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NIR spectral classification of the companion in the gamma-ray binary HESS J1832-093 as an O6 V star
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HESS J1832-093 is a member of the rare class of gamma-ray binaries, as recently confirmed by the detection of orbitally modulated X-ray and gamma-ray emission with a period of ~86 d. The spectral type of the massive companion star has been difficult to retrieve as there is no optical counterpart, but the system is coincident with a near-infrared source. Previous results have shown that the infrared counterpart is consistent with an O or B-type star, but a clear classification is still lacking. We observed the counterpart twice, in 2019 and 2021, with the X-Shooter spectrograph operating on the Very Large Telescope (VLT). The obtained spectra classify the counterpart as an O6 V-type star. We estimate a distance to the source of 6.7 ± 0.5 kpc, although this estimate can be severely affected by the high extinction towards the source. This new O6 V classification for the companion star in HESS J1832-093 provides further support to an apparent grouping around a given spectral type for all discovered gamma-ray binaries that contain an O-type star. This may be due to the interplay between the initial mass function and the wind momentum-luminosity relation.
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VAN SOELEN, Brian, BORDAS COMA, Pol, NEGUERUELA, Ignacio, DE OÑA WILHELMI, E., PAPITTO, A., RIBÓ GOMIS, Marc. NIR spectral classification of the companion in the gamma-ray binary HESS J1832-093 as an O6 V star. _Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters_. 2024. Vol. 529, núm. 1. [consulta: 21 de gener de 2026]. ISSN: 1745-3933. [Disponible a: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/220343]