No X-Ray Excess from the HESS J1741-302 Region except a New Intermediate Polar Candidate
Abstract
With the Suzaku satellite, we observed an unidentified TeV gamma-ray source HESS J1741302 and its surroundings. No diffuse or point-like X-ray sources are detected from the bright southern emission peak of HESS J1741302. From its neighborhood, we found a new intermediate polar candidate at the position of , which is designated as Suzaku J174035.6301416. The spectrum of Suzaku J174035.6301416 exhibits emission lines at the energy of 6.4, 6.7 and 7.0 keV, which can be assigned as the K lines from neutral, He-like and H-like iron, respectively. A coherent pulsation is found at a period of 432.1 0.1 s. The pulse profile is quasi-sinusoidal in the hard X-ray band (48 keV), but is more complicated in the soft X-ray band (13 keV). The moderate period of pulsation, the energy flux, and the presence of the iron K lines indicate that Suzaku J174035.6301416 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 J1741302 and PSR B173730.
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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