Possible Optical Detection of the Anomalous X-ray Pulsar CXOU J010043.1-721134

Details Possible Optical Detection of the Anomalous X-ray Pulsar CXOU J010043.1-721134 Possible Optical Detection of the Anomalous X-ray Pulsar CXOU J010043.1-721134

2005-06-21

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0506512v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

9 pages LaTeX, 2 figures. Accepted for publication in ApJL

Scientific paper

10.1086/432882

Archival Hubble Space Telescope Wide Field/Planetary Camera 2 observations of the Small Magellanic Cloud serendipitously reveal a possible counterpart to the Anomalous X-ray Pulsar CXOU J010043.1-721134. The candidate is faint, but its location and strange colours make it an interesting object. We estimate, that the probability of such a detection being due to a non-physical source is less than 1.5%. We have tried to confirm the identification with Gemini-South and Magellan, but the conditions were insufficiently favourable. If confirmed, the object will allow the first detailed studies of the optical and ultraviolet emission of magnetars.

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