DOI

  • Alexander Salganik
  • Sergey S. Tsygankov
  • Alexander A. Lutovinov
  • Alexander A. Mushtukov
  • Ilya A. Mereminskiy
  • Sergey V. Molkov
  • Andrei N. Semena

We report results of the first detailed spectral and temporal studies of the recently discovered Be/X-ray binary eRASSU J050810.4-660653 in Large Magellanic Cloud based on the data from the SRG/ART-XC, NuSTAR and Swift/XRT instruments obtained in 2021 December-2022 May in a wide energy range of 0.5-79 keV. Pulsations with the period of 40.5781 ± 0.0004 s were found in the source light curve with the pulsed fraction monotonically increasing with the energy. An estimate of the orbital period of ?38 d was obtained based on the long-Term monitoring of the system. The source spectrum can be well approximated with a power-law model modified by an exponential cutoff at high energies. The pulse phase-resolved spectroscopy shows a strong variation of spectral parameters depending on the phase of a neutron star rotation. We have not found any features connected with the cyclotron absorption line both in the phase-Averaged and phase-resolved spectra of eRASSU J050810.4-660653. However, the neutron star magnetic field was estimated around several 1013 G using different indirect methods. Discovered variations of the hardness ratio over the pulse phase is discussed in terms of physical and geometrical properties of the emitting region.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4018-4025
Number of pages8
JournalMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Volume514
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Aug 2022

    Research areas

  • accretion, accretion discs, pulsars: general, scattering, stars: magnetic field, stars: neutron, X-rays: binaries

    Scopus subject areas

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Space and Planetary Science

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