X-ray Data Analysis to Search for Magnetar Candidates in the Galactic Plane

X-ray Data Analysis to Search for Magnetar Candidates in the Galactic Plane

We report on our Galactic plane searches for magnetars in the archival Chandra X-ray Observatory (CXO) data. We summarize the properties of known magnetars and use them to establish a procedure for magnetar searches. The procedure includes four steps: source finding, spectral characterization, optic...

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Main Authors: Woochan Park, Hongjun An
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korean Space Science Society (KSSS) 2018-09-01
Series:Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
Subjects:
magnetar
Chandra
Online Access:http://janss.kr/journal/article.php?code=62900
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spelling doaj-39fb3b0e3caf4b9aa5a99a606a5fc2032020-11-24T22:05:26ZengKorean Space Science Society (KSSS)Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences2093-55872093-14092018-09-01353133141https://doi.org/10.5140/JASS.2018.35.3.133X-ray Data Analysis to Search for Magnetar Candidates in the Galactic PlaneWoochan Park0Hongjun An1Chungbuk National University, Cheongju 28644, KoreaChungbuk National University, Cheongju 28644, KoreaWe report on our Galactic plane searches for magnetars in the archival Chandra X-ray Observatory (CXO) data. We summarize the properties of known magnetars and use them to establish a procedure for magnetar searches. The procedure includes four steps: source finding, spectral characterization, optical counterpart checks, and period searches. We searched 1,282 archival CXO observations, found 32,838 X-ray sources, and selected 25 intriguing candidates using the developed procedure. Although we do not firmly identify a magnetar among them, we significantly reduced the number of targets in future magnetar searches to be done with better X-ray telescopes.http://janss.kr/journal/article.php?code=62900magnetarChandra
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author Woochan Park
Hongjun An
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X-ray Data Analysis to Search for Magnetar Candidates in the Galactic Plane
Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
magnetar
Chandra
author_facet Woochan Park
Hongjun An
author_sort Woochan Park
title X-ray Data Analysis to Search for Magnetar Candidates in the Galactic Plane
title_short X-ray Data Analysis to Search for Magnetar Candidates in the Galactic Plane
title_full X-ray Data Analysis to Search for Magnetar Candidates in the Galactic Plane
title_fullStr X-ray Data Analysis to Search for Magnetar Candidates in the Galactic Plane
title_full_unstemmed X-ray Data Analysis to Search for Magnetar Candidates in the Galactic Plane
title_sort x-ray data analysis to search for magnetar candidates in the galactic plane
publisher Korean Space Science Society (KSSS)
series Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
issn 2093-5587
2093-1409
publishDate 2018-09-01
description We report on our Galactic plane searches for magnetars in the archival Chandra X-ray Observatory (CXO) data. We summarize the properties of known magnetars and use them to establish a procedure for magnetar searches. The procedure includes four steps: source finding, spectral characterization, optical counterpart checks, and period searches. We searched 1,282 archival CXO observations, found 32,838 X-ray sources, and selected 25 intriguing candidates using the developed procedure. Although we do not firmly identify a magnetar among them, we significantly reduced the number of targets in future magnetar searches to be done with better X-ray telescopes.
topic magnetar
Chandra
url http://janss.kr/journal/article.php?code=62900
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