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非关联$γ$射线源中候选毫秒谱的多波长研究

A multi-wavelength investigation of candidate milli-second pulsars in unassociated $γ$-ray sources

D. Salvetti, R. P. Mignani, A. De Luca, M. Marelli, C. Pallanca, A. A. Breeveld, P. Husemann, A. Belfiore, W. Becker, J. Greiner

摘要:

在第三费米-LAT伽马射线源目录(3FGL)中的3033个$γ$射线源中,大约有三分之一是未被确认的,甚至没有与已知天体的初步关联,因此它们被定义为未关联。在银河系的$γ$射线源中,双星是最大的一类,迄今已鉴定出200多个。其中约三分之一是二进制中的毫秒脉冲(MSP)。因此,很有可能银河系中相当大一部分的不相关的$γ$射线源属于这一类。我们收集了X射线和光学观测领域的12个无关的费米源已被归类为可能的MSP根据统计分类技术。为了找到对所提出的分类的观测支持,我们寻找这些源的X射线和光通量的周期性调制,这可能与紧密双星系统中MSP的轨道周期有关。四个观测到的来源被确定为二进制MSP,或建议作为高置信度的候选人,而这项工作正在进行中。对于这些来源,我们提出了后续调查的结果,而对于其他来源,我们提出了新的MSP鉴定的可能证据。特别是,我们讨论了3FGL J0744.1-2523的情况下,我们提出了作为一个可能的二进制MSP的基础上初步检测的0.115 d的周期性通量的候选光学对应。我们还发现了与3FGL J0802.3-5610相对应的候选光学对应物的周期性非常微弱的证据,周期为0.4159 d,这需要通过进一步的观测来证实。

英文摘要:

About one third of the 3033 $γ$-ray sources in the Third Fermi-LAT Gamma-ray Source Catalogue (3FGL) are unidentified and do not have even a tentative association with a known object, hence they are defined as unassociated. Among Galactic $γ$-ray sources, pulsars represent the largest class, with over 200 identifications to date. About one third of them are milli-second pulsars (MSPs) in binary systems. Therefore, it is plausible that a sizeable fraction of the unassociated Galactic $γ$-ray sources belong to this class. We collected X-ray and optical observations of the fields of twelve unassociated Fermi sources that have been classified as likely MSPs according to statistical classification techniques. To find observational support for the proposed classification, we looked for periodic modulations of the X-ray and optical flux of these sources, which could be associated with the orbital period of a MSP in a tight binary system. Four of the observed sources were identified as binary MSPs, or proposed as high-confidence candidates, while this work was in progress. For these sources, we present the results of our follow-up investigations, whereas for the others we present possible evidence of new MSP identifications. In particular, we discuss the case of 3FGL J0744.1-2523 that we proposed as a possible binary MSP based upon the preliminary detection of a 0.115 d periodicity in the flux of its candidate optical counterpart. We also found very marginal evidence of periodicity in the candidate optical counterpart to 3FGL J0802.3-5610, at a period of 0.4159 d, which needs to be confirmed by further observations.

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