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2014ApJ...795..154T - Astrophys. J., 795, 154 (2014/November-2)

NuSTAR discovery of a cyclotron line in the Be/X-ray binary RX J0520.5-6932 during outburst.

TENDULKAR S.P., FURST F., POTTSCHMIDT K., BACHETTI M., BHALERAO V.B., BOGGS S.E., CHRISTENSEN F.E., CRAIG W.W., HAILEY C.A., HARRISON F.A., STERN D., TOMSICK J.A., WALTON D.J. and ZHANG W.

Abstract (from CDS):

We present spectral and timing analysis of NuSTAR observations of RX J0520.5-6932 in the 3-79 keV band collected during its outburst in 2014 January. The target was observed on two epochs and we report the detection of a cyclotron resonant scattering feature with central energies of ECRSF = 3.13–0.7+0.8 keV and 31.5_-0.6+0.7 keV during the two observations, respectively, corresponding to a magnetic field of B ~ 2x1012 G. The 3-79 keV luminosity of the system during the two epochs, assuming a nominal distance of 50 kpc, was 3.667±0.007x1038 erg/s and 3.983±0.007x1038 erg/s. Both values are much higher than the critical luminosity of ~1.5x1037 erg/s, above which a radiation-dominated shock front may be expected. This adds a new object to the sparse set of three systems that have a cyclotron line observed at luminosities in excess of 1038 erg/s. A broad (σ ~ 0.45 keV) Fe emission line is observed in the spectrum at a central energy of 6.58–0.05+0.05 keV in both epochs. The pulse profile of the pulsar was observed to be highly asymmetric with a sharply rising and slowly falling profile of the primary peak. We also observed minor variations in the cyclotron line energy and width as a function of the rotation phase.

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Journal keyword(s): accretion, accretion disks - pulsars: general - pulsars: individual: RX J0520.5-6932 - stars: neutron - X-rays: binaries - X-rays: bursts - X-rays: stars

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