List of accreting X-ray pulsars
List of accreting X-ray pulsars
Source | RA | Dec | Distance (kpc) | Pspin (s) | Porbit (d) | Type | CRSF? | Persistent? | Notes |
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CXOU J005047.9-731817 | 12.699963 | -73.305018 | 60 | 292 | BeXRB? | T | aka SXP 292 | ||
RX J0059.2-7138 | 14.803112 | -71.645828 | 60 | 2.76 | 82 | BeXRB? | C? | T | aka SXP 2.76 |
RX J0101.8-7223 | 15.467910 | -72.392796 | 12.3 (+2.0, -1.7) | 175 | BeXRB | T | |||
SMC X-1 | 19.271456 | -73.443343 | 60 | 0.71 | 3.892 | SG | P | eclipsing | |
3A 0114+650 | 19.511228 | 65.291623 | 4.5 | 9828 | 11.6 | SG | P | 30.7 d superorbital modulation | |
4U 0115+634 | 19.633194 | 63.742522 | 7.2 (+1.5, -1.1) | 3.6 | 24.3 | BeXRB | C | T | 5 or more lines |
SXP 265 | 23.214439 | -74.429258 | 60 | 264.52 | BeXRB | PT | SMC region, persistent low luminosity, one type I outburst | ||
RX J0146.9+6121 | 26.750876 | 61.356573 | 2.50 (+0.22, -0.19) | 1412 | 330 | BeXRB | T | a.k.a. V* V831 Cas | |
IGR J01583+6713 | 29.577033 | 67.223185 | 7.4 (+1.1, -0.9) | 469 | BeXRB | C? | T | controversial claim of CRSF features | |
Swift J0243.6+6124 | 40.918432 | 61.434378 | 6.9 (+1.6, -1.2) | 9.86 | 27.587 | BeXRB | T | Galactic ULX? | |
V 0332+53 | 53.749630 | 53.173140 | 5.1 (+1.1, -0.8) | 4.37 | 34.25 | BeXRB | C | T | multiple lines |
X Per | 58.846151 | 31.045836 | 0.79 +/- 0.04 | 830 | 250.3 | BeXRB | P | magnetar? | |
RX J0440.9+4431 | 70.247207 | 44.530344 | 3.2 (+0.7, -0.5) | 203 | 155 | BeXRB | P | a.k.a. LS V+44 17, persistent, but with outbursts | |
LXP 169 | 76.981153 | -68.418135 | 45 | 168.8 | 24.3 | BeXRB | T? | NS eclipsing companion, LMC source | |
Swift J053041.9-665426 | 82.675788 | -66.907566 | 45 | 28.78 | BeXRB | T? | LMC source | ||
LMC X-4 | 83.206501 | -66.370332 | 45 | 13.5 | 1.4 | SG | P | superorbital variation ~30 d | |
1A 0535+26 | 84.727393 | 26.315776 | 2.13 (+0.26, -0.21) | 103 | 111.1 | BeXRB | C | T | |
SAX J0635.2+0533 | 98.822528 | 5.553870 | 1.6 (+2.2, -0.8) | 0.0338 | BeXRB | T | low luminosity | ||
MXB 0656-07 | 104.572030 | -7.209774 | 5.1 (+1.4, -1.0) | 160.4 | 101.2 | BeXRB | C | a.k.a XTE J0658-073 | |
3A 0726-260 | 112.223241 | -26.108019 | 9.5 (+3.1, -2.2) | 103.2 | 34.5 | BeXRB | T | ||
RX J0812.4-3114 | 123.118149 | -31.247807 | 6.8 (+1.2, -1.0) | 31.9 | 80 | BeXRB | T | ||
GS 0834-430 | 128.981072 | -43.185598 | 5.5 (+2.5, -1.7) | 12.3 | 105.8 | BeXRB | T | ||
Vela X-1 | 135.528560 | -40.554654 | 2.42 (+0.19, -0.17) | 283 | 8.96 | SG | C | P | eclipsing |
GRO J1008-57 | 152.439620 | -58.292035 | 5 | 93.7 | 249.48 | BeXRB | C? | T | outbursts predicted precisely |
4U 1036-56 | 159.397094 | -56.798840 | 5.0 (+1.1, -0.8) | 862 | BeXRB | P? | a.k.a. RX J1037.5-564/LS 1698 | ||
1A 1118-616 | 170.238174 | -61.916707 | 2.93 (+0.26, -0.22) | 407 | 24 | BeXRB | C | T | |
Cen X-3 | 170.312856 | -60.623776 | 6.4 (+1.4, -1.1) | 4.8 | 2.09 | SG | C | P | disk-fed HMXB |
1E1145.1-6141 | 176.868942 | -61.953720 | 9.1 (+2.2, -1.6) | 297 | 14.4 | SG | (V* V830 Cen) varying luminosity states | ||
4U 1145-619 | 177.000032 | -62.206910 | 2.23 (+0.20, -0.17) | 292 | 187.5 | BeXRB | PT | ||
GX 301-2 | 186.656453 | -62.770359 | 3.5 (+0.6, -0.5) | 686 | 41.5 | SG | C | P | very massive companion, strong orbital variability |
3A 1239-599 | 190.508997 | -60.200951 | 2.9 (+2.4, -1.3) | 191 | |||||
GX 304-1 | 195.321198 | -61.601845 | 2.01 (+0.15, -0.13) | 272 | 132.2 | BeXRB | C | T | Strong spectral parameter variations |
SAX J1324.4-6200 | 201.108853 | -62.016515 | 3.5 (+2.6, -1.7) | 171 | 22 | BeXRB? | |||
2S 1417-624 | 215.303896 | -62.698168 | 3.8 (+2.8, -1.8) | 17.6 | 42.12 | BeXRB | T | ||
SAX J1452.8-5949 | 223.207002 | -59.820983 | 3.0 (+2.6, -1.5) | 437 | BeXRB? | ||||
4U 1538-522 | 235.597300 | -52.386011 | 6.6 (+2.2, -1.5) | 526 | 3.72 | SG | C | P | |
2S 1553-542 | 239.452345 | -54.416113 | 3.5 (+2.6, -1.5) | 9.3 | 29.56 | BeXRB? | P | Occasional outbursts | |
IGR J16194-2810 | 244.888926 | -28.127773 | 2.3 (+0.8, -0.5) | SyXB | |||||
Swift J1626.6-5156 | 246.652146 | -51.941848 | 9.8 (+3.2, -2.4) | 15.4 | 132.9 | BeXRB | C | T | strong flares |
IGR J16318-4848 | 247.951259 | -48.816876 | 5.2 (+2.8, -1.9) | SG | P | super absorbed source | |||
IGR J16320-4751 | 248.009669 | -47.874785 | 1.3 (+0.6, -0.4) | 1309 | 8.986 | SG | P | aka 2FGL J1632.4-4753c | |
4U 1626-67 | 248.069509 | -67.461207 | 3.5 (+2.3, -1.3) | 7.7 | 0.029 | WD? | C | Torque reversals. Only UCXB with a CRSF. | |
IGR J16358-4726 | 249.124997 | -47.623903 | 7 | 5880 | SyXB | ||||
IGR J16393-4643 | 249.772382 | -46.704006 | 4.0 (+2.7, -1.7) | 912 | 3.7 | SyXB | a.k.a. AX J1639.0-4642 | ||
IGR J16465-4507 | 251.646902 | -45.117960 | 2.7 (+0.5, -0.4) | 228 | 30.243 | P | aka 2MASS J16463526-4507045 | ||
Her X-1 | 254.457539 | 35.342324 | 5.0 (+0.8, -0.6) | 1.24 | 1.7 | IMXB | C | P | |
AX J1700.1-4157 | 255.018132 | -41.968217 | 3.4 (+2.6, -1.5) | 715 | BeXRB? | ||||
OAO 1657-415 | 255.202665 | -41.654882 | 2.2 (+0.7, -0.5) | 37.7 | 10.4 | SG | C? | P | eclipsing |
4U 1700-37 | 255.986566 | -37.844121 | 1.75 (+0.24, -0.19) | 3.4 | SG | P | No pulsations, eclipsing source | ||
4U 1700+24 | 256.643762 | 23.971820 | 0.536 +/- 0.010 | 404 | SyXB | ||||
EXO 1722-363 | 261.296681 | -36.284621 | 4.0 (+2.3, -1.3) | 9.74 | HMXB | a.k.a. IGR J17252–3616, heavily absorbed, eclipsing | |||
GX 1+4 | 263.008955 | -24.745600 | 7.6 (+4.3, -2.8) | 170 | 1161 | SyXB | P | Pulse period evolving rapidly | |
2XMM J174016.0-290337 | 265.067079 | -29.060569 | 1.4 (+1.6, -0.5) | 626 | SyXB | a. k.a. AX_J1740.2-2903 | |||
GRO J1744-28 | 266.139419 | -28.744480 | 1.3 (+1.2, -0.5) | 0.47 | 11.8 | LMXB | T | "Bursting Pulsar" | |
GRO J1750-27 | 267.291434 | -26.639700 | 4.45 | 29.82 | BeXRB? | P | a.k.a. AX J1749.1-2639 | ||
IGR J17544-2619 | 268.605299 | -26.331274 | 2.7 (+0.5, -0.4) | 4.93 | SFXT? | C | T | ||
SAX J1802.7-2017 | 270.665728 | -20.286816 | 1.5 (+2.8, -0.7) | 139.6 | 4.57 | SG | P | a.k.a. IGR J18027-2016 | |
1RXS J180431.1-273932 | 271.130284 | -27.659214 | 494 | SyXB | |||||
SAX J1808.4-3658 | 272.114166 | -36.979379 | 5.1 (+4.3, -2.6) | 0.0025 | 0.837 | LMXB | a.k.a. V* V4580 Sgr, disk accretor(?) | ||
Swift J1816.7-1613 | 274.176846 | -16.222949 | 1.4 (+2.5, -0.7) | 142.9 | 151 | BeXRB? | T | ATel 6253 ATel 1457 | |
IGR J18179-1621 | 274.467048 | -16.359400 | 11.82 | C? | T | ATel 3947 ATel 3949 | |||
AX J1820.5-1434 | 275.122921 | -14.571809 | 8.2 | 152 | ? | ? | |||
3A 1822-371 | 276.445028 | -37.105158 | 6.1 (+2.7, -1.6) | 0.59 | 0.23 | LMXB | |||
Sct X-1 | 278.857602 | -7.614004 | 7.5 | 112 | 111 | SyXB | |||
GS 1843+00 | 281.403474 | 0.863160 | 2.3 (+2.0, -1.0) | T | |||||
2S 1845-024 | 282.075590 | -2.419729 | 94.8 | 242.2 | BeXRB? | T | a.k.a. GS 1843-02 | ||
XTE J1855-026 | 283.876680 | -2.604678 | 8.1 (+2.6, -1.8) | 361 | 6.1 | SG | |||
XTE J1858+034 | 284.678379 | 3.439739 | 1.55 (+0.28, -0.21) | 221 | T | ||||
XTE J1859+083 | 284.778177 | 8.246352 | 2.7 (+2.4, -1.5) | 9.8 | T | ATel 7037 | |||
4U 1901+03 | 285.903524 | 3.190426 | 2.2 (+2.2, -1.3) | T | |||||
XTE J1906+090 | 286.197769 | 9.044912 | 2.8 (+2.4, -1.4) | 89.2 | BeXRB? | ||||
4U 1907+09 | 287.408533 | 9.829777 | 4.4 (+2.1, -1.3) | 442 | 8.37 | SG | C | P | |
4U 1909+07 | 287.700872 | 7.597657 | 2.6 (+2.3, -1.4) | 604 | 4.4 | SG | P | ||
IGR J19140+0951 | 288.517606 | 9.882865 | 2.8 (+2.4, -1.4) | 13.55 | HMXB | ? | |||
IGR J19149+1036 | 288.728311 | 10.612245 | 3.0 (+2.5, -1.6) | 22.25 | SG | C | P | very close to GRS1915 | |
IGR J19294+1816 | 292.482927 | 18.310607 | 2.9 (+2.5, -1.5) | 12.5 | 116 | BeXRB? | T | ||
XTE J1946+274 | 296.413975 | 27.365400 | 12.6 (+3.9, -2.9) | 15.8 | 169.2 | BeXRB | C | T | |
KS 1947+300 | 297.397839 | 30.208809 | 15.2 (+3.7, -2.8) | 18.8 | 40.4 | BeXRB | C | T | |
3A 1954+319 | 298.926399 | 32.096931 | 3.3 (+1.0, -0.7) | 19100 | SyXB | ||||
EXO 2030+375 | 308.063627 | 37.637433 | 3.6 (+1.4, -0.9) | 41.8 | 46.03 | BeXRB | T | regular outbursts | |
GRO J2058+42 | 314.698059 | 41.776980 | 8.0 (+1.2, -1.0) | T | |||||
SAX J2103.5+4545 | 315.898770 | 45.751533 | 6.4 (+0.9, -0.7) | 359 | 12.7 | BeXRB | T | ||
IGR J21343+4738 | 323.584869 | 47.633380 | 7.8 (+1.4, -1.1) | 320.35 | 20.85 | BeXRB | P? | Varying levels of activity | |
Cep X-4 | 324.877853 | 56.986219 | 10.2 (+2.2, -1.6) | 66.32 | 20.85 | BeXRB | C | T | |
4U 2206+54 | 331.984289 | 54.518433 | 3.3 +/- 0.4 | 5560 | 19.25 | SG | P | magnetar? | |
SAX J2239.3+6116 | 339.836831 | 61.274053 | 8.0 (+1.4, -1.1) | 1247 | 262 | BeXRB | T | ||
IGR J22534+6243 | 343.479672 | 62.726882 | 8.1 (+2.3, -1.6) | 46.7 | Be? | P? |
Distances with uncertainties are from Gaia data release 2, as described by Bailer-Jones et al. (see this paper and this webpage). Note that these should be taken with a grain of salt and are dependent on the priors selected by Bailer-Jones et al. - as an example, the Magellanic cloud sources show up in Gaia DR2 as having distances of ~7 kpc, when they are actually 45 or 60 kpc away.
Location in the Galaxy
The figure below displays the position of accreting X-ray pulsars in the Galaxy as far as known at this moment. Click on the figure for a larger version. Labels indicate the ordinal number in the first column of the table. Uncertainties in the distances are not indicated. Empty symbols represent sources for which there is no distance info in the literature; they have been artificially set to a distance of 7.6 kpc. HEASARC source class identifiers are also given. The spiral arms are from Vallée et al. (2008)[1]. Figure and data provided by Arash Bodaghee, SSL, UC Berkeley.
# | Source | Class | Dist. [kpc] | # | Source | Class | Dist. [kpc] | |
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1 | GRO_J1744-28 | 1490 | 8.5 | 33 | 3A_0656-072 | 1316 | 3.9 | |
2 | GX_1+4 | 1410 | 4.5 | 34 | 3A_0726-260 | 1310 | 6.1 | |
3 | GRO_J1750-27 | 1316 | ? | 35 | RX_J0812.4-3114 | 1316 | 8.8 | |
4 | 1RXS_J180431.1-273932 | 1410 | ? | 36 | Ginga_0834-430 | 1316 | 4 | |
5 | AX_J1820.5-1434 | 1316 | 8.2 | 37 | Vela_X-1 | 1213 | 1.4 | |
6 | XTE_J1855-026 | 1213 | 10 | 38 | LMC_X-4 | 1210 | 55 | |
7 | Sct_X-1 | 1116 | 7 | 39 | GRO_J1008-57 | 1316 | 5 | |
8 | Ginga_1843+009 | 1316 | 12.5 | 40 | 4U_1036-56 | 1316 | 5 | |
9 | 4U_1901+03 | 1366 | ? | 41 | Cen_X-3 | 1263 | 10 | |
10 | 4U_1909+07 | 1210 | 7 | 42 | 1A_1118-615 | 1366 | 5 | |
11 | XTE_J1906+090 | 1316 | 10 | 43 | 1E_1145.1-6141 | 1210 | 8.5 | |
12 | H_1907+097 | 1216 | 5 | 44 | H_1145-619 | 1316 | 3.1 | |
13 | 4U_1700+24 | 1400 | 0.42 | 45 | GX_301-2 | 1211 | 4.1 | |
14 | IGR_J19294+1816 | 1316 | ? | 46 | SMC_X-1 | 1213 | 60 | |
15 | Her_X-1 | 1413 | 6.56 | 47 | 3A_1239-599 | 1110 | ? | |
16 | XTE_J1946+274 | 1316 | 9.5 | 48 | RX_J0101.8-7223 | 1310 | 60 | |
17 | KS_1947+300 | 1316 | 9.5 | 49 | GX_304-1 | 1316 | 2.4 | |
18 | 3A_1954+319 | 1416 | 1.7 | 50 | SAX_J1324.4-6200 | 1310 | 10 | |
19 | EXO_2030+375 | 1366 | 7.1 | 51 | H_1417-624 | 1316 | 6 | |
20 | GRO_J2058+42 | 1316 | 9.0 | 52 | SAX_J1452.8-5949 | 1010 | 9 | |
21 | SAX_J2103.5+4545 | 1366 | 6.8 | 53 | 4U_1626-67 | 1410 | 9.0 | |
22 | Cep_X-4 | 1316 | 3.8 | 54 | H_1538-522 | 1213 | 6.4 | |
23 | 3A_2206+543 | 1260 | 2.6 | 55 | SWIFT_J1626.6-5156 | 1366 | ? | |
24 | 3A_0114+650 | 1213 | 4.5 | 56 | AX J1700.1-4157 | 9999 | ? | |
25 | H_0115+634 | 1386 | 8 | 57 | OAO_1657-415 | 1213 | 7.1 | |
26 | IGR_J01583+6713 | 1316 | 4 | 58 | IGR_J16358-4726 | 1110 | 7 | |
27 | RX_J0146.9+6121 | 1310 | 2.3 | 59 | IGR_J16393-4643 | 1210 | 10.6 | |
28 | V_0332+53 | 1366 | 7.5 | 60 | IGR_J16194-2810 | 1400 | 3.7 | |
29 | RX_J0440.9+4431 | 1310 | 3.3 | 61 | SAX_J1808.4-3658 | 1416 | 3.6 | |
30 | X_Per | 1310 | 0.7 | 62 | 3A_1822-371 | 1419 | 2.5 | |
31 | 1A_0535+262 | 1366 | 2 | 63 | AX_J1740.2-2903 | 1410 | ? | |
32 | SAX_J0635.2+0533 | 1310 | 5 |
Correlation between luminosity and CRSF energy
In recent years more and more sources have been observed at different luminosities, allowing us to find correlation between the luminosity and the cyclotron line energy. A summary of the current state of the observations can be found on this page: CRSF energy as function of luminosity
Assignments
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