PSR J1906+0746 is a 112-kyr-old radio pulsar in a tight relativistic binary with a compact high-mass companion, at the distance of about 5 kpc. We observed this unique system with the Chandra ACIS detector for 31.6 ks. Surprisingly, not a single photon was detected within the 3" radius from the J1906+0746 radio position. For a plausible range of hydrogen column densities, n_H=(0.5-1) \times 10^{22} cm^{-2}, the nondetection corresponds to the 90% upper limit of (3-5) \times 10^{30} erg s^{-1} on the unabsorbed 0.5-8 keV luminosity for the power-law model with Gamma=1.0-2.0, and ~10^{32} erg s^{-1} on the bolometric luminosity of the thermal emission from the NS surface. The inferred limits are the lowest known for pulsars with spin-down properties similar to those of PSR J1906+0746. We have also tentatively detected a puzzling extended structure which looks like a tilted ring with a radius of 1.6' centered on the pulsar. The measured 0.5-8 keV flux of the feature, 3.1 \times 10^{-14} erg cm^{-2} s^{-1}, implies an unabsorbed luminosity of 1.2 \times 10^{32} erg s^{-1} (4.5 \times 10^{-4} of the pulsar's spin-down power). Although all conventional interpretations of the ring appear to be problematic, the pulsar-wind nebula with an unusually underluminous pulsar remains the most viable interpretation.
英文摘要:
PSR J1906+0746 is a 112-kyr-old radio pulsar in a tight relativistic binary with a compact high-mass companion, at the distance of about 5 kpc. We observed this unique system with the Chandra ACIS detector for 31.6 ks. Surprisingly, not a single photon was detected within the 3" radius from the J1906+0746 radio position. For a plausible range of hydrogen column densities, n_H=(0.5-1)\times10^{22} cm^{-2}, the nondetection corresponds to the 90% upper limit of (3-5)\times10^{30} erg s^{-1} on the unabsorbed 0.5-8 keV luminosity for the power-law model with Gamma=1.0-2.0, and ~10^{32} erg s^{-1} on the bolometric luminosity of the thermal emission from the NS surface. The inferred limits are the lowest known for pulsars with spin-down properties similar to those of PSR J1906+0746. We have also tentatively detected a puzzling extended structure which looks like a tilted ring with a radius of 1.6' centered on the pulsar. The measured 0.5-8 keV flux of the feature, 3.1\times10^{-14} erg cm^{-2} s^{-1}, implies an unabsorbed luminosity of 1.2\times10^{32} erg s^{-1} (4.5\times10^{-4} of the pulsar's spin-down power). Although all conventional interpretations of the ring appear to be problematic, the pulsar-wind nebula with an unusually underluminous pulsar remains the most viable interpretation.
Chandra X-ray and Hubble Space Telescope Imaging of Optically Selected Kiloparsec-Scale Binary Active Galactic Nuclei II: Host Galaxy Morphology and AGN Activity
Uncovering New Ionized Winds and Relativistic Hot Outflows in MCG-6-30-15 with \emph{Chandra} HETG and a Bayesian Framework
University of Maryland, College Park(马里兰大学帕克分校);NASA Goddard Space Flight Center(美国国家航空航天局戈达德太空飞行中心);Center for Research and Exploration in Space Science and Technology, NASA/GSFC (CRESST II)(NASA/GSFC空间科学与技术研究探索中心);Joint Space-Science Institute(联合空间科学研究所);Department of Astronomy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor(密歇根大学安娜堡分校天文学系)
Deep $Chandra$ observations of the NGC 4472 globular cluster black hole XMMU 122939.7+075333: Short term variability from the first globular cluster black hole binary
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Discovery of a variable X-ray counterpart to HESS J1832-093: A new gamma-ray binary?
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The Effect of Variability on X-Ray Binary Luminosity Functions: Multiple Epoch Observations of NGC 300 with Chandra
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Chandra Discovery of 10 New X-Ray Jets Associated With FR II Radio Core-Selected AGNs in the MOJAVE Sample
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