2010ApJ...717...85Y


Query : 2010ApJ...717...85Y

2010ApJ...717...85Y - Astrophys. J., 717, 85-92 (2010/July-1)

Modulation mechanism of TeV, GeV, and X-ray emission in LS5039.

YAMAGUCHI M.S. and TAKAHARA F.

Abstract (from CDS):

The emission mechanism of the gamma-ray binary LS5039 in TeV, GeV, and X-ray energy bands is investigated. Observed light curves in LS5039 show that TeV and GeV fluxes anticorrelate, whereas TeV and X-ray fluxes correlate. However, such correlated variations have not yet been reasonably explained at this stage. Assuming that relativistic electrons are injected constantly at the location of the compact object as a point source and that they lose energy only by the inverse Compton (IC) process, we calculate gamma-ray spectra and light curves by the Monte Carlo method, including the full electromagnetic cascade process. Moreover, we calculated X-ray spectra and light curves by using the resultant electron distribution. As a result, we are able to qualitatively reproduce spectra and light curves observed by H.E.S.S., Fermi, and Suzaku for the inclination angle i = 30° and the index of injected electron distribution p = 2.5. We conclude that TeV-GeV anticorrelation is due to anisotropic IC scattering and anisotropic γγ absorption, and that TeV-X correlation is due to the dependence of IC cooling time on orbital phases. In addition, the constraint on the inclination angle implies that the compact object in LS5039 is a black hole.

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Journal keyword(s): binaries: close - radiation mechanisms: non-thermal - stars: individual: LS5039 - X-rays: binaries

Simbad objects: 3

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Number of rows : 3
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 LS I +61 303 HXB 02 40 31.6644419688 +61 13 45.593918580 11.27 11.61 10.75 10.19 9.55 B0Ve 903 2
2 CPD-63 2495 HXB 13 02 47.6544015048 -63 50 08.626970292 10.34 10.72 9.98 10.03   O9.5Ve 852 0
3 V* V479 Sct HXB 18 26 15.0561548880 -14 50 54.247274304 12.02 12.23 11.27 11.04   ON6V((f))z 613 2

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