Multi-wavelength observations of the binary system PSR B1259-63/LS 2883 around the 2014 periastron passage

M. Chernyakova; A. Neronov; B. van Soelen; P. Callanan; L. O'Shaughnessy; Iu Babyk; S. Tsygankov; Ie Vovk; R. Krivonos; J. A. Tomsick; D. Malyshev; J. Li; K. Wood; D. Torres; S. Zhang; P. Kretschmar; M. V. McSwain; D. A.H. Buckley; C. Koen

doi:10.1093/mnras/stv1988

Multi-wavelength observations of the binary system PSR B1259-63/LS 2883 around the 2014 periastron passage

M. Chernyakova
, A. Neronov
, B. van Soelen
, P. Callanan
, L. O'Shaughnessy
, Iu Babyk
, S. Tsygankov
, Ie Vovk
, R. Krivonos
, J. A. Tomsick
, D. Malyshev
, J. Li
, K. Wood
, D. Torres
, S. Zhang
, P. Kretschmar
, M. V. McSwain
, D. A.H. Buckley
, C. Koen

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Dublin City University
Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies
University of Geneva
University of The Free State
NASU - Main Astronomical Observatory
University of Turku
Max Planck Institute for Physics (Werner Heisenberg Institute)
University of California at Berkeley
Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Autonomous University of Barcelona
Naval Research Laboratory
ICREA
CAS - Institute of High Energy Physics
European Space Agency
Lehigh University
South African Astronomical Observatory
Southern African Large Telescope
University of the Western Cape

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We report on the results of the extensive multi-wavelength campaign from optical to GeV γ-rays of the 2014 periastron passage of PSR B1259-63, which is a unique high-mass γ-ray emitting binary system with a young pulsar companion. Observations demonstrate the stable nature of the post-periastron GeV flare and prove the coincidence of the flare with the start of rapid decay of the Hα equivalent width, usually interpreted as a disruption of the Be stellar disc. Intensive X-ray observations reveal changes in the X-ray spectral behaviour happening at the moment of the GeV flare. We demonstrate that these changes can be naturally explained as a result of synchrotron cooling of monoenergetic relativistic electrons injected into the system during the GeV flare.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1358-1370
Number of pages	13
Journal	Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Volume	454
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv1988
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2015

Keywords

Gamma rays: stars
Pulsars: individual: PSR B1259-63
Stars: emission-line, Be
X-rays: binaries
X-rays: individual: PSR B1259-63

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Chernyakova, M., Neronov, A., van Soelen, B., Callanan, P., O'Shaughnessy, L., Babyk, I., Tsygankov, S., Vovk, I., Krivonos, R., Tomsick, J. A., Malyshev, D., Li, J., Wood, K., Torres, D., Zhang, S., Kretschmar, P., McSwain, M. V., Buckley, D. A. H., & Koen, C. (2015). Multi-wavelength observations of the binary system PSR B1259-63/LS 2883 around the 2014 periastron passage. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 454(2), 1358-1370. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv1988

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Multi-wavelength observations of the binary system PSR B1259-63/LS 2883 around the 2014 periastron passage

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