ([13])
- No cyclotron line in low-flux 2017 February outburst (König et al. in prep.)
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