期刊
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
卷 844, 期 2, 页码 -出版社
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aa7cff
关键词
gamma rays: stars; pulsars: general; X-rays: individual (XMMU J083850.38282756.8)
资金
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration through Chandra Award [SAO GO6-17027X]
- National Aeronautics Space Administration [NAS8-03060]
- NASA [NNX15AU83G]
- Packard Fellowship
- ESA
- NASA
We obtained new optical observations of the X-ray source XMMU J083850.38-282756.8, the previously proposed counterpart of the gamma-ray source 3FGL J0838.8-2829. Time-series photometry in the r' band reveals periodic modulation of approximate to 1 mag that is characteristic of the heating of the photosphere of a low-mass companion star by a compact object. The measured orbital period is 5.14817 +/- 0.00012. hr. The shape of the light curve is variable, evidently due to the effects of flaring and asymmetric heating. Spectroscopy reveals a companion of type M1 or later, having a radial velocity amplitude of 315 +/- 17. km. s(-1), with period and phasing consistent with the heating interpretation. The mass function of the compact object is 0.69 +/- 0.11 M circle dot, which allows a neutron star in a high-inclination orbit. Variable, broad Ha emission is seen, which is probably associated with a wind from the companion. These properties, as well as the X-ray and gamma-ray luminosities at the inferred distance of < 1.7 kpc, are consistent with a redback millisecond pulsar in its non-accreting state. A search for radio pulsations is needed to confirm this interpretation and derive complete system parameters for modeling, although absorption by the ionized wind could hinder such detection.
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