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PP 023084

Deep X-Ray and Radio Observations of the First Outburst of the Young Magnetar Swift J1818.0-1607

A. Y. Ibrahim (1,2), A. Borghese (1,2,3,4), N. Rea (1,2), F. Coti Zelati (1,2) et al.
(1)ICE-CSIC, (2)IEEC, (3)IAC, (4)ULL
Swift J1818.0-1607 is a radio-loud magnetar with a spin period of 1.36 s and a dipolar magnetic field strength of B~3e14 G, which is very young compared to the Galactic pulsar population. We report here on the long-term X-ray monitoring campaign of this young magnetar using XMM-Newton, NuSTAR, and Swift from the activation of its first outburst in 2020 March until 2021 October, as well as INTEGRAL upper limits on its hard X-ray emission. The 1-10 keV magnetar spectrum is well modeled by an absorbed blackbody with a temperature of ~1.1 keV and apparent reduction in the radius of the emitting region from ~0.6 to ~0.2 km. We also confirm the bright diffuse X-ray emission around the source extending between ~50 and ~110arcsec. A timing analysis revealed large torque variability, with an average spin-down rate of -2.3e-11 Hz^2 that appears to decrease in magnitude over time. We also observed Swift J1818.0-1607 with the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array on 2021 March 22. We detected the radio counterpart to Swift J1818 measuring a flux density of 4.38+/-0.05 mJy at 3 GHz and a half-ringlike structure of bright diffuse radio emission located at ∼90″ to the west of the magnetar. We tentatively suggest that the diffuse X-ray emission is due to a dust-scattering halo and that the radio structure may be associated with the supernova remnant of this young pulsar, based on its morphology.

 
Aceptado para publicación en ApJ | Enviado el 2023-10-30 | Proyecto P/309710