Low frequency radio spectrum of LS 5039 during periastron and apastron passages

Details Low frequency radio spectrum of LS 5039 during periastron and apastron passages Low frequency radio spectrum of LS 5039 during periastron and apastron passages

2011-11-11

arxiv.org/abs/1111.2715v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena

Accepted for publication in MNRAS Letters

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We have recently studied LS 5039, a gamma-ray binary, with Giant Meterwave Radio Telescope (GMRT) during its periastron and apastron passage. The results presented here show that the spectra are inverted at the low frequency and the flux densities do not differ significantly for two different orbital phases. Assuming that the free-free absorption of radio in stellar wind environment is responsible for the optically thick radio emission we calculated the free-free absorption optical depth and constrained the height of the radio emitting region from the orbital plane. The height is found to be around 1.6 AU for a spherical stellar wind geometry. This estimate may change if the stellar wind is focussed or the radio absorption is due to synchrotron self-absorption.

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