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First ejection from the PSR B1259-63/LS 2883 high mass gamma-ray binary detected during the 2021-2024 binary cycle

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena 2023-03-27 v1

Abstract

LS 2883/PSR B1259-63 is a high mass, eccentric gamma-ray binary that has previously been observed to eject X-ray emitting material. We report the results of recent Chandra observations near binary apastron in which a new X-ray emitting clump of matter was detected. The clump has a high projected velocity of v0.07cv_{\perp}\approx 0.07c and hard X-ray spectrum, which fits an absorbed power-law model with Γ=1.1±0.3\Gamma=1.1\pm0.3. Although clumps with similar velocities and spectra were detected in some of the previous binary cycles, no resolved clumps were seen near apastron in the preceding cycle of 2017-2021.

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@article{arxiv.2303.13595,
  title  = {First ejection from the PSR B1259-63/LS 2883 high mass gamma-ray binary detected during the 2021-2024 binary cycle},
  author = {Jeremy Hare and George G. Pavlov and Oleg Kargaltsev and Gordon P. Garmire},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2303.13595},
  year   = {2023}
}

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