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Author： Rea N. Torres D. F. Caliandro G. A. Hadasch D. van der Klis M. Jonker P. G. Méndez M. Sierpowska-Bartosik A.

ISSN： 0035-8711

Source： Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol.416, Iss.2, 2011-09, pp. : 1514-1521

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Abstract

ABSTRACTWe report on Chandra observations of the TeV-emitting high-mass X-ray binary LS 5039 , for a total exposure of ∼70 ks, using the ACIS-S camera in continuous clocking mode to search for a possible X-ray pulsar in this system. We did not find any periodic or quasi-periodic signal in the 0.3–0.4 and 0.75–0.9 orbital phases, and in a frequency range of 0.005–175 Hz. We derived an average pulsed fraction 3σ upper limit for the presence of a periodic signal of ≲15 per cent (depending on the frequency and the energy band), the deepest limit ever reached for this object. If the X-ray emission of LS 5039 is due (at least in part) to a rotational powered pulsar, the latter is either spinning faster than ∼5.6 ms, or having a beam pointing away from our line of sight, or contributing to ≲15 per cent of the total X-ray emission of the system in the orbital phases we observed.