We present results from radio and X-ray observations of the X-ray transient MAXI J1810-222. The nature of the accretor in this source has not been identified. In this paper, we show results from a quasi-simultaneous radio and X-ray monitoring campaign taken with the Australia Telescope Compact Array, the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory X-ray Telescope (XRT), and the Swift Burst Alert Telescope. We also analyse the X-ray temporal behaviour using observations from the Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer. Results show a seemingly peculiar X-ray spectral evolution of MAXI J1810-222 during this outburst, where the source was initially only detected in the soft X-ray band for the early part of the outburst. Then, similar to 200 d after MAXI J1810-222 was first detected the hard X-ray emission increased and the source transitioned to a long-lived (similar to 1.5 yr) bright, harder X-ray state. After this hard state, MAXI J1810-222 returned back to a softer state, before fading and transitioning again to a harder state and then appearing to follow a more typical outburst decay. From the X-ray spectral and timing properties, and the source's radio behaviour, we argue that the results from this study are most consistent with MAXI J1810-222 being a relatively distant (greater than or similar to 6 kpc) black hole X-ray binary. A sufficiently large distance to source can simply explain the seemingly odd outburst evolution that was observed, where only the brightest portion of the outburst was detectable by the all-sky XRTs.

Russell, T.D., Del Santo, M., Marino, A., Segreto, A., Motta, S.E., Bahramian, A., et al. (2022). Investigating the nature and properties of MAXI J1810−222 with radio and X-ray observations. MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, 513(4), 6196-6209 [10.1093/mnras/stac1332].

Investigating the nature and properties of MAXI J1810−222 with radio and X-ray observations

Marino, A;Di Salvo, T;
2022-07-01

Abstract

We present results from radio and X-ray observations of the X-ray transient MAXI J1810-222. The nature of the accretor in this source has not been identified. In this paper, we show results from a quasi-simultaneous radio and X-ray monitoring campaign taken with the Australia Telescope Compact Array, the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory X-ray Telescope (XRT), and the Swift Burst Alert Telescope. We also analyse the X-ray temporal behaviour using observations from the Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer. Results show a seemingly peculiar X-ray spectral evolution of MAXI J1810-222 during this outburst, where the source was initially only detected in the soft X-ray band for the early part of the outburst. Then, similar to 200 d after MAXI J1810-222 was first detected the hard X-ray emission increased and the source transitioned to a long-lived (similar to 1.5 yr) bright, harder X-ray state. After this hard state, MAXI J1810-222 returned back to a softer state, before fading and transitioning again to a harder state and then appearing to follow a more typical outburst decay. From the X-ray spectral and timing properties, and the source's radio behaviour, we argue that the results from this study are most consistent with MAXI J1810-222 being a relatively distant (greater than or similar to 6 kpc) black hole X-ray binary. A sufficiently large distance to source can simply explain the seemingly odd outburst evolution that was observed, where only the brightest portion of the outburst was detectable by the all-sky XRTs.
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Russell, T.D., Del Santo, M., Marino, A., Segreto, A., Motta, S.E., Bahramian, A., et al. (2022). Investigating the nature and properties of MAXI J1810−222 with radio and X-ray observations. MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, 513(4), 6196-6209 [10.1093/mnras/stac1332].
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