Discovery of Pulsed X-ray Emission from the SMC Transient RX J0117.6-7330

Details Discovery of Pulsed X-ray Emission from the SMC Transient RX J0117.6-7330 Discovery of Pulsed X-ray Emission from the SMC Transient RX J0117.6-7330

1999-04-23

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9904337v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

17 pages, Latex, aasms, accepted for publication in ApJ Letters

Scientific paper

10.1086/312074

We report on the detection of pulsed, broad-band, X-ray emission from the transient source RX J0117.6-7330. The pulse period of 22 seconds is detected by the ROSAT/PSPC instrument in a 1992 Sep 30 - Oct 2 observation and by the CGRO/BATSE instrument during the same epoch. Hard X-ray pulsations are detectable by BATSE for approximately 100 days surrounding the ROSAT observation (1992 Aug 28 - Dec 8). The total directly measured X-ray luminosity during the ROSAT observation is 1.0E38 (d/60 kpc)^2 ergs s-1. The pulse frequency increases rapidly during the outburst, with a peak spin-up rate of 1.2E-10 Hz s-1 and a total frequency change 1.8%. The pulsed percentage is 11.3% from 0.1-2.5 keV, increasing to at least 78% in the 20-70 keV band. These results establish RX J0117.6-7330 as a transient Be binary system.

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