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一个新的gamma-ray巨大的食低质量X射线双星

A new gamma-ray loud, eclipsing low-mass X-ray binary

Jay Strader, Kwan-Lok Li, Laura Chomiuk, Craig O. Heinke, Andrzej Udalski, Mark Peacock, Laura Shishkovsky, Evangelia Tremou

摘要:

本文报道了在非关联费米/大天区望远镜γ射线源3FGL J0427.9-6704的3FGL误差椭圆中心发现一个食低质量X射线双星。OGLE和SMARTS 1.3米望远镜的测光和SOAR望远镜的光谱学使我们能够将该系统归类为一个具有主序列供体和中子星吸积体的食低质量X射线双星(P = 8.8 hr)。宽的双峰H和He发射线表明持续存在的吸积盘。值得注意的是,该系统显示了与吸积盘和次级相关的独立的吸收线,我们使用它们的径向速度来寻找大质量(~ 1.8-1.9 M_sun)中子星初级的证据。除了用NuSTAR观测到的持续时间约为2200 s的X射线全蚀外,X射线光变曲线还显示出与已知过渡毫秒双星相似的性质:短期变化,硬幂律光谱(光子指数约为1.7),以及可比较的0.5-10 keV光度(约为2.4 x 10^33 erg/s)。我们发现了与X射线食同相位的部分(~ 60%)伽马射线食的初步证据,表明伽马射线发射可能不局限于致密物体的直接区域。这对双星的有利倾角是有希望的未来努力,以确定在吸积中子星之间的伽马射线的起源。

英文摘要:

We report the discovery of an eclipsing low-mass X-ray binary at the center of the 3FGL error ellipse of the unassociated Fermi/Large Area Telescope gamma-ray source 3FGL J0427.9-6704. Photometry from OGLE and the SMARTS 1.3-m telescope and spectroscopy from the SOAR telescope have allowed us to classify the system as an eclipsing low-mass X-ray binary (P = 8.8 hr) with a main sequence donor and a neutron star accretor. Broad double-peaked H and He emission lines suggest the ongoing presence of an accretion disk. Remarkably, the system shows shows separate sets of absorption lines associated with the accretion disk and the secondary, and we use their radial velocities to find evidence for a massive (~ 1.8-1.9 M_sun) neutron star primary. In addition to a total X-ray eclipse of duration ~ 2200 s observed with NuSTAR, the X-ray light curve also shows properties similar to those observed among known transitional millisecond pulsars: short-term variability, a hard power-law spectrum (photon index ~ 1.7), and a comparable 0.5-10 keV luminosity (~ 2.4 x 10^33 erg/s). We find tentative evidence for a partial (~ 60%) gamma-ray eclipse at the same phase as the X-ray eclipse, suggesting the gamma-ray emission may not be confined to the immediate region of the compact object. The favorable inclination of this binary is promising for future efforts to determine the origin of gamma-rays among accreting neutron stars.

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