Evaluation of Several Explanations of the Strong X-Ray Polarization of the Black Hole X-Ray Binary 4U 1630-47

The Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer observations of the X-ray binary 4U 1630–47 in the high soft state revealed high linear polarization degrees (PDs) rising from 6% at 2 keV to 10% at 8 keV. We discuss in this Letter three different mechanisms that impact the polarization of the observed X-rays:...

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Main Authors: Henric Krawczynski, Yajie Yuan, Alexander Y. Chen, Kun Hu, Nicole Rodriguez Cavero, Sohee Chun, Ephraim Gau, James F. Steiner, Michal Dovčiak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2024-01-01
Series:The Astrophysical Journal Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ad855c
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