A search for the optical and near-infrared counterpart of the accreting millisecond X-ray pulsar XTE J1751-305

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dc.creatorJonker, P. G.
dc.creatorNelemans, G.
dc.creatorWang, Z.
dc.creatorKong, A. K. H.
dc.creatorChakrabarty, D.
dc.creatorGarcia, M.
dc.creatorGroot, P. J.
dc.creatorvan der Klis, M.
dc.creatorKerr, T.
dc.creatorMobasher, B.
dc.creatorSullivan, M.
dc.creatorAugusteijn, T.
dc.creatorStappers, B. W.
dc.creatorChallis, P.
dc.creatorKirshner, R. P.
dc.creatorHjorth, J.
dc.creatorDelsanti, A.
dc.date2003-05-16
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T06:26:10Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T06:26:10Z
dc.descriptionWe have obtained optical and near-infrared images of the field of the accreting millisecond X-ray pulsar XTE J1751-305. There are no stars in the 0.7'' error circle (0.7'' is the overall uncertainty arising from tying the optical and X-ray images and from the intrinsic uncertainty in the Chandra X-ray astrometric solution). We derive limiting magnitudes for the counterpart of R>23.1, I>21.6, Z>20.6, J>19.6, K>19.2. We compare these upper limits with the magnitudes one would expect for simple models for the possible donor stars and the accretion disk subject to the reddening observed in X-rays for XTE J1751-305 and when put at the distance of the Galactic Centre (8.5 kpc). We conclude that our non-detection does not constrain any of the models for the accretion disk or possible donor stars. Deep, near-infrared images obtained during quiescence will, however, constrain possible models for the donor stars in this ultra-compact system.
dc.description7 pages, 3 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0305304
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0305304
dc.identifierMon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 344 (2003) 201
dc.identifierdoi:10.1046/j.1365-8711.2003.06814.x
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/97029
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleA search for the optical and near-infrared counterpart of the accreting millisecond X-ray pulsar XTE J1751-305
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