Issue |
A&A
Volume 494, Number 3, February II 2009
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Page(s) | L37 - L40 | |
Section | Letters | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200811397 | |
Published online | 14 January 2009 |
Letter to the Editor
INTEGRAL observation of hard X-ray variability of the TeV binary LS 5039/RX J1826.2-1450*
1
Kepler Zentrum für Astro- und Teilchenphysik, Institut für Astronomie und Astrophysik, University of Tübingen, Sand 1, 72076 Tübingen, Germany e-mail: hoffmann@astro.uni-tuebingen.de
2
Universität Hamburg, Institut für Experimentalphysik, Hamburg, Germany
3
INAF IFC-Pa, via U. La Malfa 153, 90146 Palermo, Italy
Received:
21
November
2008
Accepted:
26
December
2008
Context. LS 5039 / RX J1826.2-1450 is one of the few High Mass X-ray binary systems from which radio and high energy TeV emission has been observed. Moreover, variability of the TeV emission with orbital period was detected.
Aims. We investigate the hard X-ray ( keV) spectral and timing properties of the source with the monitoring IBIS/ISGRI instrument on-board the INTEGRAL satellite.
Methods. We present the analysis of INTEGRAL observations for a total of about 3 Msec exposure time, including both public data and data from the Key Programme. We search for flux and spectral variability related to the orbital phase.
Results. The source is observed to emit from 25 up to 200 keV and the emission
is concentrated around inferior conjunction. Orbital variability in
the hard X-ray band is detected and established to be in phase with
the orbitally modulated TeV emission observed with HESS. For this
energy range we determine an average flux for the inferior conjunction
phase interval of erg cm-2 s-1, and a flux upper limit for the superior conjunction phase
interval of
erg cm-2 s-1 (90% conf. level respectively). The spectrum for the inferior conjunction
phase interval follows a power law with an index
(90% conf. level).
Key words: X-ray: binaries / stars: individual: LS 5039/RX J1826.2-1450
© ESO, 2009
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