2004ApJ...613.1173K


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2004ApJ...613.1173K - Astrophys. J., 613, 1173-1178 (2004/October-1)

Discovery of hard nonthermal pulsed X-ray emission from the anomalous X-ray pulsar 1E 1841-045.

KUIPER L., HERMSEN W. and MENDEZ M.

Abstract (from CDS):

We report the discovery of nonthermal pulsed X-ray/soft gamma-ray emission up to ∼150 keV from the anomalous 11.8 s X-ray pulsar AXP 1E 1841-045 located near the center of supernova remnant Kes 73 using Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) Proportional Counter Array and High Energy X-Ray Timing Experiment (HEXTE) data. The morphology of the double-peaked pulse profile changes rapidly with energy from 2 keV up to ∼8 keV, above which the pulse shape remains more or less stable. The pulsed spectrum is very hard; its shape above 10 keV can be described well by a power law with a photon index of 0.94±0.16. 1E 1841-045 is the first AXP for which such very hard pulsed emission has been detected, which points to an origin in the magnetosphere of a magnetar. We have also derived the total emission spectrum from the Kes 73/1E 1841-045 complex for the ∼1-270 keV energy range using RXTE HEXTE and XMM-Newton pn data. A comparison of the total emission from the complex with the pulsed+DC emission from 1E 1841-045 as derived from Chandra ACIS CC-mode data (Morii et al. (ref???)2003) leaves little room for emission from Kes 73 at energies near 7 keV or above. This suggests that the HEXTE spectrum above ∼15 keV, satisfactorily described by a power law with index 1.47±0.05, is dominated by emission from 1E 1841-045. In that case the pulsed fraction for energies above 10 keV would increase from about 25% near 10 keV to 100% near 100 keV. The origin of the DC-component extending up to ∼100 keV is probably magnetospheric and could be a manifestation of pulsed emission that is ``on'' for all phases.

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Journal keyword(s): Stars: Pulsars: Individual: Alphanumeric: 1E 1841-045 - X-Rays: Stars

Simbad objects: 15

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Number of rows : 15
N Identifier Otype ICRS (J2000)
RA
ICRS (J2000)
DEC
Mag U Mag B Mag V Mag R Mag I Sp type #ref
1850 - 2026
#notes
1 PSR J0146+6145 Psr 01 46 22.21 +61 45 03.8   28.100 25.620     ~ 613 0
2 PSR J0218+42 Psr 02 18 06.3604 +42 32 17.365           ~ 365 2
3 PSR B0525-66 Psr 05 26 00.7 -66 04 35           ~ 569 1
4 PSR B0540-69 Psr 05 40 11.2000490438 -69 19 54.198559829           ~ 976 3
5 2E 2336 HXB 10 50 08.93 -59 53 19.9           Be 419 0
6 PSR B1509-58 Psr 15 13 47.6 -59 07 54     13.06     ~ 879 1
7 PSR J1708-4008 Psr 17 08 46.1 -40 08 56           ~ 315 0
8 PSR J1811-1926 Psr 18 11 29.15 -19 25 25.4           ~ 136 1
9 PSR J1824-2452A Psr 18 24 32.009 -24 52 11.10           ~ 529 2
10 SNR G027.3+00.0 SNR 18 41 17.8 -04 56 12           ~ 345 3
11 PSR J1841-0456 Psr 18 41 19.29 -04 56 11.4           ~ 296 1
12 PSR J1846-0258 Psr 18 46 24.75 -02 58 29.6           ~ 388 2
13 PSR J1930+1852 Psr 19 30 30.13 +18 52 14.1           ~ 110 1
14 PSR B1937+21.4 Psr 19 39 38.560096 +21 34 59.13552           ~ 1142 0
15 2E 4673 HXB 23 01 08.14 +58 52 44.5           ~ 673 1

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