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发现具有低质量伴星的吸积动力毫秒脉冲星SWIFT J1756 .9-2508

Discovery of the accretion-powered millisecond pulsar SWIFT J1756.9-2508 with a low-mass companion

H. A. Krimm, C. B. Markwardt, C. J. Deloye, P. Romano, D. Chakrabarty, S. Campana, J. R. Cummings, D. K. Galloway, N. Gehrels, J. M. Hartman, P. Kaaret, E. H. Morgan, J. Tueller

摘要:

我们报告的发现由雨燕伽马射线暴探险家的第八个已知的瞬态吸积动力毫秒脉冲星,SWIFT J1756.9-2508,作为日常观测的一部分,与雨燕突发警报望远镜硬X射线瞬态监测。这颗脉冲星随后被雨燕上的X射线望远镜和罗西X射线定时探测器正比计数器阵列观测到。它的自旋频率为182赫兹(5.5毫秒),轨道周期为54.7分钟。伴星的最小质量在0.0067到0.0086太阳质量之间,取决于中子星的质量,质量的上限是0.030太阳质量(95%置信水平)。如此低的质量与褐矮星模型不一致,与白矮星模型的比较表明,伴星是一个以氦为主的施主,其热冷却至少被吸积通量的辐射适度减缓。没有发现X射线爆发、倾角、日食或准周期振荡。目前的爆发持续了大约13天,在档案数据中没有发现更早的爆发。

英文摘要:

We report on the discovery by the Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Explorer of the eighth known transient accretion-powered millisecond pulsar, SWIFT J1756.9-2508, as part of routine observations with the Swift Burst Alert Telescope hard X-ray transient monitor. The pulsar was subsequently observed by both the X-Ray Telescope on Swift and the Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer Proportional Counter Array. It has a spin frequency of 182 Hz (5.5 ms) and an orbital period of 54.7 minutes. The minimum companion mass is between 0.0067 and 0.0086 solar masses, depending on the mass of the neutron star, and the upper limit on the mass is 0.030 solar masses (95% confidence level). Such a low mass is inconsistent with brown dwarf models, and comparison with white dwarf models suggests that the companion is a He-dominated donor whose thermal cooling has been at least modestly slowed by irradiation from the accretion flux. No X-ray bursts, dips, eclipses or quasi-periodic oscillations were detected. The current outburst lasted approximately 13 days and no earlier outbursts were found in archival data.

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