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Table · dataset · 2020

Crosscorrelation function (CCF) studies in GX 17+2

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Neutron star Z-type sources provide a unique platform in order to understand the structure of accretion disk-corona geometry emitting close to the Eddington luminosity.

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Using RXTE and Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array Mission (NuSTAR) satellite data, we performed crosscorrelation function (CCF) studies in GX 17+2 in order to constrain the size of the corona responsible for hard X-rays. From the RXTE data, we found that during horizontal and normal branches, the CCFs show anticorrelated hard (16-30keV) and soft (2-5keV) X-ray delays of the order of a few tens to hundred seconds with a mean correlation coefficient of 0.42+/-0.11.

Few observations shows correlated lags and, on one occasion, coincident with radio emission. We also report an anticorrelated hard X-ray delay of 113+/-51s using the NuSTAR data of GX 17+2. Based on RXTE data, we find that soft and hard X-ray fluxes are varying, indicating the changes in the disk-corona structure during delays.

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We bridle the size of the corona using relativistic precession, transition layer models, and boundary layer models. Assuming the delays to be a readjustment timescale of the disk-corona structure, the height of the corona was estimated to be ~17-100km. Assuming that the inner region of the truncated disk is occupied by the corona, we constrain the coronal readjustment velocities (v_corona_={beta}v_disk_, where v_disk_ is the radial velocity component of the disk) of the order of {beta}=0.06-0.12.

This study indicates that the observed delays are primarily dependent on the varying coronal readjustment velocities.

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