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2019ApJ...884...93C - Astrophys. J., 884, 93-93 (2019/October-2)

Discovery of the galactic high-mass gamma-ray binary 4FGL J1405.1-6119.

CORBET R.H.D., CHOMIUK L., COE M.J., COLEY J.B., DUBUS G., EDWARDS P.G., MARTIN P., McBRIDE V.A., STEVENS J., STRADER J. and TOWNSEND L.J.

Abstract (from CDS):

We report the identification from multiwavelength observations of the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) source 4FGL J1405.1-6119 (=3FGL J1405.4-6119) as a high-mass gamma-ray binary. Observations with the LAT show that gamma-ray emission from the system is modulated at a period of 13.7135 ± 0.0019 days, with the presence of two maxima per orbit with different spectral properties. X-ray observations using the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory X-ray Telescope show that X-ray emission is also modulated at this period, but with a single maximum that is closer to the secondary lower-energy gamma-ray maximum. A radio source, coincident with the X-ray source is also found from Australia Telescope Compact Array observations, and the radio emission is modulated on the gamma-ray period with similar phasing to the X-ray emission. A large degree of interstellar obscuration severely hampers optical observations, but a near-infrared counterpart is found. Near-infrared spectroscopy indicates an O6 III spectral classification. This is the third gamma-ray binary to be discovered with the Fermi-LAT from periodic modulation of the gamma-ray emission, the other two sources also have early O star, rather than Be star, counterparts. We consider at what distances we can detect such modulated gamma-ray emission with the LAT, and examine constraints on the gamma-ray binary population of the Milky Way.

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