X-ray observations of Be/X-ray binaries in the SMC

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作者
Haberl, F [1 ]
Pietsch, W [1 ]
机构
[1] Max Planck Inst Extraterr Phys, D-85748 Garching, Germany
关键词
galaxies : individual : Small Magellanic Cloud; stars : neutron; X-rays : binaries; X-rays : galaxies;
D O I
10.1051/0004-6361:20031654
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
Fifteen Be/X-ray binaries and candidates in the SMC were observed serendipitously with the EPIC instruments of XMM-Newton during two observations of SNR0047 - 73.5 and SNR0103 - 72.6 in October 2000. A total of twelve of those sources are detected. For eleven of them an accurate position and in part detection of X-ray pulsations support the proposed identification as Be/X-ray binaries. In one case the improved X-ray position excludes the previously suggested identification with an Halpha emission line star found within the ROSAT error circle. The detection of pulsations (172.2 s, 320.1 s and 751 s) from three hard X-ray sources with periods known from ASCA observations confirm their proposed identifications with ROSAT sources and their optical Be star counterparts. In addition, pulsations with a period of 263.6 s were found from XMMUJ004723.7-731226 = RXJ0047.3-7312. For SAXJ0103.2-7209 a pulse period of 341.2 +/- 0.5 s was determined, continuing the large spin-up seen with ASCA, BeppoSAX and Chandra between 1996 and 1999 with a period derivative of - 1.6 s yr(-1) covering now 4.5 years. The 0.3 - 10.0 keV EPIC spectra of all eleven Be/X-ray binaries and candidates are consistent with power-law energy distributions with derived photon indices strongly peaked at 1.00 with a standard deviation of 0.16. No pulsations are detected from RXJ0049.2-7311 and RXJ0049.5-7310 ( both near the 9 s pulsar AXJ0049-732) and RXJ0105.1-7211 ( near AXJ0105-722, which may pulsate with 3.3 s), leaving the identification of the ASCA sources with ROSAT and corresponding XMM-Newton objects still unclear. We present an updated list of high-mass X-ray binaries (HMXBs) and candidates in the SMC incorporating improved X-ray positions obtained from Chandra and XMM-Newton observations. Including the results from this work and recent publications the SMC HMXB catalogue comprises 65 objects with at least 37 showing X-ray pulsations.
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