Multiwavelength observations reveal a faint candidate black hole X-ray binary in IGR J17285-2922

Reproduction package for the paper "Multiwavelength observations reveal a faint candidate black hole X-ray binary in IGR J17285-2922"

This is a reproduction package with the internal API designation of 'silver'

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 507, Issue 1, October 2021, Pages 330–349

Authors: M. Stoop, J. van den Eijnden, N. Degenaar, A. Bahramian, S. J. Swihart, J. Strader, F. Jiménez-Ibarra, T. Muñoz-Darias, M. Armas Padilla, A. W. Shaw, T. J. Maccarone, R. Wijnands, T. D. Russell, J. V. Hernández Santisteban, J. C. A. Miller-Jones, D. M. Russell, D. Maitra, C. O. Heinke, G. R. Sivakoff, F. Lewis D. M. Bramich

Paper DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab2127

Zenodo DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4664505

Raw Data

- Uncalibrated X-ray data is given in ./raw_data

- Radio data is too large in size to be stored on Zenodo. If you want to acquire these images, but can be found under https://data.nrao.edu searching for project code SF8027

- Raw data for the optical spectra can be acquired by contacting J. van den Eijnden

Software

- OS: MacOS Big Sur 11.6

Programming languages:

- Python (3.9.7), matplotlib, numpy, pandas, scipy, linmix

- Jupyter Notebook (6.3.0)

NASA HEASARC's Software:

- xrtpipeline (version 0.13.5)

- caldb in the heasoft package (version 6.26.1)

- xselect (version v2.4g)

- xrtmkarf (version 0.6.3)

- xspec (v. 12.10.1f)

- casa pipeline (5.6.2)

Figures and Tables

- scripts and data to make the figures and tables can be found in ./figures_tables

- figure 4, 5, 6, and 7 are made by collaborators. Please contact J. van den Eijnden if you would like access to data files or scripts for these figures.

- X-ray lightcurve fit results in Table 3 is done by collaborators. Please contact J. van den Eijnden if you would like access to data files or scripts for this table.

Intermediate data products  

- Intermediate data products can be found in the directory ./intermediate_data

- This includes the calibrated X-ray data, VLA imaging scripts to determine the flux density and spectral index.

- Scripts can also be found here for intermediate data products for several figures (1, 2, 3, 8)

Scientific-analysis

- The directory ./scientific_analysis contains scripts and data to reduce the raw data to the intermediate data products.

- ./Xray_files how to calibrate the Swift X-ray spectra

- ./Xray_spectral_evolution contains how the intermediate data products for figure 3

- ./VLA_data_reduction how to reduce the VLA data and determine flux densities and spectral indices

- ./Radio_Xray_Coupling contains the intermediate data products for figure 2

- ./Xray_lightcurve_fitting contains intermediate data products for Table 3 and fitting performed in section 3.4

- ./Orbital_Period contains intermediate data products for Table 4 and Figure 8

- ./xray contains backup files related to the x-ray spectra

- ./radio contains backup files related to the radio data

- the main results (intermediate data products) are the .txt files in this directory