Identification of an X-Ray Pulsar in the BeXRB System IGR J18219-1347

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Authors
  • N. Gorgone
  • L.J. Townsend
  • A. Calamida
  • A. Fruchter
  • D.A.H. Buckley
  • M.G. Baring
  • J.A. Kennea
  • G. Younes
  • Z. Arzoumanian
  • E. Bellm
  • S.B. Cenko
  • K. Gendreau
  • J. Granot
  • C. Hailey
  • F. Harrison
  • D. Hartmann
  • L. Kaper
  • A. Kutyrev
  • P.O. Slane
  • D. Stern
  • E. Troja
  • A.J. van Der Horst
  • R.A.M.J. Wijers
  • P. Woudt
Publication date 10-03-2022
Journal Astrophysical Journal
Article number 139
Volume | Issue number 927 | 2
Number of pages 13
Organisations
  • Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy (API)
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.
Document type Article
Language English
Published at https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac5032
Other links https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85126595450
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