Issue |
A&A
Volume 654, October 2021
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Article Number | A127 | |
Number of page(s) | 7 | |
Section | Astrophysical processes | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202141102 | |
Published online | 21 October 2021 |
Phase-resolved hard X-ray emission of the high-mass binary LS 5039: a spectral hardening above 50 keV detected with INTEGRAL
1
International Space Science Institute (ISSI), Hallerstrasse 6, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
e-mail: mfalanga@issibern.ch
2
Ioffe Institute, 26 Politechnicheskaya, 194021 St. Petersburg, Russia
3
Key Laboratory of Stars and Interstellar Medium, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan, 411105 Hunan, PR China
4
ISDC Data Centre for Astrophysics, Chemin d’Écogia 16, 1290 Versoix, Switzerland
Received:
15
April
2021
Accepted:
13
July
2021
Aims. LS 5039 is an enigmatic high-mass gamma-ray binary which hosts a powerful O6.5V companion, but the nature of the compact object is still to be established using multi-wavelength observations.
Methods. We analyzed phase-resolved multi-instrument spectra of nonthermal emission from LS 5039 in order to produce reliable spectral models, which can be further employed to select between various scenarios and theoretical models of the binary.
Results. The combined phase-resolved hard X-ray and MeV-range gamma-ray spectra obtained with XMM-Newton, Suzaku, NuSTAR, INTEGRAL, and COMPTEL indicate a meaningful spectral hardening above 50 keV. The spectral break observed in both major phases of the binary may indicate the presence of an upturn in the spectrum of accelerated leptons which could originate from the interaction of wind from the O6.5V companion star with the relativistic outflow from a yet unidentified compact object.
Key words: X-rays: binaries / X-rays: individuals: LS 5039
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