Discovery of a Slow X-Ray Pulsator, AX J1740.1-2847, in the Galactic Center Region

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2000-08-22

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0008331v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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To appear in PASJ Dec. 25, 2000 issue, Vol.52 No.6; 5 pages LaTeX files, uses PASJ95.sty, PASJadd.sty, psfig.sty; also availab

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We report the discovery of an X-ray pulsar AX J1740.1-2847 from the Galactic center region. This source was found as a faint hard X-ray object on 7--8 September 1998 with the ASCA Galactic center survey observation. Then, coherent pulsations of P=729 +/- 14 sec period were detected. The X-ray spectrum is described by a flat power-law of ~= 0.7 photon index. The large absorption column of log NH ~= 22.4 (cm^-2) indicates that AX J1740.1-2847 is a distant source, larger than 2.4 kpc, and possibly near at the Galactic center region. The luminosity in the 2--10 keV band is larger than 2.5 x 10^33 erg/s, or likely to be 3.2 x 10^34 erg/s at the Galactic center distance. Although the slow pulse period does not discriminate whether AX J1740.1-2847 is a white dwarf or neutron star binary, the flat power-law and moderate luminosity strongly favor a neutron star binary.

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