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Chandra和XMM-牛顿对低光度X射线散射体SAX J1324 .4-6200和SAX J1452 .8-5949的观测

Chandra and XMM-Newton observations of the low-luminosity X-ray pulsators SAX J1324.4-6200 and SAX J1452.8-5949

Ramanpreet Kaur, Rudy Wijnands, Alessandro Patruno, Vincenzo Testa, GianLuca Israel, Nathalie Degenaar, Biswajit Paul, Brijesh Kumar

摘要:

本文给出了我们对两个低光度X射线加速器SAXJ1324.4 -6200和SAXJ1452.8 -5949的Chandra和XMM-Newton观测结果,这两个加速器的自旋周期分别为172 s和437 s。这两个源的XMM-牛顿光谱可以很好地拟合一个简单的幂律模型的光子指数~ 1.0。一个黑体模型可以同样很好地拟合光谱与温度为2 keV的两个源。在我们的XMM-牛顿观测期间,检测到SAX J1324.4-6200具有周期为$172.86 \pm 0.02$ s的相干X射线脉动,而在SAX J1452.8- 5949中没有检测到脉冲分数大于15%(置信水平为98%)的脉动。发现SAXJ1324.4 -6200的自旋周期在$\dot{P}$ = $(6.34 \pm 0.08) \times 10^{-9}$ s s $^{-1}$的时间尺度上增加,这表明吸积体是一颗中子星而不是白矮星。使用钱德拉望远镜的亚弧秒空间分辨率,在新技术望远镜上的SOFI仪器获得的近红外图像中可以看到两个源的可能对应物。SAXJ1324.4 -6200的X射线和近红外特性表明,它可能是一颗持续存在的高质量吸积X射线脉冲星,也可能是一颗距离$\le$ 9 kpc的共生X射线脉冲双星。我们确定了与SAXJ1452.8 - 5949对应的红外双星是一颗晚型主序星,距离$\le$ 10 kpc,从而排除了SAXJ1452.8 - 5949是一颗高质量X射线双星的可能性。然而,根据目前的X射线和近红外观测,我们不能对SAX J1452.8-5949的性质做出任何进一步的结论。

英文摘要:

We present results from our Chandra and XMM-Newton observations of two low-luminosity X-ray pulsators SAX J1324.4-6200 and SAX J1452.8-5949 which have spin-periods of 172 s and 437 s respectively. The XMM-Newton spectra for both sources can be fitted well with a simple power-law model of photon index ~ 1.0. A black-body model can equally well fit the spectra with a temperature of ~ 2 keV for both sources. During our XMM-Newton observations, SAX J1324.4-6200 is detected with coherent X-ray pulsations at a period of $172.86 \pm 0.02$ s while no pulsations with a pulse fraction greater than 15% (at 98% confidence level) are detected in SAX J1452.8--5949. The spin period of SAX J1324.4-6200 is found to be increasing on a time-scale of $\dot{P}$ = $(6.34 \pm 0.08) \times 10^{-9}$ s s$^{-1}$ which would suggest that the accretor is a neutron star and not a white dwarf. Using sub-arcsec spatial resolution of the Chandra telescope, possible counterparts are seen for both sources in the near-infrared images obtained with the SOFI instrument on the New Technology Telescope. The X-ray and near-infrared properties of SAX J1324.4-6200 suggest it to be either a persistent high mass accreting X-ray pulsar or a symbiotic X-ray binary pulsar at a distance $\le$ 9 kpc. We identify the infrared counterpart of SAX J1452.8--5949 to be a late-type main sequence star at a distance $\le$ 10 kpc, thus ruling out SAX J1452.8--5949 to be a high mass X-ray binary. However with the present X-ray and near-infrared observations, we cannot make any further conclusive conclusion about the nature of SAX J1452.8-5949.

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