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Radio pulse search from Aql X-1

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena 2025-04-22 v3

Abstract

We present 12 observations of the accreting millisecond X-ray pulsar Aql X-1, taken from August 2022 to October 2023 using the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope at 1250 MHz. These observations covered both the quiescence and X-ray outburst states, as determined by analyzing the X-ray data from the Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer and the Monitor of All-sky X-ray Image. Periodicity and single-pulse searches were conducted for each observation, but no pulsed signals were detected. The obtained upper limit flux densities are in the range of 2.86-5.73 uJy, which provide the lowest limits to date. We discuss several mechanisms that may prevent detection, suggesting that Aql X-1 may be in the radio-ejection state during quiescence, where the radio pulsed emissions are absorbed by the matter surrounding the system.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.2503.05237,
  title  = {Radio pulse search from Aql X-1},
  author = {Long Peng and Zhaosheng Li and Yuanyue Pan and Shanshan Weng and Wengming Yan and Na Wang and Bojun Wang and Shuangqiang Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2503.05237},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

8 pages, 2 figures, submitted to ApJ on December 10, 2024; accepted for publication on March 4, 2025; published on April 3, 2025

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