4U 1700-37
4U 1700-37 is one of the stronger binary X-ray sources in the sky, and is classified as a high-mass X-ray binary. It was discovered by the Uhuru satellite.[12] The "4U" designation refers to the fourth (and final) Uhuru catalog.
![]() A light curve for V884 Scorpii. The main plot, from TESS data,[1] shows the variation over several orbital periods. The inset plot, adapted from van Paradijs et al. (1984),[2] shows the average variation as a function of orbit phase. | |
Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
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Constellation | Scorpius |
Right ascension | 17h 03m 56.77256s[3] |
Declination | −37° 50′ 38.9133″[3] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 6.51 (- 6.57) - 6.60[4] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | O6Iafcp[5] |
U−B color index | −0.727[6] |
B−V color index | +0.253[6] |
Variable type | Ellipsoidal + HMXB[4] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | −75.00±7.4[7] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: 2.414[3] mas/yr Dec.: 5.022[3] mas/yr |
Parallax (π) | 0.6327 ± 0.0259 mas[3] |
Distance | 5,200 ± 200 ly (1,580 ± 60 pc) |
Absolute magnitude (MV) | −6.52[8] |
Orbit[9] | |
Period (P) | 3.4118 ± 0.0001 d |
Eccentricity (e) | 0.17±0.06 |
Periastron epoch (T) | JD 2443702.62±0.21 |
Argument of periastron (ω) (primary) | 54±24° |
Semi-amplitude (K1) (primary) | 10.06 ± 0.66 km/s |
Details[10] | |
O star | |
Mass | 58±11 M☉ |
Radius | 21.9+1.3 −0.5 R☉ |
Luminosity | 660,000 L☉ |
Temperature | 35,000±1,000 K |
X-ray object | |
Mass | 2.44±0.27 M☉ |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
The X-ray source is associated with a bright (6.53 V magnitude) blue supergiant star HD 153919, which is orbited by an accreting compact object that must be either a neutron star or a black hole. The X-ray source is eclipsed by the star every 3.4 days, but no pulsations have yet been observed. The source is one of the ten brightest persistent X-ray sources in the 10-100 keV hard X-ray energy region.
Evidence of Compton cooling during an X-ray flare recorded by the Chandra X-ray telescope strongly suggests that the compact object is a neutron star;[13] if verified it would be among the most massive known, and near the boundary of the theoretical maximum.
4U 1700-37 is a runaway system. It has a high velocity of 63±5 km/s with respect to its parent cluster, NGC 6231. It was kicked out of the cluster about 2.2 million years ago by a supernova explosion.[14]
References
- "MAST: Barbara A. Mikulski Archive for Space Telescopes". Space Telescope Science Institute. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
- van Paradijs, J.; van Amerongen, S.; van der Woerd, H.; Tjemkes, S.; Menzies, J. W. (January 1984). "Optical photometry of massive X-ray binaries: 4U1700-37/HD 153919 = V884 Sco". Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series. 55: 7–14. Bibcode:1984A&AS...55....7V.
- Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (2021). "Gaia Early Data Release 3: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 649: A1. arXiv:2012.01533. Bibcode:2021A&A...649A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202039657. S2CID 227254300. (Erratum: doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202039657e). Gaia EDR3 record for this source at VizieR.
- Samus, N. N.; Durlevich, O. V.; et al. (2009). "VizieR Online Data Catalog: General Catalogue of Variable Stars (Samus+ 2007-2013)". VizieR On-line Data Catalog: B/gcvs. Originally Published in: 2009yCat....102025S. 1. Bibcode:2009yCat....102025S.
- Sota, A.; Apellániz, J. Maíz; Morrell, N. I.; Barbá, R. H.; Walborn, N. R.; Gamen, R. C.; Arias, J. I.; Alfaro, E. J. (2014). "The Galactic O-Star Spectroscopic Survey (GOSSS). II. Bright Southern Stars". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 211 (1): 10. arXiv:1312.6222. Bibcode:2014ApJS..211...10S. doi:10.1088/0067-0049/211/1/10. S2CID 118847528.
- Kozok, J. R. (1985). "Photometric observations of emission B-stars in the southern Milky Way". Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series. 61: 387–405. Bibcode:1985A&AS...61..387K.
- Kharchenko, N. V.; et al. (2007). "Astrophysical supplements to the ASCC-2.5: Ia. Radial velocities of ~55000 stars and mean radial velocities of 516 Galactic open clusters and associations". Astronomische Nachrichten. 328 (9): 889. arXiv:0705.0878. Bibcode:2007AN....328..889K. doi:10.1002/asna.200710776. S2CID 119323941.
- Melnik, A. M.; Dambis, A. K. (2020), "Distance scale for high-luminosity stars in OB associations and in field with Gaia DR2. Spurious systematic motions", Astrophysics and Space Science, 365 (7): 112, arXiv:2006.14649, Bibcode:2020Ap&SS.365..112M, doi:10.1007/s10509-020-03827-0, S2CID 220128144.
- Pourbaix, D.; et al. (2004). "SB9: The ninth catalogue of spectroscopic binary orbits". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 424 (2): 727–732. arXiv:astro-ph/0406573. Bibcode:2004A&A...424..727P. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20041213. S2CID 119387088.
- Clark, J. S.; Goodwin, S. P.; Crowther, P. A.; Kaper, L.; Fairbairn, M.; Langer, N.; Brocksopp, C. (2002). "Physical parameters of the high-mass X-ray binary 4U1700-37". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 392 (3): 909–920. arXiv:astro-ph/0207334. Bibcode:2002A&A...392..909C. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20021184. S2CID 119552560.
- "HD 153919". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- Jones, C.; Forman, W.; Tananbaum, H.; Schreier, E.; Gursky, H.; Kellogg, E.; Giacconi, R. (1973). "Evidence for the Binary Nature of 2U 1700-37". The Astrophysical Journal. 181: L43. Bibcode:1973ApJ...181L..43J. doi:10.1086/181181.
- Martinez-Chicharro, M.; Torrej ́on, J. M.; Oskinova, L.; F ̈urst, F.; Postnov, K.; Rodes-Roca, J. J.; Hainich, R.; Bodaghee, A. (2018). "Evidence of Compton cooling during an X-ray flare supports a neutron star nature of the compact object in 4U1700−37". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters. 473 (1): L74–L78. arXiv:1710.01907. Bibcode:2018MNRAS.473L..74M. doi:10.1093/mnrasl/slx165. S2CID 56539478.
- Van Der Meij, Vincent; Guo, Difeng; Kaper, Lex; Renzo, Mathieu (2021). "Confirming NGC 6231 as the parent cluster of the runaway high-mass X-ray binary HD 153919/4U 1700-37 with Gaia DR2". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 655: A31. arXiv:2108.12918. Bibcode:2021A&A...655A..31V. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202040114. S2CID 237353522.
External links
- Seifina, Elena; Titarchuk, Lev; Shaposhnikov, Nikolai (2016). "X-Ray Spectra of the High-Mass X-Ray Binary 4U 1700-37 Usingbepposax, Suzaku, Andrxteobservations". The Astrophysical Journal. 821 (1): 23. arXiv:1603.05504. Bibcode:2016ApJ...821...23S. doi:10.3847/0004-637X/821/1/23. S2CID 119118682.
- Jaisawal, G. K.; Naik, S. (2015). "Broad-band spectroscopy of the eclipsing high-mass X-ray binary 4U 1700-37 with Suzaku". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 448 (1): 620–628. arXiv:1501.01122. Bibcode:2015MNRAS.448..620J. doi:10.1093/mnras/stv029. S2CID 118350876.
- Giménez-García, A.; Torrejón, J. M.; Eikmann, W.; Martínez-Núñez, S.; Oskinova, L. M.; Rodes-Roca, J. J.; Bernabéu, G. (2015). "An XMM-Newton view of FeKα in high-mass X-ray binaries". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 576: A108. arXiv:1501.03636. Bibcode:2015A&A...576A.108G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201425004. S2CID 119232944.
- Islam, Nazma; Paul, Biswajit (2016). "Orbital evolution and search for eccentricity and apsidal motion in the eclipsing HMXB 4U 1700−37". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 461 (1): 816–824. arXiv:1606.01059. Bibcode:2016MNRAS.461..816I. doi:10.1093/mnras/stw1299. S2CID 118605899.