The eclipsing X-ray pulsar X-7 in M33
Astrophysics
2009-10-31 v1
Abstract
Using our extensive ROSAT X-ray observations of M33, we confirm a 3.45 day eclipse period for the Einstein source X-7 (Larson & Schulman, 1997) and discover evidence for a 0.31-s pulse period. The orbital period, pulse period and observed X-ray luminosity are remarkably similar to SMC X-1. We therefore suggest M33 X-7 is a neutron star high mass X-ray binary with a 15-40 Msol O/B companion and a binary separation of 25-33 Rsol if the companion is almost filling its Roche lobe.
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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9810050,
title = {The eclipsing X-ray pulsar X-7 in M33},
author = {G. Dubus and P. A. Charles and K. S. Long and P. J. Hakala and E. Kuulkers},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9810050},
year = {2009}
}
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accepted for publication in MNRAS