On the Nature of AX J2049.6+2939 and AX J2050.0+2914

Details On the Nature of AX J2049.6+2939 and AX J2050.0+2914 On the Nature of AX J2049.6+2939 and AX J2050.0+2914

2000-11-29

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0011535v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

23 pages, 4 figures, Accepted for publication by Astrophysical Journal

Scientific paper

10.1086/319770

AX J2049.6+2939 is a compact X-ray source in the vicinity of the southern blow-up region of the Cygnus Loop supernova remnant (Miyata et al. 1998a). This source was the brightest X-ray source inside the Cygnus Loop observed during the ASCA survey project. The X-ray spectrum was well fitted by a power-law function with a photon index of $-2.1 \pm 0.1$. Short-term timing analysis was performed and no coherent pulsation was found. Follow-up observations with ASCA have revealed a large variation in X-ray intensity by a factor of $\simeq$ 50, whereas the spectral shape did not change within the statistical uncertainties. In the second ASCA observation, we found another X-ray source, AX J2050.0+2941, at the north east of AX J2049.6+2939. During the three ASCA observations, the X-ray intensity of AX J2050.0+2941 varied by a factor of $\simeq$4. No coherent pulsations could be found for AX J2050.0+2941. We have performed optical photometric and spectroscopic observations in the vicinity of AX J2049.6+2939 at the Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO). As a result, all objects brighter than $B$-band magnitude of 22 in the error box can be identified with normal stars. Combined with the X-ray results and the fact that there are no radio counterparts, AX J2049.6+2939 is not likely to be either an ordinary rotation-powered pulsar or an AGN. The nature of AX J2049.6+2939 is still unclear and further observations over a wide energy band are strongly required. As to AX J2050.0+2941, the long-term X-ray variability and the radio counterpart suggests that it is an AGN.

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