An X-ray Dim Isolated Neutron Star in Binary?

Lin J,Chunqian Li,Weiyang Wang, Hui Xu, Jiancheng Jiang, Dingyi Yang, Yaqup Shahidin,Iskandar Abdusamatjan,Shuguo Ma,Hubiao Niu,Ali Esamdin,José I. Vines,Jianrong Shi, R. X. Xu

arXiv (Cornell University)(2022)

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Abstract
We report the discovery of a dark companion to 2MASS J15274848+3536572 with an orbital period of 6.14 hours. Combining the radial velocity of LAMOST observation and the modelling of the multi-band light curve, one has a mass function of 0.135 Msun, an inclination of 43.94+0.33-0.21, and a mass ratio of 0.58+0.048-0.018, which demonstrate the binary nature of a dark companion with mass of 1.01+-0.08Msun and a main-sequence K star of 0.59+-0.05 Msun. LAMOST optical spectra at a range of orbital phase reveals extra peaked Halpha emission that suggests the presence of an accretion disk. The dark companion does not seem to be a white dwarf because the lack of any observed dwarf nova outbursts contradicts with the disk instability model in long-term data archive. Alternatively, we propose a scenario that the dark companion is a neutron star, but we have not detected radio pulsation or single pulse from the system with the FAST (Five hundred meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope), which hints a radio quiet compact object. If the dark companion is identified as a neutron star, it will be nearest (118 pc) and lightest neutron star. Furthermore, a kinematic analysis of the systems orbit in the galaxy may suggest its supernova event is associated with the radionuclide 60Fe signal observed from the deep-sea crusts. This radio-quiet and X-ray dim nearby neutron star may resemble an XDINS (X-ray dim isolated neutron star), but in a binary.
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binary,x-ray
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