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XMM-Newton and Chandra Observations of the Candidate Fermi-LAT Pulsar 4FGL J1015.5-60304FGL J1015.5-6030 is an unidentified Fermi-LAT source hosting a bright, extended X-ray source whose X-ray spectrum is consistent with that of a young pulsar, yet no pulsations have been found. Here we report on XMM-Newton timing and Chandra imaging observations of the X-ray counterpart of 4FGL J1015.5-6030. We find no significant periodicity from the source and place a 3σ upper limit on its pulsed fraction of 34%. The Chandra observations resolve the point source from the extended emission. We find that the point source's spectrum is well fit by a blackbody model, with temperature kT = 0.205 ± 0.009 keV, plus a weak power-law component, which is consistent with a thermally emitting neutron star with a magnetospheric component. The extended emission spans angular scales of a few arcseconds up to about 30'' from the point source and its spectrum is well fit by a power-law model with a photon index Γ = 1.70 ± 0.05. The extended emission's spectrum and 0.5–10 keV luminosity of 4 × 1032 erg s−1 (at a plausible distance of 2 kpc) are consistent with that of a pulsar wind nebula. Based on a comparison to other GeV and X-ray pulsars, we find that this putative pulsar is likely a middle-aged (i.e., τ ∼ 0.1–1 Myr) radio-quiet pulsar with Ė~1034-1035erg s−1.
Document ID
20230008545
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Accepted Manuscript (Version with final changes)
Authors
Jeremy Hare ORCID
(Catholic University of America Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)
Oleg Kargaltsev ORCID
(George Washington University Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)
George Younes
(George Washington University Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)
George G Pavlov ORCID
(Pennsylvania State University State College, Pennsylvania, United States)
Igor Volkov
(George Washington University Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)
Date Acquired
June 2, 2023
Publication Date
July 4, 2023
Publication Information
Publication: Astrophysical Journal
Publisher: American Astronomical Society
Volume: 951
Issue: 1
Issue Publication Date: July 1, 2023
ISSN: 0004-637X
e-ISSN: 1538-4357
Subject Category
Astronomy
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: GO0-21064A
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS8-03060
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Use by or on behalf of the US Gov. Permitted.
Technical Review
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Keywords
Pulsars
Pulsar wind nebulae
Gamma-ray sources
X-ray sources
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