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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 MAGIC collaboration has recently reported the discovery of gamma-ray emission from the binary system LS I +61 303 in the TeV energy region. Here we present new observational results on this source in the energy range between 300 GeV and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-03-27 MAGIC Collaboration , J. Albert

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

Three binaries are now established sources of emission at very high energies (>1e11 eV). They are composed of a massive star and a compact object. The emission can be due to the interaction of the relativistic wind from a young ms pulsar…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Guillaume Dubus

We investigate the optical linear polarization caused by Thomson scattering of the stellar radiation for gamma-ray binary \lsi61, which likely contains a young pulsar. Based on the pulsar binary scenario, we model the interaction between…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-10-14 Jiaxin Liu , Haoyu Yuan , Xiangli Lei , Wenlong Xu , Jumpei Takata , Weihua Lei

To understand the nature of the brightest gamma-ray binary system LS 5039, hard X-ray data of the object, taken with the Suzaku and NuSTAR observatories in 2007 and 2016, respectively, were analyzed. The two data sets jointly gave tentative…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-09-10 Hiroki Yoneda , Kazuo Makishima , Teruaki Enoto , Dmitry Khangulyan , Takahiro Matsumoto , Tadayuki Takahashi

LSI +61 303 is one of the few X-ray binaries with Be star companion from which both radio and high-energy gamma-ray emission have been observed. We present XMM-Newton and INTEGRAL observations which reveal variability of the X-ray spectral…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 M. Chernyakova , A. Neronov , R. Walter

We consider the neutron star (NS) of the magnetar type inside the massive binary system. We determine the conditions under which the matter from the stellar wind can penetrate the inner magnetosphere of the magnetar. At some distance from…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-13 W. Bednarek

The gamma-ray binary LS I+61 303 has been widely monitored at different wavelengths since its discovery more than sixty years ago. However, the nature of the compact object and the peculiar behavior of the system are still largely debated.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-06-14 J. Lopez-Miralles , Sara E. Motta , S. Migliari , F. Jaron

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 5039 and LSI +61 303 are unique amongst high-mass X-ray binaries (HMXB) for their spatially-resolved radio emission and their counterpart at >GeV gamma-ray energies, canonically attributed to non-thermal particles in an accretion-powered…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Guillaume Dubus

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

LS I +61${^\circ}$303 is a $\gamma$-ray emitting X-ray binary with periodic radio outbursts with time scales of one month. Previous observations have revealed microflares superimposed on these large outbursts with periods ranging from a few…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-08-30 Frederic Jaron , Richa Sharma , Maria Massi , Lars Fuhrmann , Emmanouil Angelakis , Ioannis Myserlis , Guang-Xing Li , Xun Shi

Magnetars form a special population of neutron stars with strong magnetic fields and long spin periods. About 30 magnetars and magnetar candidates known currently are probably isolated. But the possibility that magnetars are in binaries…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-02-02 Kun Xu , Xiang-Dong Li , Zhe Cui , Qiao-Chu Li , Yong Shao , Xilong Liang , Jifeng Liu

The gamma-ray binary LS I +61 303 is composed of a Be star and a compact companion orbiting in an eccentric orbit. Variable flux modulated with the orbital period of ~26.5 d has been detected from radio to very high-energy gamma rays. In…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-02-25 X. Paredes-Fortuny , M. Ribó , V. Bosch-Ramon , J. Casares , O. Fors , J. Núñez

The binary system, LSI+61 303, is unusual both because of the dramatic, periodic, radio outbursts, and because of its possible association with the 100 MeV gamma-ray source, 2CG135+01. We have performed simultaneous radio and Rossi X-ray…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 F. A. Harrison , P. S. Ray , D. A. Leahy , E. B. Waltman , G. G. Pooley

Several binary systems, composed of a star and a compact object, have been detected in the GeV-TeV range. Several systems have been observed but only a handful of sources have shown emission at those energies. Here, we present the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 A. López-Oramas , O. Blanch Bigas , J. Cortina , D. Hadasch , A. Herrero , B. Marcote , P. Munar-Adrover , J. Moldón , J. M. Paredes , I. Ribas , M. Ribó , D. Torres , R. Zanin

We report on a 95ks Chandra observation of the TeV emitting High Mass X-ray Binary LSI +61 303, using the ACIS-S camera in Continuos Clocking mode to search for a possible X-ray pulsar in this system. The observation was performed while the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-18 N. Rea , D. F. Torres , M. van der Klis , P. G. Jonker , M. Mendez , A. Sierpowska-Bartosik

Observations of two well known binary systems (LS 5039 and LS I +61 303) with the satellite and Cherenkov telescopes revealed the broad band $\gamma$-ray spectra which seems to show two components, the first at GeV energies, showing…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-30 W. Bednarek