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No X-Ray Excess from the HESS J1741-302 Region except a New Intermediate Polar Candidate

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena 2015-05-28 v1

Abstract

With the Suzaku satellite, we observed an unidentified TeV gamma-ray source HESS J1741-302 and its surroundings. No diffuse or point-like X-ray sources are detected from the bright southern emission peak of HESS J1741-302. From its neighborhood, we found a new intermediate polar candidate at the position of (α,δ)J2000.0=(\timeform17h40m35.6s,\timeform30D14m16s)(\alpha, \delta)_{\rm J2000.0} = (\timeform{17h40m35.6s}, \timeform{-30D14m16s}), which is designated as Suzaku J174035.6-301416. The spectrum of Suzaku J174035.6-301416 exhibits emission lines at the energy of 6.4, 6.7 and 7.0 keV, which can be assigned as the Kα\alpha lines from neutral, He-like and H-like iron, respectively. A coherent pulsation is found at a period of 432.1 ±\pm 0.1 s. The pulse profile is quasi-sinusoidal in the hard X-ray band (4-8 keV), but is more complicated in the soft X-ray band (1-3 keV). The moderate period of pulsation, the energy flux, and the presence of the iron Kα\alpha lines indicate that Suzaku J174035.6-301416 is likely an intermediate polar, a subclass of magnetized white dwarf binaries (cataclysmic variables). Based on these discoveries, we give some implications on the origin of GCDX and brief comments on HESS J1741-302 and PSR B1737-30.

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@article{arxiv.1106.2861,
  title  = {No X-Ray Excess from the HESS J1741-302 Region except a New Intermediate Polar Candidate},
  author = {Hideki Uchiyama and Katsuji Koyama and Hironori Matsumoto and Omar Tibolla and Sarah Kaufmann and Stefan Wagner},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1106.2861},
  year   = {2015}
}

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Accepted by PASJ