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2015ApJ...806..192P - Astrophys. J., 806, 192 (2015/June-3)

An extended X-ray object ejected from the PSRB1259-63/LS2883 binary.

PAVLOV G.G., HARE J., KARGALTSEV O., RANGELOV B. and DURANT M.

Abstract (from CDS):

We present the analysis of Chandra X-ray Observatory observations of the eccentric γ-ray binary PSR B1259-63/LS 2883. The analysis shows that the extended X-ray feature seen in previous observations is still moving away from the binary with an average projected velocity of ≈ 0.07 and shows a hint of acceleration. The spectrum of the feature appears to be hard (photon index Γ ≈ 0.8) with no sign of softening compared to previously measured values. We interpret it as a clump of plasma ejected from the binary through the interaction of the pulsar with the decretion disk of the O-star around periastron passage. We suggest that the clump is moving in the unshocked relativistic pulsar wind (PW), which can accelerate the clump. Its X-ray emission can be interpreted as synchrotron radiation of the PW shocked by the collision with the clump.

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Journal keyword(s): pulsars: individual: (B1259, 63) - stars: early-type - stars: individual: LS 2883 - stars: neutron - X-rays: binaries

Simbad objects: 1

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