Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2002-07-04
Astrophys.J. 588 (2003) 425-429
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Accepted for publication in ApJ, 15 January 2003
Scientific paper
10.1086/373984
I present a XMM-Newton observation of the accretion driven millisecond X-ray pulsar SAX J1808.4-3658 during its 2000 outburst. The source was conclusively detected, albeit at a level of only ~2 x 10^{32} erg/s. The source spectrum could be fitted with a power-law model (with a photon index of ~2.2), a neutron star atmosphere model (with a temperature of ~0.2 keV), or with a combination of a thermal (either a black-body or an atmosphere model) and a power-law component. During a XMM-Newton observation taken approximately one year later, the source was in quiescence and its luminosity was a factor of ~4 lower. It is possible that the source spectrum during the 2000 outburst was softer than its quiescent 2001 spectrum, however, the statistics of the data do not allow to make a firm conclusion. The results obtained are discussed in the context of the 2000 outburst of SAX J1808.4-3658 and the quiescent properties of the source.
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