Chandra localization of KS1731--260
| dc.creator | Revnivtsev, M. | |
| dc.creator | Sunyaev, R. | |
| dc.date | 2001-08-07 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T01:59:35Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T01:59:35Z | |
| dc.description | We present the analysis of the Chandra image of KS 1731-260. The improvement of the source localization (down to ~0.6'') allowed us to rule out 12 of 13 infrared companion candidates proposed by Barret et al. (1998). The remaining possible infrared counterpart of KS 1731-260 (angular distance between sources ~1.45'', or ~2σ) has the brightness m_{J}~16 in the J band. If this star is really the counterpart of KS 1731-260, the lower limit on its luminosity is L_{tot}>L_{J,H}~10L_{\odot}. The strong drop of the X-ray flux from the source allow us to propose the additional check of whether the decribed star is the real counterpart of KS1731-260. If the optical and infrared brightness of the binary system is partially caused by the reprocessing of X-rays, as it is usual for the low mass binary systems, the infrared brightness of real counterpart should strongly reduce in 2001, when the X-ray flux from KS1731-260 turned off (Wijnands et al. 2001) | |
| dc.description | 5 pages, 1 figure. Accepted in Astronomy Letters (to appear in Astr. Lett. 2002, v.1) | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0108120 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0108120 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/3173 | |
| dc.subject | Astrophysics | |
| dc.title | Chandra localization of KS1731--260 | |
| dc.type | text |