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2015MNRAS.454..741I - Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 454, 741-751 (2015/November-3)

Variations in the cyclotron resonant scattering features during 2011 outburst of 4U 0115+63.

IYER N., MUKHERJEE D., DEWANGAN G.C., BHATTACHARYA D. and SEETHA S.

Abstract (from CDS):

We study the variations in the Cyclotron Resonant Scattering Feature (CRSF) during 2011 outburst of the high mass X-ray binary 4U 0115+63 using observations performed with Suzaku, RXTE, Swift and INTEGRAL satellites. The wide-band spectral data with low-energy coverage allowed us to characterize the broad-band continuum and detect the CRSFs. We find that the broad-band continuum is adequately described by a combination of a low temperature (kT ∼ 0.8keV) blackbody and a power law with high energy cutoff (Ecut ∼ 5.4keV) without the need for a broad Gaussian at ∼ 10keV as used in some earlier studies. Though winds from the companion can affect the emission from the neutron star at low energies (<3keV), the blackbody component shows a significant presence in our continuum model. We report evidence for the possible presence of two independent sets of CRSFs with fundamentals at ∼ 11 and ∼ 15keV. These two sets of CRSFs could arise from spatially distinct emitting regions. We also find evidence for variations in the line equivalent widths, with the 11keV CRSF weakening and the 15keV line strengthening with decreasing luminosity. Finally, we propose that the reason for the earlier observed anticorrelation of line energy with luminosity could be due to modelling of these two independent line sets ( ∼ 11 and ∼ 15keV) as a single CRSF.

Abstract Copyright: © 2015 The Authors Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society (2015)

Journal keyword(s): line: identification - pulsars: individual: 4U 0115+63 - X-rays: binaries

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