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NGC 6266中令人困惑的毫秒脉冲星同伴

A puzzling millisecond pulsar companion in NGC 6266

G. Cocozza, F. R. Ferraro, A. Possenti, G. Beccari, B. Lanzoni, S. Ranson, R. T. Rood, N. D'Amico

摘要:

本文报道了球状星团NGC 6266中食毫秒脉冲星PSR J1701 $-$ 3006 B的伴星的光学鉴别。一颗相对明亮的恒星,有着异常的红色和光学变化($\sim$ 0.2等),与脉冲星的轨道周期($\sim$ 0.144天)很好地相关,已经被发现几乎与脉冲星的名义位置重合。这颗恒星也被发现位于钱德拉观测所探测到的X射线源的误差盒位置内,从而支持了脉冲星风和从伴星流出的气体之间发生相互作用的假设。虽然光学光变曲线的形状暗示着一颗潮汐变形的恒星几乎完全填满了它的洛希瓣,但从观测到的星等和颜色推断出的恒星的光度($\sim 1.9 L_\odot$)和表面温度($\sim 6000$ K),意味着恒星半径明显大于洛希瓣半径。这种明显的不一致性的可能解释进行了讨论。

英文摘要:

We report on the optical identification of the companion to the eclipsing millisecond pulsar PSR J1701$-$3006B in the globular cluster NGC 6266. A relatively bright star with an anomalous red colour and an optical variability ($\sim$ 0.2 mag) that nicely correlates with the orbital period of the pulsar ($\sim$ 0.144 days) has been found nearly coincident with the pulsar nominal position. This star is also found to lie within the error box position of an X-ray source detected by Chandra observations, thus supporting the hypothesis that some interaction is occurring between the pulsar wind and the gas streaming off the companion. Although the shape of the optical light curve is suggestive of a tidally deformed star which has nearly completely filled its Roche lobe, the luminosity ($\sim 1.9 L_\odot$) and the surface temperature ($\sim 6000$ K) of the star, deduced from the observed magnitude and colours, would imply a stellar radius significantly larger than the Roche lobe radius. Possible explanations for this apparent inconsistency are discussed.

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