Multi-wavelength observations of the binary system PSR B1259-63/LS 2883 around the 2014 periastron passage

被引:55
作者
Chernyakova, M. [1 ,2 ]
Neronov, A. [3 ]
van Soelen, B. [4 ]
Callanan, P. [5 ]
O'Shaughnessy, L. [5 ]
Babyk, Iu. [1 ,2 ,6 ]
Tsygankov, S. [7 ]
Vovk, Ie. [8 ]
Krivonos, R. [9 ]
Tomsick, J. A. [9 ,10 ]
Malyshev, D. [3 ]
Li, J. [11 ]
Wood, K. [12 ]
Torres, D. [11 ,13 ]
Zhang, S. [14 ]
Kretschmar, P. [15 ]
McSwain, M. V. [16 ]
Buckley, D. A. H. [17 ,18 ]
Koen, C. [19 ]
机构
[1] Dublin City Univ, Dublin 9, Ireland
[2] Dublin Inst Adv Studies, Dublin 2, Ireland
[3] INTEGRAL Sci Data Ctr, CH-1290 Versoix, Switzerland
[4] Univ Free State, Dept Phys, ZA-9300 Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa
[5] Natl Univ Ireland Univ Coll Cork, Dept Phys, Cork, Ireland
[6] Natl Acad Sci Ukraine, Main Astron Observ, UA-03680 Kiev, Ukraine
[7] Univ Turku, Dept Phys & Astron, Tuorla Observ, FI-21500 Piikkio, Finland
[8] Max Planck Inst Phys & Astrophys, D-80805 Munich, Germany
[9] Univ Calif Berkeley, Space Sci Lab, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
[10] Russian Acad Sci, Space Res Inst, Moscow 117997, Russia
[11] Inst Space Sci CSIC IEEC, E-08193 Barcelona, Spain
[12] US Naval Res Lab, Div Space Sci, Washington, DC 20375 USA
[13] ICREA, Barcelona, Spain
[14] Inst High Energy Phys, Lab Particle Astrophys, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China
[15] European Space Astron Ctr ESA ESAC, Sci Operat Dept, Villanueva De La Canada, Madrid, Spain
[16] Lehigh Univ, Dept Phys, Bethlehem, PA 18015 USA
[17] S African Astron Observ, ZA-7935 Observatory, South Africa
[18] Southern African Large Telescope, ZA-7935 Observatory, South Africa
[19] Univ Western Cape, Dept Stat, ZA-7535 Bellville, South Africa
基金
中国国家自然科学基金; 美国国家科学基金会; 俄罗斯科学基金会;
关键词
stars:; emission-line; Be; pulsars: individual: PSR B1259-63; gamma rays: stars; X-rays: binaries; X-rays: individual: PSR B1259-63; GAMMA-RAY EMISSION; PULSAR WIND; 2RXP J130159.6-635806; DISCOVERY; TELESCOPE; MISSION; VARIABILITY; MODEL; FERMI;
D O I
10.1093/mnras/stv1988
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We report on the results of the extensive multi-wavelength campaign from optical to GeV gamma-rays of the 2014 periastron passage of PSR B1259-63, which is a unique high-mass gamma-ray emitting binary system with a young pulsar companion. Observations demonstrate the stable nature of the post-periastron GeV flare and prove the coincidence of the flare with the start of rapid decay of the Ha equivalent width, usually interpreted as a disruption of the Be stellar disc. Intensive X-ray observations reveal changes in the X-ray spectral behaviour happening at the moment of the GeV flare. We demonstrate that these changes can be naturally explained as a result of synchrotron cooling of monoenergetic relativistic electrons injected into the system during the GeV flare.
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页码:1358 / 1370
页数:13
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