Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2005-04-15
Astrophys.J. 627 (2005) L137-L140
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
5 pages, plus 1 embedded eps figure. Refined coordinates of source, including typo in declination. ApJ Letters, in press
Scientific paper
10.1086/432441
We present new X-ray timing and spectral results on the 8.0-second X-ray pulsar CXOU J010043.1-721134 from a series of observations using the Chandra X-ray Observatory. We find a spin period in 2004 January of 8.020392pm0.000009 seconds. Comparison of this to 2001 Chandra observations implies a period derivative dot{P} = (1.88 pm 0.08) times 10^{-11} s s^{-1}, leading to an inferred dipole surface magnetic field of 3.9 times 10^{14} G. The spectrum is well fit to an absorbed blackbody of temperature kT = 0.38pm0.02 keV with a power law tail of photon index Gamma = 2.0pm0.6. We find that the source has an unabsorbed X-ray flux (0.5-10 keV) of 4(+2-1) times 10^{-13} erg cm^{-2} s^{-1} and a corresponding X-ray luminosity of ~2 times 10^{35} erg s^{-1} for a distance of 60 kpc. These properties support classification of CXOU J010043.1-721134 as the seventh confirmed anomalous X-ray pulsar,the eleventh confirmed magnetar, and the first magnetar to be identified in the Small Magellanic Cloud.
Gaensler Bryan M.
Kaspi Victoria M.
McGarry M. B.
Ransom Scott M.
Veljkovik S.
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