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  Neutron stars and black holes in the Small Magellanic Cloud: The SMC NuSTAR Legacy Survey

Lazzarini, M., Williams, B. F., Hornschemeier, A. E., Antoniou, V., Vasilopoulos, G., Haberl, F., et al. (2019). Neutron stars and black holes in the Small Magellanic Cloud: The SMC NuSTAR Legacy Survey. The Astrophysical Journal, 884(1): 2. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ab3f32.

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Lazzarini, M., Author
Williams, B. F., Author
Hornschemeier, A. E., Author
Antoniou, V., Author
Vasilopoulos, G., Author
Haberl, F.1, Author           
Vulic, N., Author
Yukita, M., Author
Zezas, A., Author
Bodaghee, A., Author
Lehmer, B. D., Author
Maccarone, T. J., Author
Ptak, A., Author
Wik, D., Author
Fornasini, F. M., Author
Hong, Jaesub, Author
Kennea, J. A., Author
Tomsick, J. A., Author
Venters, T., Author
Udalski, A., Author
Cassity, A., Author more..
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1High Energy Astrophysics, MPI for Extraterrestrial Physics, Max Planck Society, ou_159890              

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 Abstract: We present a source catalog from the first deep hard X-ray (E > 10 keV) survey of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) Legacy Survey of the SMC. We observed three fields, for a total exposure time of 1 Ms, along the bar of this nearby star-forming galaxy. Fields were chosen for their young stellar and accreting binary populations. We detected 10 sources above a 3σ significance level (4–25 keV) and obtained upper limits on an additional 40 sources. We reached a 3σ limiting luminosity in the 4–25 keV band of ~1035 erg s−1, allowing us to probe fainter X-ray binary (XRB) populations than has been possible with other extragalactic NuSTAR surveys. We used hard X-ray colors and luminosities to constrain the compact-object type, exploiting the spectral differences between accreting black holes and neutron stars at E > 10 keV. Several of our sources demonstrate variability consistent with previously observed behavior. We confirmed pulsations for seven pulsars in our 3σ sample. We present the first detection of pulsations from a Be-XRB, SXP 305 (CXO J005215.4–73191), with an X-ray pulse period of 305.69 ± 0.16 s and a likely orbital period of ~1160–1180 days. Bright sources (≳5 × 1036 erg s−1) in our sample have compact-object classifications consistent with their previously reported types in the literature. Lower-luminosity sources (≳5 × 1036 erg s−1) have X-ray colors and luminosities consistent with multiple classifications. We raise questions about possible spectral differences at low luminosity between SMC pulsars and the Galactic pulsars used to create the diagnostic diagrams.

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 Dates: 2019-10-07
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 Identifiers: DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ab3f32
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Publ. Info: Bristol; Vienna : IOP Publishing; IAEA
Pages: - Volume / Issue: 884 (1) Sequence Number: 2 Start / End Page: - Identifier: ISSN: 0004-637X
CoNE: https://pure.mpg.de/cone/journals/resource/954922828215_3