Kavli Affiliate: Deepto Chakrabarty
| Summary:
We present the discovery of X-ray polarization from the neutron star low-mass X-ray binary and Z-source, GX~340$+$0, using an Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) observation in March 2024. Along with the IXPE observation, we conducted an extensive X-ray and radio monitoring campaign to ascertain the source properties during and around the IXPE observation. The source was within the horizontal branch throughout the multiwavelength campaign. We measured a significant X-ray polarization in 2–8 keV with polarization degree (PD) = $4.02 pm 0.35$% and polarization angle (PA) = $37.6 pm 2.5^circ$. The energy-dependent polarization indicates that in the 2-2.5 keV energy range, the PA is much lower, $sim9pm8^circ$, while other energy bands are consistent with the PA found over 2.5–8 keV. The simultaneous AstroSat-IXPE spectro-polarimetric observations provide some evidence for independent polarization from various spectral components, hinting at a disparity in the PA from the accretion disk and the Comptonized emission, while suggesting an unpolarized emission from the blackbody component. Radio observations in the 0.7–9 GHz frequency range reveal a non-detection of radio emission in 0.7-1.5 GHz and a significant detection in 5.5–9 GHz, suggesting the presence of a spectral break in 1.5-5.5 GHz. Using ATCA observation we place upper limits on the radio polarization at $<$6% on the linear polarization and $<$4% on the circular polarization at 3$σ$ level. We discuss the origin of the X-ray polarization and its implications on the geometry of the spectral components.
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