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The high-mass X-ray binary LS I +61{\deg}303 is also cataloged as a gamma-ray binary as a result of frequent outbursts at TeV photon energies. The system has released two soft-gamma flares in the past, suggesting a magnetar interpretation…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-12-01 Arthur G. Suvorov , Kostas Glampedakis

The TeV gamma-ray binary LS I +61 303, approximately 2 kpc from Earth, consists of a low mass compact object in an eccentric orbit around a massive Be star. LS I +61 303 exhibits modulated VHE gamma-ray emission around its 26.5 days orbit,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-09 D. B. Kieda , the VERITAS Collaboration

Context. A short duration burst reminiscent of a soft gamma-ray repeater/anomalous X-ray pulsar behaviour was detected in the direction of LS I +61 303 by the Swift satellite. While the association with this well known gamma-ray binary is…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-11-13 A. J. Munoz-Arjonilla , J. Marti , J. A. Combi , P. Luque-Escamilla , J. R. Sanchez-Sutil , V. Zabalza , J. M. Paredes

The discovery of emission of TeV gamma rays from X-ray binaries has triggered an intense effort to better understand the particle acceleration, absorption, and emission mechanisms in compact binary systems. Here we present the pioneering…

The TeV binary system LS I +61$^\circ$ 303 is known for its regular, non-thermal emission pattern which traces the orbital period of the compact object in its 26.5 day orbit around its B0 Ve star companion. The system typically presents…

LS I +61303 is a gamma-ray binary with periodic radio outbursts coincident with the orbital period of P=26.5 d. The origin of the radio emission is unclear,it could be due either to a jet, as in microquasars, or to the shock boundary…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-13 Massi , Kaufman-Bernado

We study the characteristics of the TeV binary LS I +61$^\circ$ 303 in radio, soft X-ray, hard X-ray, and gamma-ray (GeV and TeV) energies. The long term variability characteristics are examined as a function of the phase of the binary…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-03-08 L. Saha , V. R. Chitnis , A. Shukla , A. R. Rao , B. S. Acharya

We study the long-term spectral and timing behaviour of LS I +61$^{\circ}$303 in hard X-rays (15--150 keV) using $\sim$10 years of survey data from the $Swift$ Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) monitor. We focus on the detection of long…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-01-14 A. D'Aì , G. Cusumano , V. La Parola , A. Segreto , T. Mineo

LS I + 61$^\circ$303 is a high-mass X-ray binary system comprising a massive Be star and a rapidly rotating neutron star. Its spectral energy distribution across multi-wavelengths categorizes it as a $\gamma$-ray binary system. In our…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-06-05 Pengfei Zhang

One of the most enigmatic TeV binary systems, LS I +61$^\circ$ 303 exhibits a high degree of flux modulation from radio to TeV wavelengths over a single orbit of the binary system, once every $\sim$26.5 days. The binary system also exhibits…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-17 Payel Kar

The high-mass X-ray binary LS I +61$^\circ$303 is detected across the electromagnetic spectrum from radio until the very high energy gamma-ray regime. The emission is not only highly variable on many time scales, but is also periodic at all…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-07-21 Frederic Jaron

LS I +61 303 is a puzzling object detected from radio up to high-energy gamma-rays. Variability has recently been observed in its high-energy emission. The object is a binary system, with a compact object and a Be star as primary. The…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 G. E. Romero , M. Orellana , A. T. Okazaki , S. P. Owocki

We report the results from our analysis of 8 years of the data for the gamma-ray binary LS I +61 303, obtained with the Large Area Telescope onboard the Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope. We find a significant dip around the binary's…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-03-21 Yi Xing , Zhongxiang Wang , Jumpei Takata

LS I +61 303 is an exceptionally rare example of a high mass X-ray binary (HMXB) that also exhibits MeV-TeV emission, making it one of only a handful of "gamma-ray binaries". Here we present H-alpha spectra that show strong variability…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-01-27 M. Virginia McSwain , Erika D. Grundstrom , Douglas R. Gies , Paul S. Ray

The properties of the short, energetic bursts recently observed from the gamma-ray binary LS I +61{\deg}303, are typical of those showed by high magnetic field neutron stars, and thus provide a strong indication in favor of a neutron star…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-05 Alessandro Papitto , Diego F. Torres , Nanda Rea

Gamma-ray binary LS I+61$^{\circ}$ 303 consists of a neutron star orbiting around a Be star with a period of $P_{\rm orb}\simeq26.5\ {\rm d}$. Apart from orbital modulations, the binary shows long-term flux variations with a superorbital…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-10-23 A. M. Chen , J. Takata , Y. W. Yu

LS I +61 303 is a gamma-ray binary that exhibits an outburst at GHz frequencies each orbital cycle of $\approx$ 26.5 d and a superorbital modulation with a period of $\approx$ 4.6 yr. We have performed a detailed study of the low-frequency…

LS I +61$^{\circ}$ 303 is one of the rare gamma-ray binaries, emitting most of their luminosity in photons with energies beyond 100 MeV. The $\sim$26.5 d orbital period is clearly detected at many wavelengths. Additional aspects of its…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-03-18 Shan-Shan Weng , Lei Qian , Bo-Jun Wang , D. F. Torres , A. Papitto , Peng Jiang , Renxin Xu , Jian Li , Jing-Zhi Yan , Qing-Zhong Liu , Ming-Yu Ge , Qi-Rong Yuan

LS I +61$^\circ$ ~303 is one of around ten gamma-ray binaries detected so far which has a spectral energy distribution dominated by MeV-GeV photons. It is located at a distance of 2 kpc and consists of a compact object (black hole or…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-08-23 D. B. Kieda
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