Date Presented:

2013/09/1

Abstract:

We observed a newly discovered X-ray source int X-rays and in the optical to confirm its nature as a high mass X-ray binary. We analysed XMM-Newton and Swift X-ray data, along with optical observations with the ESO Faint Object Spectrograph, to investigate the spectral and temporal characteristics of the source. The XMM-Newton data show coherent X-ray pulsations while the spectra can be modelled with a combination of a power law plus a black body component. We performed optical spectroscopy from which we classify the companion star as a B0-1.5Ve star. The X-ray pulsations, the long-term x-ray variability and the properties of the optical counterpart confirms the the x-ray source as a new Be/X-ray binary pulsar in the LMC.

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