Discovery of the Slowest X-Ray Pulsar in the SMC, AX J0049.5-7323, with ASCA

Details Discovery of the Slowest X-Ray Pulsar in the SMC, AX J0049.5-7323, with ASCA Discovery of the Slowest X-Ray Pulsar in the SMC, AX J0049.5-7323, with ASCA

2000-11-14

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0011260v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

4 pages, 4 figures, to be published in PASJ. Also available at http://www-cr.scphys.kyoto-u.ac.jp/member/jun/job/

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The discovery of coherent pulsations with ASCA from an X-ray source, AX J0049.5-7323, is reported. The barycentric period was determined to be 755.5 +/- 0.6 s, which is the longest among X-ray pulsators in the SMC. The X-ray spectrum has been found to be unchanged through ASCA observations, with a photon index of ~0.8 and a luminosity of ~5e35 erg s^-1 (0.7-10 keV). Archival data of the Einstein and the ROSAT satellites indicate that the flux has been < 1e-12 erg s^-1 cm^-2 (< 5e35 erg s^-1) for over 20 years and exhibits a variability with a factor of >10. We argue that AX J0049.5-7323 is an X-ray pulsar with a Be star companion.

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