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Probing the polarized emission from the accretion-powered pulsar 4U 1907+09 with IXPE




TekijätZhou, Menglei; Ducci, Lorenzo; Liu, Honghui; Tsygankov, Sergey S.; Forsblom, Sofia V.; Mushtukov, Alexander A.; Suleimanov, Valery F.; Poutanen, Juri; Wang, Pengju; Di Marco, Alessandro; Doroshenko, Victor; La Monaca, Fabio; Loktev, Vladislav; Salganik, Alexander; Santangelo, Andrea

KustantajaEDP SCIENCES S A

Julkaisuvuosi2025

JournalAstronomy and Astrophysics

Artikkelin numeroA283

Vuosikerta700

ISSN0004-6361

eISSN1432-0746

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202555011

Verkko-osoitehttps://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2025/08/aa55011-25/aa55011-25.html

Rinnakkaistallenteen osoitehttps://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/500445007


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We present observations of the accretion-powered X-ray pulsar 4U 1907+09 conducted with the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer, which has delivered the first high-quality polarization measurements of this source. 4U 1907+09 was observed twice during its brightest periods, close to the periastron. We observe a stronger polarization in the first observation, with a phase-averaged polarization degree (PD) of 6.0 +/- 1.6% and a polarization angle (PA) of 69° +/- 8°. The second observation provides weaker constraints on the polarimetric properties, PD = 2.2 +/- 1.6% and PA = 46° +/- 23° , as determined from the spectro-polarimetric analysis. Combining the data from the two observations results in PD = 3.7 +/- 1.1% and PA = 63° +/- 9° . We detect an energy-dependent PA in the phase-averaged analyses with a significance of 1.7σ. In the phase-resolved analyses, we observe a potential PA rotation of approximately 90° between adjacent energy bands (4-5 and 5-6 keV) within the single phase bin of 0.25-0.375. We also investigate the influence of short flares on the polarization properties of this source. The results suggest that flares do not significantly affect the energy-phase-dependent PA, implying that the pulsar's geometry remains stable during flare events.


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This research has been supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) grants 549824807 (LD) and WE 1312/59-1 (VFS), Vilho, Yrjö, and Kalle Väisälä foundation (SVF), and the UKRI Stephen Hawking fellowship (AAM). ASal acknowledges funding from the EDUFI Fellowship and Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation. ADM and FLM are partially supported by MAECI with grant CN24GR08 “GRBAXP: Guangxi-Rome Bilateral Agreement for X-ray Polarimetry in Astrophysics”.


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