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Propeller effect in action in the ultraluminous accreting magnetar M82 X-2
Tekijät: Tsygankov SS, Mushtukov AA, Suleimanov VF, Poutanen J
Kustantaja: OXFORD UNIV PRESS
Julkaisuvuosi: 2016
Journal: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Tietokannassa oleva lehden nimi: MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
Lehden akronyymi: MON NOT R ASTRON SOC
Vuosikerta: 457
Numero: 1
Aloitussivu: 1101
Lopetussivu: 1106
Sivujen määrä: 6
ISSN: 0035-8711
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw046
We present here the first convincing observational manifestation of a magnetar-like magnetic field in an accreting neutron star in binary system - the first pulsating ultraluminous X-ray source X-2 in the galaxy M82. Using the Chandra X-ray observatory data, we show that the source exhibit the bimodal distribution of the luminosity with two well-defined peaks separated by a factor of 40. This behaviour can be interpreted as the action of the 'propeller regime' of accretion. The onset of the propeller in a 1.37 s pulsar at luminosity of similar to 10(40) erg s(-1) implies the dipole component of the neutron star magnetic field of similar to 10(14) G.