Identification of an X-Ray Pulsar in the BeXRB System IGR J18219-1347
Abstract
We report on observations of the candidate Be/X-ray binary (BeXRB) IGR J18219-1347 with the Swift/X-ray Telescope, the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope ARray, and the Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer during Type-I outbursts in 2020 March and June. Our timing analysis revealed the spin period of a neutron star with P spin = 52.46 s. This periodicity, combined with the known orbital period of 72.4 days, indicates that the system is a BeXRB. Furthermore, by comparing the spectral energy distribution of the infrared counterpart to that of known BeXRBs, we confirm this classification and set a distance of approximately 10-15 kpc for the source. The broadband X-ray spectrum (1.5-50 keV) of the source is described by an absorbed power law with a photon index Γ ~ 0.5 and a cutoff energy at ~13 keV.
- Publication:
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The Astrophysical Journal
- Pub Date:
- March 2022
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:2111.12592
- Bibcode:
- 2022ApJ...927..139O
- Keywords:
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- X-ray astronomy;
- High mass x-ray binary stars;
- Pulsars;
- Neutron stars;
- 1810;
- 733;
- 1306;
- 1108;
- Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
- E-Print:
- Revised manuscript. Accepted to ApJ