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The high-energy emission from HD 93129A near periastron
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We conducted an observational campaign towards one of the most massive and luminous colliding wind binaries in the Galaxy, HD~93129A, close to its periastron passage in 2018. During this time the source was predicted to be in its maximum of high-energy emission. Here we present our data analysis from the X-ray satellites \textit{Chandra} and \textit{NuSTAR} and the γ-ray satellite \textit{AGILE}. High-energy emission coincident with HD~93129A was detected in the X-ray band up to ∼18~keV, whereas in the γ-ray band only upper limits were obtained. We interpret the derived fluxes using a non-thermal radiative model for the wind-collision region. We establish a conservative upper limit for the fraction of the wind kinetic power that is converted into relativistic electron acceleration, fNT,e<0.02. In addition, we set a lower limit for the magnetic field in the wind-collision region as BWCR>0.3~G. We also argue a putative interpretation of the emission from which we estimate fNT,e≈0.006 and BWCR≈0.5~G. We conclude that multi-wavelength, dedicated observing campaigns during carefully selected epochs are a powerful tool for characterising the relativistic particle content and magnetic field intensity in colliding wind binaries.
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DEL PALACIO, S., et al. The high-energy emission from HD 93129A near periastron. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 2020. Vol. 494, num. 4, pags. 6043-6052. ISSN 0035-8711. [consulted: 14 of August of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/162273