A newborn spider system at the core of a radio shell: Evidence of a low-energy supernova
In a search for radio nebulae with a low surface brightness within the ASKAP--EMU survey, we discovered a faint radio shell, DR3 distance of 267,pc and correspondingly low X-ray luminosity (3times1031,erg,s^-1) cast doubt on the LMXB classification. Neither radio nor X-ray pulsations are detected. Chance alignments between radio shell, central radio source, optical star, γ-ray, and X-ray sources appear unlikely. By combining all currently available evidence, we conclude that and its central point radio source at the position of the soft γ-ray source The central radio source is spatially coincident with a previously known low-mass X-ray binary (LMXB) with an M-type donor star. However, the newly determined Gaia is a remnant of a low-energy core-collapse explosion of an intermediate-mass star (∼8M_⊙$) in a binary system with an M-type secondary that remained bound after the explosion. In this scenario, is a supernova remnant, while the central $γ- and X-ray source is associated with a young neutron star whose pulsar wind interacts with its M-type stellar companion, making a nascent spider-type X-ray binary.
Authors
- J. Pritchard
- J. Osses
- G.P. Rowell
- Z. Guo
- J. West
- T. J. Galvin
- B. D. Ball
- I. El Mellah
- O. Kargaltsev
- S. B. Potter
- M. D. Filipović
- S. Freund
- S. Lazarević
- S. Dai
- V. Velović
- B. van Soelen
- P. G. Edwards
- R. Kothes
- M. Chernyakova
- R. Brose
- D. Leahy
- A. M. Hopkins
- C. Maitra
- A. Ahmad
- Y. A. Gordon
- C. Burger-Scheidlin
- L. M. Oskinova
Publication Details
- Journal
- Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology)
- Published
- 2026-04-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202659048/pdf
- Primary Topic
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00