Periodic emission from the gamma-ray binary 1FGL J1018.6-5856

Gamma-ray binaries are stellar systems containing a neutron star or black hole, with gamma-ray emission produced by an interaction between the components. These systems are rare, even though binary evolution models predict dozens in our Galaxy. A search for gamma-ray binaries with the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) shows that 1FGL J1018.6-5856 exhibits intensity and spectral modulation with a 16.6-day period. We identified a variable x-ray counterpart, which shows a sharp maximum coinciding with maximum gamma-ray emission, as well as an O6V((f)) star optical counterpart and a radio counterpart that is also apparently modulated on the orbital period. 1FGL J1018.6-5856 is thus a gamma-ray binary, and its detection suggests the presence of other fainter binaries in the Galaxy.

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Author Ackermann, M., Ajello, M., Ballet, Jean, Barbiellini, G., Bastieri, D., Belfiore, A., Bellazzini, R., Berenji, B., Blandford, R. D., Bloom, E. D., Bonamente, E., Borgland, A. W., Bregeon, Johan, Brigida, M., Bruel, Pascal, Buehler, R., Buson, S., Caliandro, G. A., Cameron, R. A., Caraveo, P. A., Cavazzuti, E., Cecchi, C., Çelik, Ö., Charles, E., Chaty, S., Chekhtman, A., Cheung, C. C., Chiang, J., Ciprini, S., Claus, R., Cohen-Tanugi, J., Corbel, S., Corbet, R. H. D., Cutini, S., de Luca, A., den Hartog, P. R., de Palma, F., Dermer, C. D., Digel, S. W., Do Couto e Silva, E., Donato, D., Drell, P. S., Drlica-Wagner, A., Dubois, R., Dubus, G., Favuzzi, C., Fegan, S. J., Ferrara, E. C., Focke, W. B., Fortin, P., Fukazawa, Y., Funk, S., Fusco, P., Gargano, F., Gasparrini, D., Gehrels, N., Germani, S., Giglietto, N., Giordano, F., Giroletti, M., Glanzman, T., Godfrey, G., Grenier, I. A., Grove, J. E., Guiriec, S., Hadasch, D., Hanabata, Y., Harding, A. K., Hayashida, M., Hays, E., Hill, A. B., Hughes, R. E., Jóhannesson, G., Johnson, A. S., Johnson, T. J., Kamae, T., Katagiri, H., Kataoka, J., Kerr, M., Knödlseder, Jürgen, Kuss, M., Lande, J., Longo, F., Loparco, F., Lovellette, M. N., Lubrano, P., Mazziotta, M. N., Mcenery, J. E., Michelson, P. F., Mitthumsiri, W., Mizuno, T., Monte, C., Monzani, M. E., Morselli, A., Moskalenko, I. V., Murgia, S., Nakamori, T., Naumann-Godo, M., Norris, J. P., Nuss, E., Ohno, M., Ohsugi, T., Okumura, A., Omodei, N., Orlando, E., Ozaki, M., Paneque, D., Parent, D., Pesce-Rollins, M., Pierbattista, M., Piron, F., Pivato, G., Porter, T. A., Rainò, S., Rando, R., Razzano, M., Reimer, A., Reimer, O., Ritz, S., Romani, R. W., Roth, M., Saz Parkinson, P. M., Sgrò, C., Siskind, E. J., Spandre, G., Spinelli, P., Suson, D. J., Takahashi, H., Tanaka, T., Thayer, J. G., Thayer, J. B., Thompson, D. J., Tibaldo, L., Tinivella, M., Torres, D. F., Tosti, G., Troja, E., Uchiyama, Y., Usher, T. L., Vandenbroucke, J., Vianello, G., Vitale, V., Waite, A. P., Winer, B. L., Wood, K. S., Wood, M., Yang, Z., Zimmer, S., Coe, M. J., Di Mille, F., Edwards, P. G., Filipović, M. D., Payne, J. L., Stevens, J., Torres, M. A. P.
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Last Updated May 22, 2026, 16:42 (UTC)
Created May 22, 2026, 16:42 (UTC)
Identifier in2p3-00685309
Language en
contributor Astrophysique Interprétation Modélisation (AIM (UMR7158 / UMR_E_9005 / UM_112)) ; Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
creator Ackermann, M.
date 2012-05-22T00:00:00
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harvest_source_id 3374d638-d20b-4672-ba96-a23232d55657
harvest_source_title test moissonnage SELUNE
metadata_modified 2026-02-07T00:00:00
relation info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/arxiv/1202.3164
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