Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2002-07-26
Astrophys.J. 580 (2002) 1065-1069
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
6 pages, 2 figures; accepted by ApJ
Scientific paper
10.1086/343798
We present evidence for approximately 400-d variations in the radial velocity of HD 154791 (V934 Her), the suggested optical counterpart of 4U 1700+24. The variations are correlated with the previously reported approximately 400 d variations in the X-ray flux of 4U 1700+24, which supports the association of these two objects, as well as the identification of this system as the second known X-ray binary in which a neutron star accretes from the wind of a red giant. The HD 154791 radial velocity variations can be fit with an eccentric orbit with period 404 +/- 3 d, amplitude K=0.75 +/- 0.12 km/s and eccentricity e=0.26 +/- 0.15. There are also indications of variations on longer time scales >~ 2000 d. We have re-examined all available ASM data following an unusually large X-ray outburst in 1997-98, and confirm that the 1-d averaged 2-10 keV X-ray flux from 4U 1700+24 is modulated with a period of 400 +/- 20 d. The mean profile of the persistent X-ray variations was approximately sinusoidal, with an amplitude of 0.108 +/- 0.012 ASM count/s (corresponding to 31% rms). The epoch of X-ray maximum was approximately 40 d after the time of periastron according to the eccentric orbital fit. If the 400 d oscillations from HD 154791/4U 1700+24 are due to orbital motion, then the system parameters are probably close to those of the only other neutron-star symbiotic-like binary, GX 1+4. We discuss the similarities and differences between these two systems.
Galloway Duncan K.
Kenyon Scott. J.
Sokoloski Jennifer L.
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