X 1908+075: An X-ray Binary with a 4.4 day Period

Details X 1908+075: An X-ray Binary with a 4.4 day Period X 1908+075: An X-ray Binary with a 4.4 day Period

1999-07-29

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9907424v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

6 pages, two-column,"emulateapj" style, submitted to ApJ

Scientific paper

10.1086/308604

X 1908+075 is an optically unidentified and highly absorbed X-ray source that appears in early surveys such as Uhuru, OSO-7, Ariel V, HEAO-1, and the EXOSAT Galactic Plane Survey. These surveys measured a source intensity in the range of 2-12 mCrab at 2-10 keV, and the position was localized to ~ 0.5 degrees. We use the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) All Sky Monitor (ASM) to confirm our expectation that a particular Einstein IPC detection (1E 1908.4+0730) provides the correct position for X 1908+075. The analysis of the coded mask shadows from the ASM for the position of 1E 1908.4+0730 yields a persistent intensity ~ 8 mCrab (1.5-12 keV) over a 3 year interval beginning in 1996 February. Furthermore, we detect a period of 4.400 +- 0.001 days with a false alarm probability < 1.0e-7 . The folded light curve is roughly sinusoidal, with an amplitude that is 22 % of the mean flux. The X-ray period may be attributed to the scattering and absorption of X-rays through a stellar wind combined with the orbital motion in a binary system. We suggest that X 1908+075 is an X-ray binary with a high mass companion star.

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