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1999A&A...351L..33O - Astronomy and Astrophysics, volume 351, L33-36 (1999/11-3)

Discovery of a faint 437 s X-ray pulsar 1SAXJ1452.8-5949.

OOSTERBROEK T., ORLANDINI M., PARMAR A.N., ANGELINI L., ISRAEL G.L., DAL FIUME D., MEREGHETTI S., SANTANGELO A. and CUSUMANO G.

Abstract (from CDS):

A new pulsar, 1SAX J1452.8-5949, was discovered during a BeppoSAX galactic plane survey on 1999 July 20 at R.A.=14h52m49.3s, Dec=-59°49'18'' (J2000) with a 90% confidence uncertainty radius of 50''. Coherent pulsations were detected with a barycentric period of a 437.4±1.4s. The X-ray spectrum can be modeled by a power-law with a photon index of 1.4±0.6 and absorption consistent with the galactic value in the direction of the source (1.9x1022atom/cm2). An Fe K line with a equivalent width of 1.3keV may be present in the spectrum. The unabsorbed 2-10 keV flux is 9x10–13erg/cm2/s. The X-ray properties and lack of an obvious optical counterpart are consistent with a Be star companion at a distance of between approximately 6 and 12kpc which implies a luminosity of (4-15)x1033erg/s.

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Journal keyword(s): X-rays: stars - stars: individual: 1SAXJ1452.8-5949 - stars: neutron - stars: binaries: close - accretion, accretion disks

Simbad objects: 3

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